Games and Grog, once a month

See also http://chapters.siggraph.org/boston for this announcement plus directions.

In this presentation, Anzovin Studio president Raf Anzovin will talk about Anzovin Studio’s work and how they’ve survived as a small boutique studio in waters patrolled by much bigger fish. He will present a case study of their recent work on the intro cinematic for the railroad simulation game Sid Meier’s Railroads and the CG and compositing techniques used in its production.

Anzovin Studio is a full-service animation studio situated in Amherst, Massachusetts. Despite being located in the Pioneer Valley, far from the centers of film and game production, Anzovin Studio has survived, and had the chance to work on many high-profile projects, including Halo 2, the DaVinci Code game, and Hasbro’s recent made-for-DVD GI-Joe movies. They’ve also made a name for themselves with their automated rigging solution, The Setup Machine.