I decided to subscribe for a full month at Stan Winston School of Character Arts. It's an online educational site that has a wide collection of movie makeup, VFX and practical effects education. Pretty damn interesting to say the least!
Stan Winston was one of the special effects gurus of the American film industry who was responsible for many of the iconic movie characters we know today. The workshop founded by him has made creations for films such as Predator, The Terminator, Aliens, Jurassic Park, Avatar etc.
I'm a huge fan of majority of their work, and you can even spot my Predator figure standing on my desk.
I already activated the courses on digital storyboarding and prosthetic makeup effects.
So far things have been worth every penny.
The storyboarding course for example taught how to use Maya in the creative process of planning camera angles, finding the right perspective lines for the drawings etc. Playing around with the exact focal lengths and everything inside a 3D program makes it easier to test different compositions and provides physically accurate results.
I already have knowledge of Maya so it was pretty easy to keep up with the tutorial.
Then I watched how pros make their masks out of pro materials. Apparently there's a tool for everything..
I have made latex masks myself and am a huge fan of cool masks and costumes so this was kind of a fan moment for me.
Here's a couple of pictures from my sessions taking notes and everything..
Oh, and here are the links to the actual courses.
Obviously the full courses are only available for paid subscribers, but they offer free previews for everyone.
All in all, I recommend SWSCA for everyone interested in visual and special effects!
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