Jack Wright Network Specialist at J C Decaux UK

Escapee Jack Wright

Many congratulations to Escapee Jack Wright who has joined  JCDecaux UK in a specialist network role. 

Jack Wright graduated from Escape Studios after studying The Art of Visual Effects; while at Escape Studios Jack also contributed to a number of award-winning short films, including the vfx short Reece, and Street Ratz, which has won many festival awards.

JCDecaux UK is the world's leading outdoor advertising company. 

Aaron Hopwood Animates Edgar The Dragon

Many congratulations to Escapee Aaron Hopwood, who worked on this year's John Lewis commercial, as a VFX artist and animator. Aaron is an animator at Untold Studios, one of London's newest VFX houses; he did the previs animation, and also animated a number of shots of Edgar the Dragon and the Snowman.

Aaron graduated from Escape Studios with a first-class degree in  the Art of 3D animation this summer, having led a number of successful animation projects during his time at Escape Studios. 

Who Made Buster Bounce? Find Out On Jan 24

Come and find out who made Buster bounce on January 24th. This SIGGRAPH event is free and takes place at London's MPC, where animation wizards Fabian Frank and Tim van Hussen will present a "behind the scenes look of John Lewis’ Christmas smash hit, Buster the Boxer. The talk will cover the biggest technical and creative challenges the team had to overcome when creating six photoreal animals bouncing on a trampoline".  To book tickets, visit the official site. As ever, we strongly recommend our students attend events like this one, where industry professionals reveal the secrets of how cutting-edge work like this gets done. Plus, you never know who you might meet.

John Lewis Christmas Ad 2016 - by MPC

The John Lewis Christmas Ad is back, featuring some stunning CG creature work on Buster the Boxer by our good friends at MPC Advertising, based in London's Soho - just a short walk from our new MidTown Campus on High Holborn.  Ads like this show how far CG animation has come in recent years, pushing the boundaries of realism and making it hard for even seasoned experts to know what is real and what is digital. That's why our animation course focuses strongly not just on character animation but also on animal and creature work - helping our students to find work in the expanding world of animation in a visual effects environment.