An "Evening With..." Tim Stam, Houdini Expert

Come along tonight to our latest "Evening With..." event with Tim Stam, Houdini Expert at Goodbye Kansas Studios in London.

Animation with Houdini is a growing part of the business, and we strongly recommend that anyone interested in animation should come along.

Francesco Nevi Creature FX TD at Framestore

Francesco Nevi

Many congratulations to Francesco Nevi, who has been appointed Creature FX TD at Framestore in London, one of the UK's leading VFX houses.

Francesco took our 12 week animation short course and, after polishing his demo reel, successfully won a place on Framestore's LaunchPad Pro Creature FX course (CFX).

Creature FX animators are consistently in short supply and this has been an area of skills shortage in the UK for some time.

Anim TD in Maya & Houdini Starts 9 Jan 2019

Dan Shutt

Our newest animation evening class, Animation Technical Direction with Maya and Houdini, starts on 9 January 2019. The tutor is one of our most long-standing and experienced staff members, Dan Shutt, who will be introducing students to the fast-growing field of technical animation.

That is to say, all the physics-based stuff that traditional keyframe animators tend not to have to deal with - such as fur, hair, cloth and muscle systems. This is a part-time course, running on Wednesday evenings from 7-10pm, for 8 evenings, designed to fit around jobs and families.