Articles in Education

Blowing up the house

Gnomon student Weiyo Sha blew us away with his explosive animation of an old house. Here’s how he used V-Ray and Phoenix FD as his weapons of CG destruction.

Rising Talent: Students Create Epic Cinematic in Just 10 Weeks

Good and evil clash in tense short film The Dark Is Rising. Find out how the latest tech helped its creators at Gnomon School create powerful visuals and hit tight deadlines.

Butterfly Effects

Graduation project When John Goes Outside is a short film with a big message. We talk to the students who created it.

How to Teach V-Ray for Maya in Two Weeks

We speak to professor Cornelius Malerczyk of Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen about mathematics, V-Ray, and intensive summer camps in CGI

© Sergio Sottomaior
State of Art Academy

How SoA went from five guys in a room to one of the world’s most revered arch viz institutes.

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Roommate Wanted – The Perks and Perils of Living with a Zombie

Bjorn Blaaberg Sorensen explains how his team created a ghoulish claymation aesthetic for this student film.

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CITIPATI

We speak to Andreas Feix and Francesco Faranna, the brilliant minds behind this VES award winning graduation film.

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Paper World - An Award Winning Short for the World Wildlife Foundation

We talk to Laszlo Ruska and David Ringeisen about this powerful short film.