The Real Blade Runner...

...a conversation with Futurist Syd Mead for autoline.tv

 

Syd Mead, the inspiration behind the futurist world of the films Blade Runner, Alien and Tron, makes a return visit to the Autoline studios to talk about everything from autonomy to “the electronic herd”.

autoline.tv
sydmead.com

New Orleans, May 24 - 26, 2013

SB Explore is a concept art 3-day workshop that will include seminars, lectures, tutorials and presentations given by some of the most renowned concept artists and illustrators in the world. Some of the instructors include Nicolas Bouvier, Thom Tenery, Nicolas Ferrad, David Levy and many more.

sbexplore.com
steambotstudios.com

April 23 - May 15, 2013

FMX is the leading European conference on Animation, Effects, Games and Transmedia and has grown to become one of the most important international conferences in the industry during the past few years. This year FMX opens with an Exhibition about Concept Art in the Design Center, Stuttgart with 30 art pieces from 15 international digital artists such as Harald Belker, Virginie Bourdin, Paul Chadeisson, Uwe Heidschoetter, Maciej Kuciara, Tobias Mannewitz, Paperblue, Peter Popken, Christian Lorenz Scheurer or Thomas Scholes. Check out the daily schedule

fmx.de
Desing Center Stuttgart

free software

Sculptris is an intuitive, powerful and yet easy to use 3D sculpting software, allowing anyone, whether starter or professional to simply focus on creating 3D artwork. What's more, the skills you learn with Sculptris directly translate to ZBrush and the download of the application is for free.

free web application

Color Scheme Designer (CSD) is a web application designed to easily create set of matching color. Color theory used by artists for centuries was transformed into algorithms to combine color they go best together while avoiding uncomfortable combinations.

colorschemedesigner.com

free download

Adobe offers a free download of the Creative Suite 2 from their website. CS2 may not contain the latest features but is the perfect opportunity for students and beginners with small budgets to start learning more advanced software.

Download from adobe.com