INDUSTRY GIANTS 2017 CONFERENCE

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The Dallas, Texas annual Industry Giants conference presented by the nonprofit animators' group, A Bunch of Short Guys, will be a one day event that features a distinctive lineup of industry professionals working in animation, visual effects and games. Industry Giants offers a full day of master classes, inspirational speakers, 360 video, virtual reality demonstrations, figure drawing and networking. 

 A Bunch of Short Guys along with the Big Design conference strive to inspire and build the creative community in Texas with our own brand of home grown, low cost, high energy inspiration packed conference focused on art, animation, games and interactive development. 

Industry Giants 2017 will be a one-day event with the forum and master Classes taking place on Saturday, September 16, 2017 from 8:30 am to 5:30 pm at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 14315 Midway Rd, Addison, TX 75001.

Industry Giants 2017 Speakers Include:

Aaron Blaise - Disney Legend & Owner at The Art of Aaron Blaise

Tom Sito - Disney Legend & Professor of Animation at The School of Cinematic Arts, USC 

Trisha Gum - Director/Writer (Robot Chicken, Frakenhole, Lego Batman) 

Armen Kevorkian - Creative Director and Senior Visual Effects Supervisor at Encore VFX, Director on Flash and Supergirl

John Schratz - Visual Effects / CG Generalist

Concept Art Panel:

Brett Briley

Kevin Penrod - Lead Character Artist at Gearbox Software

and more to come.

LIFE DRAWING with:

Mel Milton - Visual Designer at K12 

Jay Bailey - Figure Drawing/Artist

and more to come.

For more information please visit: http://industrygiants.org/

Register for tickets at: http://industrygiants.org/ig/register.html