Revelations - ConceptArt.Org/Massive Black Workshop

I have posted here on the blog before about the big workshop Massive Black and Concept Art.org puts on each year. Could it be next year - the show is in Shanghai?


I got so busy as the new year came, I completely forgot about this show and dammit...I really wanted to attend. I am especially bummed since my old boss from Oddworld - Lorne Lanning - was the keynote speaker and it would have been fun to see him again. Note to Concept Art.org...might be good to create an email list for a newsletter for us, busy peeps?

Anyways, it looks like they did it again this year
with an amazing show!!!

The show seems like another Siggraph - BUT! there are NO computer programmers...just computer artists doing what they do. A real artist community using both traditional and new mediums. The show does have a "video game slant" of course since the creators come from that background...but that doesn't take away from the unique culture and talent that seems flocks there.

It sure would be kewl to have something like that for all of the commercial, television and film artists in LA. I know that Siggraph 2008 will be held here in LA, but the Siggrpah shows never seem to be geared towards the artists like the productions Massive Black puts on. I always feel like Siggraph is just there to show off new technology, not to inspire new techniques that artist have created for themselves outside of the tools. Below, is more about last year's show if you hadn't heard about it.

Last year, the same show sponsored by Massive Black and Concept Art.org was held in SF and was called Insomania...check out this video to see what that one was like.

Movie about the Massive Black Workshop INSOMANIA