Saturday February 9th is the date of our next LA.Blend Westside MeetUp event.
Last month’s MeetUp format was great, with good sessions and decent turnout (and we’ll do that again soon). However, this month our MeetUp will be more social and entertaining with drinks, food, and Oscar Animated Shorts. Here’s the plan:
Date: Saturday, February 9th
11:30a-2:30p – Social Meetup at Plan Check
Bar/Restaurant, 1800 Sawtelle Boulevard, West Los Angeles, CA 90025. Drinks and snacks will be provided. There’s an inside room off the main dining area that fits around 12 and we’ll nab it at 11:30a when the venue opens, late arrivals are OK. Agenda is mainly social but naturally we can’t help talking Blender. If you have something to discuss that doesn’t a need sophisticated A/V setup, please ping me an email and we’ll absolutely add it to the agenda.
2:40p – Oscar Animated Shorts are showing just 5 mins walk away at the wonderful Nuart Theatre, 11272 Santa Monica Blvd. West Los Angeles, California, 90025. The 2:40p showing is the first show of the day and thus discounted to $8.50 per person. Tickets can be bought in advance online, for a $1 surcharge.
The February event, 3D Projection Mapping with PaintScaping is Feb. 12th at Gnomon School of Visual Effects in Hollywood. The featured presenters are Philippe Bergeron and Michael Kory.
3D Projection mapping is the merging of real and virtual worlds, by projecting 3D models onto their real-life counterparts. It is a profound paradigm shift in entertainment, advertising, and lighting. PaintScaping.com, one of the leaders in this emerging field, will present case studies, and discuss the creative process, behind-the-scenes technical challenges, and job opportunities.
Schedule
6:30-7:30 Social Hour
6:30-7:00 Members only
7:00-7:30 Members and guests
7:30-7:45 Introductions
7:45-9:30 Presentation
Registration
All LA ACM SIGGRAPH will be admitted free of charge. Non-members of LA ACM SIGGRAPH are admitted for $20.00. New LA ACM SIGGRAPH members who sign up on-site, and pay the $40 annual membership fee (checks or cash only), do not have to pay the $20 admission fee. We accept MasterCard and Visa credit cards at the door.
Hey Westside Blenderheads – Friendly reminder that we’re all systems go for the LA.Blend Westside social and entertainment MeetUp this weekend on Saturday February 9th for socializing and watching Oscar Animated Shorts. More details can be found on the MeetUp site: http://www.meetup.com/Blender/Los-Angeles-CA/872812/
Hope to see you there!
Well that was fun. We had 8 people over the course a couple of hours. The beer was flowing, Mike ran mocap demonstrations, there were CG/VFX discussions on a number of topics, and the Oscar nominated shorts were nothing short of amazing. Great to see y’all again.
It’s time again for another LA Westside Blender MeetUp! Our next meeting will be on Saturday March 23[SUP]rd[/SUP] in El Segundo and we’re back to our usual session based format.
This is what our March agenda looks like thus far (Simulations Galore!):
Introductions and Blender 2.66
Fluid Simulation
Ocean SimulatorR
Rigid Body Dynamics
Cinematography for VFX
Other Topics of Interest and General Socializing
The venue is in a private office located at 2141 Rosecrans Avenue, El Segundo, California 90245.
Due to the nature of the venue, we need you to RSVP for the event. Please do so and let us know your Blender interests via the survey at the following link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ZBW7R6G
Hi Gang - Heads up on a Production Pipeline Expo happening in Santa Monica May 3-4. http://www.productionpipelineexpo.com/
I’ve bought a ticket (currently at early bird pricing) for Sat. the 4th, PM me if you’re going!
Hello All - I wanted to remind everyone that due to venue security restrictions, RSVP via providing your details on the Surveymonkey link is required. Please do so prior to the event (thanks to those who have done so already) and we’ll see you there!
The Westside meeting is shaping up quite nicely for tomorrow. For those who can’t make it physically you can still be involved over IRC chat.
Our room/channel is #lablender on freenode.net IRC.
If you don’t know much about IRC chat or don’t have a chat client, just go to http://webchat.freenode.net/ and fill in the blanks for simple web browser based access. Look for my name, it will be some variation of JTA. Type it in the line somewhere and when you press enter/send I will be alerted that you are in the room.
Well that sucks! Thanks for the heads up SaintHaven!
Hey if you are not plugged into the group yet, check out previous posts on this thread for info.
Here’s the main meeting announcement link: http://www.meetup.com/blender/los-angeles-ca
You can also PM me with your email and I will put you on our private mailing list.
Cheers -=JTa=-
Hey all, If anybody wants to help plan events for the 2013 SIGGraph Anaheim conference through the OC group let me know. I put a small project management system up on the OC Blender Users animation collaboration PM site. We can do some awesome planning on this cool little site. It includes project/task completion status, sub-tasks, forum posts, email blasts and file management. So let me know and I will set you up with a login.
As usual, a lot is going on behind the scenes so stay tuned and plugged in for details.
-=JTa=-
Ok, we have a pizza social and mini user meetup this Tuesday in Pasadena. Also the Westside local users are having a meeting on Saturday the 22nd.
Check out our Meetup Community Page for more information on these and other events: http://www.meetup.com/blender/los-angeles-ca
Pizza Social in Pasadena
TONIGHT! Tuesday, June 11, 6:00pm-9:30pm
Maria’s Italian Kitchen 3537 E Foothill Blvd, Pasadena, CA
It is right next to Panera Bread and Islands in a shopping center between Sierra Madre Villa Ave and Rosemead Blvd on the North side of Foothill Blvd. It is very easy to get to off of the 210 Freeway. It is across the street from the Gold Line Sierra Madre Villa Station for easy public transportation access.
Meet in the front enclosed area. There will be a sign and a screen setup.
Everyone including friends and family members is welcome to come and go anytime.
This is a mini users meeting and a social so it is informal, helpful and fun all in one!
Please be a good guest and buy lots of food and drink! This is a great venue!
The pizza in Pasadena meeting went very well. The venue was great. Well…except for the screaming baby next to us for a few minutes in the beginning, lol… The meeting ended up being fun and informative so we will do another one soon.
Anywhose, a few companies and studios showed up looking for people to hire with Blender skills. I will have the meeting notes posted soon.
Thanks again for all those who attended and you missed out if you couldn’t make it so we will do it again soon!
