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While We Render

David Hirsh

Tv & Film

Arts

Society & Culture

Frequency: 1 episode/17d. Total Eps: 5

A VFX podcast where we meet industry professionals who bring Hollywood magic to life.

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🇺🇸 USA - Film Interviews
20/01/2025
#96

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https://www.garytangdesign.com/
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https://www.artstation.com/garytang
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https://www.gnomon.edu/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRgSd-KEM3c

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4. Finding Balance with Ian Northrop

Season 1 · Episode 4

Monday, May 17, 2021 • Duration 45:12

In this episode, David chats with Emmy-nominated compositing supervisor Ian Northrop about his life and career in visual effects. Tune in to hear the story behind Ian’s Emmy nomination, how Ian balances work and family time, and Ian’s worst ever mistake in After Effects.

Show Notes

Ian’s IMDb page
Check out Ian’s most recent VFX reel here.
Learn more about Digital Domain’s pre-visualization and post-visualization here.
Some of the VFX software Ian mentions are After Effects, Nuke,
Prodman (or Production Management) was the name of David and Ian’s office lounge space, where they would often talk while waiting for renders to complete.
Fun Fact, the nickname actually was Café Prodman due to the Edison bulb string lights overhead and a fresh pot of coffee always available.

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3. All In with Gary Tang

Season 1 · Episode 3

Monday, May 3, 2021 • Duration 47:53

In this episode, David sits down with cg generalist and character artist Gary Tang, as he explores Gary’s path into the VFX world. We discuss how both his time in the Marine Corps and the Gnomon school of Visual Effects have shaped who he is as an artist, and as a man. Join us as we also learn about his contributions to commercials, episodic TV, animation, and even augmented reality for live production! It’s a treat to have him on the show, and we at While We Render hope it’s as much fun to listen to, as it was to record!

Check out Gary’s work here!

Website:
https://www.garytangdesign.com/

Artstation:
https://www.artstation.com/garytang

League of Legends AR Ceremony:
Watch the AR concert that opened up the 2020 League of Legends World Championship - The Verge

Unity Tutorial:
Unity Tutorial for VFX Artists: https://www.yiihuu.cc/c/8313_340_1553

Youtube Trailer for the course!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRgSd-KEM3c

Gnomon School of Visual Effects:

For More information about the Gnomon school of Visual Effects, be sure to visit their website:

Gnomon Website: Gnomon — School of Visual Effects, Games & Animation

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