Graduates are invading the Industry at an fantastic rate! Six more grads have gone on to their new careers. Jacqui Sack and Dan DeEntremont are now working at Dilated Pixels. Martin Stankard started at Eden FX. Eden is known for doing VFX on such movies as Spiderman 3 and Hellboy. Chris Peterson and James Burton have joined other DAVE grads at Radical 3D to work on Dogfights.

Congratulations Everyone on your new careers!

Related Links:
	Dilated Pixels		Radical 3D		Eden FX

The Iron Giant has invaded the DAVE School once again. Block 3 students took the giant from stage 1 of modeling all the way to compositing and animating it into a live-action scene. They were responsible for every aspect of the animation and lighting as well as compositing.

":I really liked learning the particle aspect of compositing in Fusion. Learning how to layer nodes was very helpful" said student Loren Tonn.

After modeling a realistic head in Block 1, students were required to texture it and animate a lip-sync to their favorite dialogue from a movie of their choice. The goal of the project is to try and show emotion in the dialogue.

Student Devin Robertson had to say "Building the head was fun, but actually making the morphs and animating the head was a blast."

On Saturday the 27th, NewTek Inc. held an event at The DAVE School. Don Ballance started out the day showing off NewTek's multi-award winning video studio in a box, the TriCaster. It was standing-room only.

Shortly after, Instructor William Vaughan gave a free demo of LightWave. He gave an intro to dynamics, rigging and modeling. To wrap up this great event, master organic modeler and well known LightWave artist Taron gave a 2 hour presentation on organic modeling. Taron is well known for his abstract creature creations.

Related Links:
	NewTek TriCaster
	Taron's Site

The Dave School (Digital Animation & Visual Effects) at Universal Studios, Florida is a one year program to train production artists for the film and television industry. The program is nine months of instruction capped off with a three-month project where the students produce a professional quality film. Completing any short film in just three months is a daunting task, but completing a professional-quality, fully-animated short in that span of time is unheard of. 

Read the full article..

Graduates Ed McDonough and Chris Menard are on their way to LA! Both of them have been hired on at Radical 3D which has worked on projects such as Starship Troopers and Mystery Science Theater 3000. They are currently working on Dogfights on the History Channel.

Congratulations Chris and Ed on your new careers!

Related Links:
	Radical 3D

In Block 3 students using LightWave 3D and Digital Fusion have completed an assignment that required them to take a Bionicle character and an AT-ST and put them in a live-action video clip. The goal of the assignment was to match the lighting and make it seem like they belonged in the scene. Below you can watch some students' final renders.

Block 2 students have recently finished an assignment entitled "Personality Walk." The goal of this assignment was to create a walk cycle that would evoke a personality for the character. From sneaking to angry stomping, students had to decide what emotion to show on their character when creating the walk.

Recent graduate of the Tofu class, Teague "Fig" Chrystie has landed an internship at Flash Film Works in Hollywood, California. Flash Film Works has worked on movies such as The Last Samurai and The Guardian.

Congratulations Teague, on your new career!

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	Flash Film Works

Graduates Jana Yarbrough and Erik Bee have become full-time employees at Paradigm Productions in Memphis, TN.

Ben Mitchell has become a full-time employee at Radical 3D in Rancho Park, CA.

Congratulations on your new careers!

Related Links:
	Paradigm
	Radical 3D

For the third Block 1 assignment students tackled modeling Vincent from Disney's The Black Hole. They had four days to recreate the character from scratch using supplied reference material. "This project really put the students' new found skills to the test," commented William Vaughan, Block 1 Instructor. "They went beyond the basic shapes and created the proper details to make their models shine!"

"It's pretty incredible how much they've taught us in only three weeks. Modeling the robot was a challenge, but lighting the scene and seeing the final output really went beyond my expectations!" said student Patrick Horne.

The current Block 4 final project has been announced, and it's called Firewall! It is a movie about an air race in the not to distant future.

Using live action footage combined with CG elements and planes, Firewall is going to be one fast paced, action packed film! A new cockpit was built for the heroine and was mounted so it could move 360 degrees. Using some new camera techniques and a jib, we were able to get some crazy camera angles never before seen in a DAVE School movie.

Stay tuned to DaveSchool.com for Firewall coming in December!

Graduate Ed McDonough is on his way o Radical 3D in LA where he’ll be working on the show Dogfights. There he will be joining other DAVE School graduates including Ian Mackey and Aaron Witlin, who have recently been hired fulltime as well!

Nick Stevens, Gabe Cassata, Adam Bradish and Sean Joseph have all been hired by Branit VFX in Kansas City.

Alex Lee got a job designing toys for Triad Toys in Austin, TX.

Martin Stankard, a graduate of the Tofu class, has been hired at UFO Films.

Congratulations everyone on your new Careers!

Related Links:
	Radical 3D		Triad Toys
	Branit VFX		UFO Films

Continuing to hone their skills in 3D modeling, Block 1 has just finished a project re-creating the Apollo CSM. "Although we're only in our second week of the curriculum, we want to make sure we're tackling real-world projects," comments William Vaughan, Block 1 Instructor.

The students were also required to composite their CG Apollo models into several photographs on the last day of the three day project.

"I had a blast creating the Apollo. I really enjoyed watching it take shape as I cut in the detail and it's amazing how much you can learn from building a single model. I can't wait to jump into the next project!" exclaimed student Farrah Willis.

I was born in Fairfax, VA but moved to Kissimmee, FL when I was 6 where I grew up.

I work in admissions at The DAVE School. My job is to help prospective students obtain the information needed to make an educated decision on whether or not The DAVE School is the right school for them. I walk the students through the application process, help them secure financial assistance, and make sure everything is in place for them to attend school before class starts.

I really enjoy the small school setting. I have worked for several schools around the area and have always felt a corporate approach to the environment. The DAVE School has a mom and pop feel to it, while at the same time offering students a high quality education to prepare them for their career goals. When I interviewed for the position, I was really taken with Jeff and Anne's commitment and desire for the school and felt we would be a good match.

I am a big sports buff; football, baseball, basketball, golf...you name it, I'll play it. I also enjoy playing video games and watching movies. I am a pretty laid back guy who just likes to find something to laugh at.

Jurassic Park is my favorite all time CG movie. The first one, not the 2nd or 3rd. Wow, way to milk it for some money Hollywood! I grew up a HUGE fan of dinosaurs and was just amazed by how real the re-creation of the large creatures was. I saw the movie three times in the theaters. Other than E.T., I have never returned to a movie theater to see the same movie more than once.

On Wednesday the 19th, the class of September '07 congregated at the Universal Cineplex for the graduation ceremony and premiere of Tofu The Vega Zombie, their final project at The DAVE School.

The theater was invaded by zombies including Tofu himself! Billy West, who was the voice of Professor Vost and Lab Monkey #5 in the movie, was also in attendance and spoke to the graduates after the screening. Billy recorded an interview with Teague "Fig" Chrystie, who was graduating that night, and the rest of the cast of Geekza which you can watch on geekza.com.

Stay tuned for Tofu the Vegan Zombie in Zombie Dearest, airing on daveschool.com in the near future!

Click Here to view more images of the graduation!

Read more about Tofu at TofutheVeganZombie.com

Block 1's final modeling assignment was an interesting one; they were assigned to model a Sigma 6 G.I. Joe action figure along with all of his accessories. This combined hard-surface and organic modeling into one project and really put their new found skills to the test.

"I really enjoyed the G.I. Joe project because it allowed me to combine all the elements of 3D we learned so far into one awesome project," said student Scott Crawford.

G.I. Joe: Sigma 6 is a line of military-themed action figures and toys. The line is produced by Hasbro and continues the theme and characters established by G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero. It is also an animated series produced by the Japanese animation studio GONZO, currently airing on 4Kids TV and G4, and on YTV since the fall of 2006.

On Sunday, 4th Block Instructor Lee Stringer and his new wife Karen got married near the ocean on Cocoa Beach.

Congratulations Lee and Karen!

DAVE school students and Graduates have once again managed to invade HDRI magazine with some more great articles and this time, the front cover!

Right on the cover you will see a render by DAVE student Alejandro Parrilla and modeled by Colin Adair and Instructor William Vaughan.

Page 10 begins a story by Graduate Mike Rizzuto talking about Zoic.

On page 52 you will find an interview with graduate Kim Candee about her work on The Moodsters and The DAVE School short Creepers. The interview was written by Graduate Jacqui Sack.

Page 60 through 65 has a great article by Instructor William Vaughan about LightWave's Dope Track and the use of timing in a project.

Kevin Hand has an image on page 76 of a Training Remote.

Wiliam Vaughan has another article on page 80 in Gidgets and Gadgets about Antec's NoteBook Cooler.

Get your copy NOW!

Related Links:
	HDRI 3D Magazine

DAVE School Graduate Tom Wright came to visit the school and give a lecture about his work in the Industry. Tom has worked on movies like Nickelodeon's Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Warner Bros' The Ant Bully and Walt Disney Feature Animation's Meet the Robinsons. He is currently in producation with Rhythm & Hues as a Lighting Technical Director on the feature film The Golden Compass.

Tom came to talk about the ups and downs of the industry and what to look forward to and prepare for when looking for a job. He talked about some behind-the-scenes of the movies and deadlines.

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	Tom Wright

DAVE School graduate Michael Davidson, along with the rest of his crew at Battlestar Galactica, has landed an Emmy award for Battlestar Galactica in the category of "Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series".

The DAVE School would like to congratulate the Battlestar Galactica crew and Michael Davidson on a great job!

After their previous project, The Short Bus Superstars, the students were ready to begin the task of creating a photo real human head. Using photographs of students from different angles to use as reference, the students began constructing a head over a four day period.

“I had no idea that my second organic model would end up being a realistic head. I was intimidated by the idea at first, but once I got into the process of modeling, it really came together,” said Block 1 student Lorenzo Mastrobuono, “This is exactly the type of work that brought me to the school and it’s exciting that I’m already doing it after only 2 months of training!”

Kory Heinzen from DreamWorks Animation came back to The DAVE School to talk about what he does at DreamWorks and what goes into the production of a movie. He talked about the look-development of a movie and how, using Photoshop, he comes up with a visual look and style for a movie that all the colors are based off of for the design of the movie. Kory has worked on such movies as Madagascar I and II and Shrek II and III.

Student Gabe Cassata had to say, "From a production standpoint, he brought so much to our Block 4 movie, Tofu. He went over our shots and showed us how to change lighting or where to add elements. The time spent was invaluable."

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	Kory Heinzen

The current Block 1 class just finished working on their first organic modeling project. In less then one week they went from zero organic modeling experience to modeling Albert and Derf, , based on comic book artist Rob Guillory's Short Bus Superstars.

“Staying true to Rob’s original 2D designs was very important on this project," comments Instructor William Vaughan. “The students did an amazing job on the models and will be moving on to their next organic model armed with the proper skill set!”

"It's been really fun creating 3D models from Rob Guillory's designs; not only that, I've gained priceless knowledge on how to make a production-ready character model. I couldn't have asked for a better introduction to organic modeling" comments student Ed Ruiz II.

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	Rob Guillory

Students have been busily working away at one of their final projects in Block 2, Lip Sync. Taking a head they created in Block 1, students get to choose a clip from their favorite movie and animate the character saying the lines. Students were also responsible for making the morphs to move the mouth as well.

Click below to watch two samples of student work.

On WallaceandGromit.com creator Nick Park has a section called "Creation of the Month". People can submit art in any form of Wallace and Gromit and win a signature picture of Nick himself. A few Block 1 students of the DAVE School outside of class submitted works made in LightWave 3D for this contest.

You can view the student creations here.

Block 3 has just finished their current project, Iron Giant. The goal of this assignment was to model the Iron Giant, from the movie The Iron Giant, rig it, texture it and animate it in a live action scene. The Iron Giant had to portray some kind of emotion or action in the scene as well as interact with it in some way.

Click below to watch a selection of students finished Iron Giant scenes.

Instructor William Vaughan had plans for his dream home drawn up and the Block 1 class was tasked with building his it in 3D using those plans. The class split up into groups that were each assigned a room to model. They were responsible for every aspect of the room including decorating, texturing and lighting it.

"The Vaughan Estate project was an absolute blast. Our team of Carlos, Jeff, Scott and I really worked together well on our part of the project; the master bathroom. Most importantly, we had fun," says student Matt Jolly. "We were able to discuss as a team what worked and what looked good and we were able to successfully translate that in to the renders you see. I am really enjoying the DAVE School experience."

Matt continues, "I have discovered that I really like working with lighting. The Hester’s lab project and this last project really let me try out some cool ideas with lighting techniques. I will continue to fine tune my skills in that area as well as learning the other disciplines being taught here. I am very glad to be here and am excited to learn all the instructors can throw my way."

Mark Dehring, Dara Potocska, Aaron Witlin and Ian Mackey are all on their way to LA to work an internship at Radical 3D. Radical has done work on such movies as Starship Troopers and their new popular show Dog Fights on the History channel.

Graduate Jeremy Joyner has accepted a position at Littleshots doing lipsync animation. Littleshots creates animated adventures with a spiritual message.

Related Links:
	Radical 3D
	Littleshots

The Block 4 students continue to work diligently to complete their final project on time. Under the direction of Lee Stringer, Block 4 Instructor, the class has now entered the animation stage of the production with over 100 shots to complete.

“It’s exciting to see the world of Tofu unfolding each week as the students get closer to deadline”, comments Tofu creator, William Vaughan. “They’ve nailed the look which was no small feat.”

Stay tuned for Tofu The Vegan Zombie airing soon on daveschool.com!

On August 5th through the 9th, companies in the 3D industry along with over 30 thousand industry professionals attended SIGGRAPH in San Diego, CA. DAVE School students, grads and teachers also attended.

Block 1 Instructor, William Vaughan took front stage at the NewTek booth to do demonstrations of LightWave 3D. Known in the 3D community as the LightWave Evangelist, William not only demonstrated the software but fielded questions and introduced the students and grads to studios at the show. Instructor Ron Thornton also got a chance to talk on the main stage and show off the latest school movie Auroura and talk about his career in the field. There were several Dave school movies screened at the NewTek and Boxx booths throughout the show.

The day after SIGGRAPH, graduates working out in LA met up with William for breakfast and to discuss their careers and experiences. William then stopped by Radical 3D for lunch, a tour and to talk to the 10 graduates and see what they have been up to working on the History channel's Dogfight series.

Related Links:
	Siggraph

Graduate Nathan Wood recently accepted a job doing Level Design for TimeGate Studios in Sugarland, Texas. TimeGate is best known for their game series Kohan and for F.E.A.R. Extraction Point.

Graduates Jana Yarbrough and Erik Bee are on their way to Memphis, Tennessee where they accepted internships at Paradigm Productions.

Congratulations on your new careers!

Related Links:
	TimeGate
	Paradigm Productions

Block 3 has recently finished an assignment called "Real Life Lighting". The goal of the assignment was to take an assigned character and put it into a scene that was provided. They needed to make it look like it was not out of place in the scene but belonged there.

"This assignment was a great way to prepare us for what we will encounter in the field. Not only did we have to animate the characters realistically, but we had to match it seamlessly into the existing footage. It was a great challenge!" quoted Block 3 student Derek Serra.

On August 5th through the 9th, companies in the 3D industry will be attending SIGGRAPH in San Diego, CA.

What is SIGGRAPH? From the official website, "SIGGRAPH's purpose is to foster a membership community whose core values help them to catalyze the innovation and application of computer graphics and interactive techniques."

DAVE Graduates as well go to attend the annual job fair held there and meet people in the industry. It is a great opportunity to meet the industry and make contacts for the future.

Related Links:
	Siggraph

Last month, Paradigm out of Memphis, Tennessee and Wolfhound Productions out of Orlando came to DAVE School to interview graduates for potential careers. Members of our job strategies lab as well as other graduates were given the opportunity to talk to the employers and discuss their demo reels and resumes.

The DAVE School extends an open invitation to companies to come and interview students at the school. Students of the job strategies lab are required to interview as practice and possible job positions. They learn how to handle themselves in interviews and learn what their strengths and weaknesses are in an interview. They are reviewed by the potential employers and critiqued. Then William Vaughan, the instructor of the job strategies lab, can go through the critiques with the graduate and help them work on any issues they may have while doing an interview. This prepares the student so they will be ready and professional in future interviews and present themselves the best way possible.

Related Links:
	Wolfhound
	Paradigm Productions

Prior to getting into 3D, I was heavily involved in traditional art in England where I had my high school education. I then followed my parents to Florida in 2002 where I enrolled in college and continued to pursue my education. I knew that if I wanted to transition into 3D, I'd probably find a school in America that could teach me. I'd always loved 2D animation, but after seeing my first Pixar movie the 3D world really caught my attention. I started looking for courses concentrating on this medium and was actually accepted into a 3D program at another institution. I grew increasingly unhappy with what I was being taught and I knew it was time to make a change. A friend of a friend's recommended the DAVE School and I thought it was just another institution where I'd pay a lot of money and come out with nothing, but I gave it the benefit of the doubt and decided to go on a tour. Probably one of the best decisions I've made in my life to date.

I consider myself a 3D generalist and will try my best at whatever I do, but I really love organic modeling. More specifically, character modeling. I also feel I have a good understanding of movement and I'd like to use that understanding and become a better animator. I'm always working to improve my skills as a whole. I do have a dream job working for a particular company, but if I can find a job that I love which utilizes my skills and allows me to grow as an artist, that would certainly be a dream come true!

At Eureka!, a computer animation festival in Orlando, industry professionals, students and animation enthusiasts gathered on Saturday July 21st to watch animation from all over Florida.

From the Siggraph website, "Eureka! is an opportunity for students and professionals to showcase their creative concepts.  In a community whose media, entertainment and simulation industry continues to grow rapidly this film festival provides a much needed forum for recognition of local talent.  Our goal is not only for local artists to gain attention within the community but to bring deserved attention to Central Florida, as a creative capital and a competitor in the worldwide Computer Graphics industry."

Two DAVE School movies won awards at the show!

Teddy Scares won for Best Student Production and Most Artistic.

Special Delivery won for Best Technical Student Production.

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	Eureka!

Right from the cover, DAVE students and grads have invaded the latest copy of HDRI Magazine, issue 15. HDRI is a CG tips and tricks magazine for and by CG professionals.

They Have a Plan pg. 10-17
On the cover of the latest issue is a picture from Battlestar Galactica. Graduate Mike Rizzuto writes about the visual effects used in Battlestar and what it takes to produce such great effects. Graduate Jim Hibbert and Instructor Lee Stringer are mentioned as well.

From Tofu to Toy: The Tofu The Vegan Zombie Story pg. 38-41
Graduate Nick Caldwell wrote an article about the creation of the Tofu toy and how it came to be. He also talks about how Tofu is going to be turned into a 3D animation short at the DAVE School. Other students such as Gabe Cassata and Derek Smith are mentioned as well.

Expanding Your Modeling Toolkit pg. 48-53
This article covers some of the cool new features in LightWave v9.0/9.2 Modeler and helps get you up and running with them. Many of these tools will change the way you model and will greatly increase your productivity.
by Instructor William Vaughan

Interview with Chris Maness, 3D Generalist pg. 54-55
Graduate Chris Maness is interviewed and talks about his experiences at the DAVE School.
by Student Arnold Santos

Hurry up and get your copy of HDRI and check out these great articles!

Related Links:
	HDRI Magazine

One year before attending The DAVE School, I was finishing up my Bachelors Degree in Graphic Design and as my senior project I decided to go above and beyond the other students and make a concept car in Maya. I had to teach myself Maya so that I could complete this task. After about three months and many trials and errors, I had enough general knowledge to build in 3D a concept car that I designed. It's amazing how you can go from a simple sketch to something that looks real. After graduating and searching jobs for graphic designers, I felt that maybe there is something more exciting and fun that I could do. I started looking up visual effects schools and the DAVE School was the second one on the Google search. I basically applied, was accepted, then moved down to Florida about week and a half later and took a tour the first day of classes.

I graduated in July and now work for a company called PixelDust Studios in Bethesda, MD. They specialize in television production, post-production, animation, film, cgi, visuals effects and 3D animation. Myself, as well as another DAVE School graduate, work together as a LightWave team and the rest of the team consists of Maya and various other artists.

 My first project with the company was to redesign their company logo. They were using a grasshopper, and since have changed to a dragonfly. I designed, modeled, and textured the dragonfly to be a mechanical but yet organic creature. The next project I am starting soon will be doing effects shots for a mini series called 6 degrees with National Geographic. This project is about the earth's core temperature going up 6 degrees and projected what happens to the earth after each degree increases. There are some really big shots and should be a lot of fun to work on.

My favorite aspect of 3D is the ability to see something real right in front of you and make the same thing in a virtual world to look exactly like the original object. Also that with 3D, the possibilities are endless with what you are capable of creating. With the advances in 3D Programs and simple user interfaces, not everyone needs to know how to draw, they can learn the tools very quickly to make a 3D element of what they envisioned. 

Block 3 is currently learning Digital Fusion which has become standard application in the visual effects field. In Block 3 students learn how to composite elements together, create particle effects in Fusion, track objects using Boujo and more.

The current Block 3 class has just finished their most recent project, Thermal Scans. Given just a background plate and 2 videos of people, they need to recreate the effect of looking through thermal goggles at a building and tracking the people inside it.

"When you first see these kinds of things they look really complicated, but after Dave West broke it down for us it was a lot easier," said student Derek Smith.

You can watch a few of the students' final videos by clicking "Watch it Now" below.

Block 1 has just finished their first hard surface modeling assignment, and their model, the Thunderbird 3 from the old television show Thunderbirds! Students were required to model the ship as accurately as possible and then composite it into a real life photo.

Student Scudder "White Pony" Kidwell had this to say "At first I was really overwhelmed after seeing the rocket, but after learning how to break it down into simple shapes like boxes and spheres, it was a lot easier."

The DAVE School has recently added a job strategies lab to its list of resources available to graduates. It is not a required lab, but a lab students can take after graduation to help aid them in the search for a job. It includes lectures, assigned tasks and additional software training, this lab is aimed on helping students make a stronger demo reel and promote themselves in the field.

"This lab has really helped me prioritize my time. I've learned what to do and not do when interviewed and how to word a resume correctly. This lab will really help me in my job search and has helped me prepare for working in the industry," says graduate Dara Potoska.

Block 1 spent a Saturday gathering reference material at the Kissimmee War Birds Museum. Students were assigned the task of recreating 4 different planes as their final hard-surface modeling project. “We wanted the students to apply all of their new found knowledge towards a real world object,” explained William Vaughan, Block 1 Instructor. “With the success of the History Channel’s Dog Fights show, where we currently have 10 graduates working at Radical, we felt this was a perfect fit.”

One of the planes modeled by the students was Instructor Ron Thornton's Russian fighter plane. "This was a great project as it was a unique opportunity for us to see the real thing, and then model it in 3D. It didn't hurt that whoever did the best model for this project got a chance to fly with Ron in his Yak-52," said Block 1 student Les Foor.

Aurora is now ONLINE! On Wednesday, June 27th, the class of June '07 graduated at Universal Studios in Orlando, FL. It was also the premiere of their final project, Aurora. After three months of work and a year of school, students got to see their film played for them in a full size movie theater with the full audio and soundtrack.

"Aurora is a somewhat darker science fiction short... It takes place in an alternative future Russia, where a massive disaster has forced the evacuation of earth. A Huge train carrying the last evacuees from Moscow has sent out a distress signal and a special team must investigate what has happened" explains Instructor Ron Thornton.

Being able to be apart of Aurora and under the direction of Ron Thornton was an amazing experience. It taugh us a lot about teamwork and time management. Aurora was a unique story to create and see come alive on the screen!" said Graduate Jana Yarbrough.

Click below to go watch Aurora and the Behind the Scenes slideshow!

This week Block students began their Final project at the DAVE School, Tofu The Vegan Zombie! The movie will be based on the Tofu toy being created by Instructor William Vaughan

"Tofu" is a friendly zombie, created from a botched experiment in Professor Vost's laboratory. Monkey # 5, one of Vost's lab animals, stuffed a block of tofu into the zombie boy's open skull after accidentally losing the brain. As a result, "Tofu" eats only vegetables and grains and has no taste for human meat. However, if "Tofu" ever loses his "tofu-brain", he turns into a dangerous zombie creature, craving human flesh. 

"Tofu is such a unique and colorful character. Everyone here is just so incredibly excited to have the opportunity to bring him to life on screen. It’s the best kind of challenge we could have hoped for!" said Block 4 student Gabriel Cassata.

You can watch Tofu dance to the song Thriller at the official Tofu site.

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	Tofu The Vegan Zombie

Block 1 students have recently finished working on a new project, realistic heads! Given only 5 days to complete, each student was assigned a students head to model. The goal of the assignment was to create a head that resembled the original photograph.

“Creating a realistic human head is one of the biggest challenges a modeler faces in the industry” explained William Vaughan, Block 1 Instructor. “The students did an amazing job recreating their subjects matching every detail.”