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The picture above is a great infographic called “Who Invented the Avant Garde” by Ward Shelley, showing the evolution of Romanticism, Neo-classicism, Realism, and far more.  What you may not realize, tho, is that this is not your typical infographic:  This one is an oil painting.

My paintings/drawings are attempts to use real information to depict our understandings of how things evolve and relate to one another, and how this develops over time. More to the point, they are about how we form these understandings in our minds and if they can have, in our culture, some kind of shape.

Visit her site for more amazing graphics, all done by expert hand in oil paints.

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CGSociety has announced a pair of new workshops available for enrollment.  First is “Matte Painting” form David Luong:

Matte Painter, compositor and VFX guru David Luong is back with his updated Matte Painting workshop. This is an intermediate to advanced level matte painting class using Adobe Photoshop as well as using AfterEffects and/or Nuke to composite your design into your final project using Maya. Beginners are welcome as topics covered and class discussions are personal and open to different levels of knowledge. Though it has some beginner’s topics, it will quickly get into more advanced areas.

The second is Maya Scripting, with both MELScript and Python.

Lead Creature Technical Director and Maya guru Todd Widup is back to l take you under the hood of Scripting in Maya with MELScript and Python. Todd will take you into the top layer of the programming guts and scripts in both MELScript as well as the newly introduced Python script within Maya. By opening artists to the power of scripting, they can enhance their workflow with new automated tools, create macros to do repeated functions, as well as create interfaces and learn to interact with the operating system.

Both classes start on September 7th, and run for 8 weeks.  Hit CGSociety for full details.

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