Masterclasses have become a huge highlight of the Total Chaos experience. This year, we've assembled a versatile, diverse lineup of instructors who are offering extraordinary insight into their workflows and techniques. No matter if you're a student or a pro, the Masterclasses are bound to give you fresh ideas and new approaches to projects.
Sonja Christoph, 3D Generalist & Matte Painter
Sonja will explore the techniques you can use to create a natural photorealistic environment with 3ds Max and V-Ray Next for 3ds Max. She will cover everything from scattering objects with Forest Pack, creating atmospheric elements with Phoenix FD, and post-production adjustments.
Watch Sonja's video to find out more about her presentation >
Falk Boje, Lead Generalist Artist, ILM
Falk's class will cover production workflows to create natural and urban environments using concept art techniques, photorealistic lighting and shading, and compositing methods. He'll show you how created his personal artworks, from small studies to big projects such as “Unseen Westeros.”
Mike Golden, Founder, Three Marks
Mike's presentation will start with a sketch and work through to a completed image, exploring how composition, lighting, mood, and color can all draw an audience into your world. Working with 3ds Max, KitBash3d assets, Lavina and Photoshop, you’ll discover the secrets of efficient and compelling image-making.
Watch Mike's video to find out more about his presentation >
Nikos Nikolopoulos, Founder, Creative Lighting
This masterclass will use real-world examples to focus on empowering you with the skills and confidence to master your lighting and scene setup in V-Ray and Corona. Nikos will breakdown the science of light and show you why it's important to make illumination and color a driving force behind your image-making process.
Ian Spriggs, Digital Portrait Artist
In Ian's masterclass, he will explain how the Old Masters influence his choices of light, style, composition, pose and color to tell stories and stir emotions. As we enter a new age of portraiture via digital tools, the question of why we are creating character studies has never been more important.
André Matos, 3D Artist, Porsche
A passion for fast cars — and fast graphics cards — propelled André from his native Azores to Frankfurt, where he creates stunning visualizations and motion graphics for luxury sports car company Porsche. Details on his masterclass coming soon!
Carlotta Cominetti & Tamas Fischer, Virginlemon
Join Carlotta and Tamas to see the journey of an arch-viz animation from draft storyboard to final edit via 3ds Max, Corona, tyFlow, After Effects and Premiere. You’ll discover how to save time with automated tasks, the secrets of photorealistic materials and how to make the most of Corona’s interactive LightMix.
JAKUB CECH, FOUNDER, COMPUTER GENERATED IMAGES
Through scanning materials, Jakub has discovered interesting properties that have not been captured before, which he show how to simulate in his presentation. Having refined materials, he will present his thoughts on lighting and how it can affect an image. He will conclude by explaining how inspired lighting fits into his theory of contrasts.
CIRO SANNINO, V-RAY & CORONA AUTHORIZED TRAINER, CGWORLD
Ciro is the author of the must-have Photography & Rendering with V-Ray book and more recently the published title Chiaroscuro with V-Ray. He believes strongly that digital art should be taught with the same methodology and rigor as other arts, such as music. Details on his masterclass coming soon!
