This week Austin Peay hosted Colie Wertz who spent a day on campus with a a public lecture in the evening. I had never met Colie before, but we have a ton of mutual friends in the industry, including the fact that he was my wife Heather's supervisor back at The Orphanage in San Francisco. He's still in the Bay Area, recently having worked on Star Wars Rouge One and Episode VIII. He actually is flying out this weekend to London to help out on set with Episode IX.
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| Class visit |
Colie was also generous enough to visit my Animation II class, where everyone is just starting to learn modeling and texturing in Maya. He was a huge inspiration to the students and was an invaluable resource - talking about creative process, workflow, and practical modeling tips.
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Q&A after the lecture
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The lecture was great and the room was full a half hour before it even started. Colie was an amazing speaker and just a joy to be around in general. We had a great time going out to dinner afterwards and catching up. I feel so fortunate that he was able to come out and share his art with everyone.
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| Michael Dickins, his son, Heather, and Colie |
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