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366 Dubai +++ SAE Institute Dubaiʼs bi-annual E-GAMES competition CampusNews SAE & SAE ALUMNI NEWS // INTERNATIONAL NEWS What influences would you regard as key to you be- coming a digital artist? Mainly concept design for video games and feature films influenced me a great deal. There’s such a wealth of great content out there, it’s next to impos- sible to pinpoint a few influences. How does this apply to you professionally? Shortly after studying traditional animation I decided to try my hand at 3D animation, which led me to SAE Institute Dubai a few years ago. That was where my focus shifted from animation to digital painting. After I completed the course I was hired as a lecturer at the Institute. I teach all the drawing, plus a few animation, scripting and storyboarding courses. A few years after that I wrote my digital painting short course for SAE designed specifically to help stu- dents make the transition into a digital workflow with the help of fine art principles. In your line of work, how do you find ways of moti- vating young kids from the region to consider art as their primary profession? Mainly by stressing the importance of pre-produc- tion. I find that when most students join the course, they seem to think that studios just jump straight into generating the 3D content. Which is not really the case. Getting students to properly plan, write and design their productions is a huge step. SAE Institute Dubai ʻStreet to Stageʼ fina n October 2012 saw t ʻStreet to Stageʼ comp 2011’s Battle of the Ban by Lebanese alternativ who then went on to w ʻMusician of the Yearʼ ʻHomegrown to Hollywo This time however, w recording sessions here SAE Dubai’s Head of went with the AWS 94 with SSL extremely obv roster was none other guy is an alternative folk born Simon van Baalen What efforts are you part o here in Dubai? My efforts are solely throu awareness. There isn’t mu here in Dubai. So my job dents are taught the funda art-based profession. n

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