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Hello

We thought it might be nice to show some of the creations from our lessons, we hope you enjoy them and feel free to post any questions.

Click here to see The University of Hertfordshire showreel 2010

If you would like to talk to our students in person then you can post here on our student forum. www.3dhit.co.uk

And here are the course details.
BA Games Art
BA VFX
BA 2D
BA 3D

Also MA Animation (MA, PgD) Masters
MA 3D
MA Games Art

More to come soon

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Hope you enjoy this students showreel, he has just graduated from the Games Art MA.

http://girishs.com/?p=219

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKE9G...layer_embedded

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Hello

All our BA level 3 students are currently working very hard on their final major projects which will be finished by mid May 2011.

Here is an example of their final major projects.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIpMe...layer_embedded

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If you would like to see how this film was made then click on the link below as we also ask all our students to make blogs and making of videos.
http://www.vincentch20.co.uk/

We hope you enjoy it and all the animation staff look forward to seeing the 2011 projects.

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War Dog

Final year film BA Games Art students “Gary, David and David” from the University of Hertfordshire, it took three months to make, we hope you like it.

For more information on the students you can find it here.
http://uhanimation.co.uk/2011/war-do...dshire-2010-2/

http://vimeo.com/22298712
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Here are some industry quotes about the UH Animation courses.

Hans Bacher, Art Director For Disney
“Great student films, and a great showreel! you have some very talented students”.
http://www.disneyanimation.com/

Shelley Page, Dreamworks.
"The animation students I met at Hertfordshire were both talented and articulate with some very good work - and I'm looking forward very much to seeing the completed final projects this year"
http://www.dreamworksanimation.com/

Quotes from the Industry
Jolyon Webb | Art Manager | Blitz Games Studios
“We found the University of Hertfordshire students well-informed and focused; we were impressed with what we saw.”
http://www.blitzgames.com/

John Laws | Head of Art | Frontier
“UH is one of the few Universities teaching the correct fundamental skills required by the games industry – you have the right mix of traditional theory and cutting edge digital art creation, and understand that the tech is a tool rather than the end in itself. I’m impressed.”
http://www.frontier.co.uk/

Ian Yarwood-Lovett | Lionhead | Franchise Art Director | Microsoft Games Studio
“Visiting the UHanimation course was a real eye opener for me; the quality of work produced coupled with the enthusiasm of the students makes this course one we’ll be watching very closely in the future.”
http://www.lionhead.com/

Louise Ridgeway | Head of Animation | Rare Ltd | Microsoft Games Studio
‘What a pleasure it has been visiting the University of Hertfordshire for film day again this year. They again proved that they are one of the top uni’s for the industry at the moment, with another outstanding show of effort and commitment by a great bunch of enthusiastic students. A diamond in the rough.’
http://www.rare.net/

Tara Saunders | Studio Art Manager | Sony Computer Entertainment | London Studio'
"The University of Hertfordshire has provided our studio with some talented graduates in recent years. It's definitely one of the courses to watch for upcoming talent"
http://www.scee.presscentre.com/

Aidan Gibbons, Senior Visual Effects artist, The Mill London
"The University of Hertfordshire’s Visual Effects work really impressed us on the live projects we ran with them; we feel that their students are the ones to watch at graduation time."
http://www.themill.com/

Best Wishes,
Neil

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Information on the UH Animation Course at the University of Hertfordshire

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ytJjtKKxs4

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The University of Hertfordshire is one of the top universities in the World according to the latest Times Higher Education, World University Rankings - a global authority on Higher Education.

Out of all the universities in the World, the University of Hertfordshire ranks in the top 4% above Loughborough, Aston and Strathclyde. The rankings, compiled by the Times Higher Education magazine are based on excellence across teaching, research, citations, industry income and international outlook.

Tim Longden Director of Marketing, University of Hertfordshire says: “We are immensely proud to be rated so highly among the 18,000 universities around the World. This is an exceptional performance which is a tribute to the dedication and the huge support from staff, students and alumni.”

Out of the Country’s newer universities, Hertfordshire ranks in the top 3 worldwide making it the only new university in 19 years to have appeared in 2 world rankings*.

The Times Higher World University Rankings 2011-12 is an annual ranking for universities across the globe. This year, universities in the UK ranked second in the world overall.

http://www.timeshighereducation.co.u...2/301-350.html

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Hello, just thought I would share with you a couple of students.

http://nazkozak.com/
http://vimeo.com/24187355


and

http://huang-3d.blogspot.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=VqoaGyecx0c

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This made the me happy today, a write up in this months 3dWorld. Pitching us side by side with the best courses public and private in the world! Must admit I am a huge fan of Supinfocom's work.

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Come to our animation festival, celebration and exhibition, 30th May, book now
http://uhanimation.eventbrite.com/

University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, 22 minutes train from Kings Cross International

09:30 - Coffee reception & registration
10:00 - The Mill - Commercials
10:50 - Double Negative - John Carter Visual Effects
11:30 - Break
11:50 - Frontier Games - Next Gen gaming
12:30 - MPC - Dark Shadows Visual Effects
13:00 - Lunch
14:30 - Panel - Open Q&A Session with the industry
15:30 - Animation Short Film Showcase
16:30 - Break
17:00 - Awards Presentation

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A short real time games trailer made with the UDK engine.

https://vimeo.com/45336955

[cheenu89]

gawdd u people are genious superb piece of art impressed
Hats offff

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Nile Hylton - UH Alumni Student

Showreel - https://vimeo.com/50341748#at=0



Senior VFX Technical Director
www.chunkified.com

Crowd TD @ Framestore
framestore.com

Founder and Lead Developer of TD-Toolkit
www.td-toolkit.com

Nice Alumni Showreel with final shots from Wrath Of The Titans, Sherlock Holmes 2 and John Carter

Wrath Of The Titans - Pyroclastic smoke and fire simulation using Flowline.
Shot 1 - Fire explosion
Shot 2, 3, 4 & 5 - Trailing pyroclastic cloud which creature interacts with
Shot 6 - Trailing pyroclastic cloud
Shot 7 - Swirling cloud coming out of volcano
Shot 8 - Pyroclastic smoke trails

John Carter and Sherlock Holmes 2 - Crowd simulation using MPC's ALICE

Siemens, Flying Fish - Developed a custom directable flocking solution in Maya using Python @ Smoke And Mirrors London

MTV 10 for 11 - Python based procedural rigging and animation system for Maya and pipeline tools

Welsh Rugby Union - Custom hair/shard system development in for Maya in Python, pipeline tools, particles, debris, dynamics.

Huggies - Procedural rollercoaster building developed in Houdini and pipeline tools developed for Houdini and Maya in Python.

More details and work available @ chunkified.com.

[ggicollegeindia]

So valuable work done by you and i'm lucky to see that type of work at this place.
Really hats off job done