Inspired 3D Character Setup
Michael Ford is a Lead Technical Animator at Sony Imageworks and is co-founder of Animation Foundation. He began his career as a digital artist after graduating from UCLA School of Design and has since worked on numerous feature and commercial projects at Industrial Light and Magic, Centropolis FX, and Digital Magic. He has lectured at UCLA School of Design, University of Southern California, DeAnza College, and the San Francisco Academy of Art. He is a certified Level 2 Softimage instructor whose film credits include Stuart Little 1 & 2, The Perfect Storm, The Mummy, Godzilla, Species 2, Mortal Kombat 2, and The Faculty.Alan Lehman learned problem solving and design in the Architecture School at Pratt Institute long before the dinosaurs of Jurassic Park ruled the cinema. Since then he has applied those problem solving skills to a variety of mediums including architecture, industrial design, and film art direction. Since turning his attention to the creation of digital characters for film, he has become a technical animator at Sony Pictures Imageworks. He is also a directed studies advisor in the Animation Studies Program at The University of California Film School.