Narwhal Studios

07/23/2024

We’re presenting at SIGGRAPH!

If you’re heading to this year, we’d love for you to join us for our presentation, “Art Directing for ICVFX: A Look at Star Wars, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, and More!”

🗓️ Date: Sunday, July 28, 2024 
🕒 Time: 2:30pm - 3:30pm MDT 
📍 Location: Four Seasons 1

Led by Felix Jorge and Safari Sosebee, the presentation will offer a behind-the-scenes look at our art direction process, tools, and virtual reviews, including case studies from ‘Star Wars projects’ like “Ahsoka” and “The Mandalorian,” and Marvel’s “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.” They’ll offer a detailed exploration of how real-time engines and virtual production workflows enhance creativity and streamline production.

Presentation Highlights:

* Innovative Approaches to Art Directing & Set Design 
* Virtual Location Scouting Techniques 
* Visualization and Techvis 
* Cost Analysis Across Various Project Scales

Stop by and say hello! We’d love to meet up!

02/13/2024

𝐍𝐚𝐫𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐭 𝐆𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲!
Join us at Gnomon for an exclusive event shedding light on role of visualization and virtual production workflows in pre-production for hit films and series like ‘The Mandalorian’ and ‘Antman and the Wasp: Quantumania’.

Led by Felix Jorge, CEO and Creative Director at Narwhal Studios, Studio Art Director, Safari Sosebee, and Previs Supervisor, Mark Austin, this presentation draws from their extensive experience in virtual art departments, previs, and contributions to renowned IPs such as The Star Wars Universe, Netflix’s ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender,’ and ‘Black Adam.’

Come early to enjoy pizza and networking. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., with the main event starting promptly at 7:00 p.m. Convenient, free parking is available at the Echelon Television Center Complex on Romaine Street.
Link in Bio to RSVP!

10/20/2023

Narwhal Studios featured in the October edition of American Cinematographer Magazine 📰

This months issue of American Cinematographer Magazine features a captivating article by Noah Kadner, "Filmmaking and Al," highlighting the ethical dimensions where art and technology converge. Interviewed is Narwhal Studios CEO, Felix Jorge, where he shares his unique perspectives on the future of AI.

"Narwhal co-founder Felix Jorge points to Al's potential to speed up previs and asset creation, traditionally the longest and most-involved part of virtual production. He adds that "the first challenge we're bridging is using AI to create very high-quality storyboards. Ethical Al is foremost in our minds. We choose to integrate only models with a robust opt-out policy to respect the rights of artists. We keep it modular so that studios and IP holders can further tailor the pipeline to use their own proprietary models. Photo-real imagery produced so early in the production cycle provides much more information about how much a scene will cost early on, helping allocate the creative budget where it's needed the most."

Huge thank you to Noah Kadner and his team for including us in such an inspiring article, as well to our valued partners at Orbital Studios for their involvement in the article.

             Arctic7

10/10/2023

New Article Release breaking down “The Book of Boba Fett” 🔥

In the dynamic world of filmmaking, the convergence of art, VFX, and cinematography has never been more pivotal. In our new article on our website, "Navigating Uncharted Territory: A Case Study on Remote Virtual Art Department for The Book of Boba Fett ", we take you through our journey at Narwhal Studios, where we helped bridged the gap between these domains and aided in empowering key creatives with a Virtual Art Department process. 🎬
[LINK IN BIO] 💥

05/05/2023

Curious about virtual production and its possibilities? 🌟 Join our CEO Felix Jorge on the CG Pro Podcast on Tuesday, May 9th at 1:00 pm PDT, where he'll be sharing his expertise and experience in the industry. 🌅This is a great opportunity to gain insight 🧠 into the world of virtual production and to participate in a LIVE Q&A with Felix. 🗣🙋🏽
We're excited to hear your thoughts and questions, and we would love for you to tune in and ask us anything!
Click the link in our bio to join the conversation. ⚡️

03/15/2023

Are you looking to bolster your portfolio and grow your real-time skills? Check out this course where we cover foundational techniques of worldbuilding that were developed on The Lion King, Jungle Book, The Mandalorian, and The Book of Boba Fett!

⚡️ What will you learn? We will take you through how to plan an environment before building, blockout the environment with intent, set dress with premade assets, light the scenes for the right mood, critically review the different phases of the set, and take it to the finish line, while using Unreal Engine 5.1. Skills that are fundamental for Film and are transferable across many industries, including In-Camera VFX, Video Games, Architecture, AR/VR, and others!
⚡️ How? An 8-week interactive course, taught live on Zoom
⚡️ When? On April 30th, 2023

This course is hosted by our partners with CGPro co-founder and industry veteran Edd Dawson Taylor and Senior Environment Artist at Narwhal Studios Dallas Drapeau to serve as your hands-on instructors and mentors throughout the course, along with other experts in the field to give their unique perspective.

If you're interested in learning more about the course outline, computer specs, pricing, and how to enroll, visit the link in our bio.
⚡️ And for you early birds, use code “GET10OFFNAR” for a 10% discount during the month of March! Class sizes are limited, so sign up now to secure your seat!

02/19/2023

01/23/2023

Thank you Befores & Afters for the feature!

09/30/2022

In partnership with Wacom, Narwhal CEO Felix Jorge, will be a featured panelist for “Preparing for the Future of the Creative Industry,” at the , on Saturday, October 15, 2022 at the Pasadena Convention Center.

Get your tickets now!

https://2022.lightboxexpo.com/

09/29/2022

Before and After | | It's always amazing to see how similar the final result is to our Virtual Art Department’s Unreal Engine environments and camera placements. If you haven't watched The Book of Boba Fett yet, you can stream it now on Disney+!

Curious about what we've been up to? Dive in:
https://narwhal-studios.webflow.io/blog

09/28/2022

At Narwhal, we stand up for equality for all. Right now, the women of Iran need each us to stand up, show up, and show out against injustice. We stand with the women fighting for their freedom. We stand with the women in Iran.

09/27/2022

Meet Meats- our VAD Art Director at Narwhal Studios. We wanted to introduce you to the people behind the magic of our work.

With a career spanning over 25 years, Meats began his career when digital 3D art was just blooming. Now the VAD Art Director at Narwhal, Meats lead the Virtual Art Department on the hit series Obi-Wan Kenobi, and art directed the first ever in-person ASC Masterclass alongside Epic Games and American Cinematographer.

Learn more about Meats and his journey by visiting our blog!

https://www.narwhalstudios.com/post/employee-spotlight-meats-meier-vad-art-director