spotlight On OUR CONTRIBUTORS

John Knoll

Industrial Light & Magic’s chief creative officer and senior VFX supervisor discusses the need for familiarity in Star Wars: Rogue One on page 20. www.ilm.com

Jacob Norris

Jacob has over 10 years’ experience creating art for video games, and offers training and assets on his Purepolygons website. Follow his advice for modelling perfect game foliage on page 72. www.purepolygons.com

Ansel Hsiao

Ansel is a microbiologist and freelance 3D artist based in Saint Louis, Missouri. On page 52 Ansel shares his process for modelling a Star Destroyer in 3ds Max. www.fractalsponge.net

Francis-xavier Martins

Francis-xavier is a character artist and CG generalist based in Brighton, with over a decade of experience in video games, media and TV. He joins our Artist Q&A team on page 88. www.polyjunky.com

Riyahd Cassiem

Riyahd is a freelance digital artist who creates VFX, motion graphics, 3D characters, and concept art. On page 60, he shares his Zbrush workflow. riyahdart.blogspot.com

Steve Teeple

Steve is part of the future-arts collective and production company Teaching Machine. Steve is currently road-testing Oculus Medium, a VR sculpting tool. See page 96. www.steveteeps.com