aNm Sponsors Local 3D Event

aNm Sponsors Local 3D Event

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aNm is proud to offer sponsorship support for the most recent Autodesk Animation UserGroup Association ("AAUGA") event at PL Studios, Inc. in Downtown Oklahoma City.

This event - "An Evening of Visual Effects" - held on June 5th, 2008 was an extreme success and the attendance was somewhere in the 150+ range.

The goal of AAUGA is to bring "together local artists, creative professionals, art enthusiasts, educators, and students to learn about the breakthrough tools and techniques being used around the world to further stimulate creative growth locally." Special Guests from Autodesk talked about MotionBuilder and Toxik and gave exclusive demos on how to best use these tools in the industry.

alterNative Media is excited to help support events such as this and we feel that the level of excitement and involvement is growing daily by leaps and bounds. Perhaps it is time for Oklahoma to develop it's own regional conference on 3D art, media, & development. When this happens, aNm will be there to help facilitate this event.

aNm continues to strive towards building a viable 3D studio in Oklahoma with a main purpose of garnering outsourced projects in the film and video game arenas.

Contact us today about how you can be a part of the aNm team!

Info from Publisher on NACB

Info from Publisher on NACB

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I received the following email from my publisher with exciting news about my book Native Americans in Comic Books: A Critical Study:

Thursday, April 3, 2008 1:55:57 PM
Dear Mr. Sheyahshe:
Today we have shipped proofs for your book Native Americans in Comic Books. You can now carry out your final two jobs, proofreading the book and creating an index. A form letter with general instructions accompanies the proofs.
Publication is now very near—most books go to the printer just days after we receive the proofs and index.
Your book is tentatively scheduled to be sent to the printer 4 weeks from today’s date. To avoid delays, please give the proofs and index prompt attention.
If you have questions or find, after getting to work, that you need more time, please contact us. We look forward to bringing your book into print soon.
Sincerely,
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers

Look for the book to hit shelves soon!

new Client - Skky Bar UltraLounge (OKC)

new Client - Skky Bar UltraLounge (OKC)

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aNm has recently completed work on a special poster/flyer design for Skky Bar UltraLoung in Bricktown, OKC. This poster advertises a private screening of the movie, Prom Night (from Sony Entertainment and Screen Gems) at Skky Bar.
You can see this and other events at Skky Bar's myspace page:
http://www.myspace.com/skkybarokc

My Artwork Showcased at SF Art Show

My Artwork Showcased at SF Art Show

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My artwork will again be showcased at the "Anti Anti Anti Anti" art show - "A group art show expressing anarchy, community, self-reliance, resistance, and freedom" held in SF, CA.

WHERE: The Bay Area Anarchist Book Fair Art Show, Hall of Flowers, Golden Gate Park at 9th Avenue and Lincoln, San Francisco, CA
WHEN: March 22-23, 2008 • Saturday 10am - 6pm • Sunday 11am - 5pm

Click HERE for more info about the art show.

America Meredith, another artist at the art show (who also organizes the event), has been good enough to mount three of my 3D sculptures together in a triptych for this year's show. Much thanks to her...and if you are out that way, be sure to stop by the art show.

New Ads for 'Natives in Comic Books' Book

New Ads for 'Natives in Comic Books' Book

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The good people at McFarland (my publisher) have sent out various ads for my book and others coming out in their Spring catalog. You can see a copy of the ad for "Native Americans in Comic Books: A Critical Study" clicking the following link:

http://geocities.com/nativecomicbooks/sheyahshe_flyer.pdf

This particular ad was placed in the February edition of ALA's Booklist magazine.

Check it out and be sure to pass the info around! (Especially to those willing to BUY the book...heh.)

-M

Microsoft Gives Us the TOOLS

Microsoft Gives Us the TOOLS

 

(AP) - Microsoft Corp. said Wednesday it will make Xbox 360 video games developed by players available for download through the console's online service.
This is great news for those of us looking to get into the game industry.
To distribute a game on the Xbox Live service, game creators must use Microsoft's XNA Game Studio software, which requires a $99 per-year subscription, or be an XNA Creators Club member. Each game will be vetted for quality and appropriateness by the online community itself.
Obviously, it would help to have an Xbox 360, as well. However, if you don't have the extra $99 laying around (who does?)...
Microsoft also said this week it will give students free access to its XNA Game Studio 2.0, its video game development program.
Even better. Now, if there were a 'Native' discount added as well, we'd be in business!
But Microsoft would not say Wednesday whether the downloads would be free, or if the service would generate revenue for game developers.
While this is vastly important to find out for sure, my real point of mentioning all of this info, is this: Indigenous people need to be more involved in the creative process of ALL MEDIA, including video games. This is a great opportunity for us to do just that. If you are a Native American high school, career tech, or even college student intersted in video games, see if you can get the XNA Game Studio for free and get to work! Just let me see it, once you're done...so, I can get my button pushing fingers ready.

Michael Sheyahshe
Chief Information Officer
alterNative Media
See the full article at:Excite News - Microsoft Opens Game Development