Vanishing Point: Events

Events

	MegaCon (Orlando, FL) (April 2015) MegaCon is a massive comic book, sci-fi, and pop culture convention held each year in Orlando. This year's guests included Stan Lee, Lou Ferringo ("The Incredible Hulk"), some actors from "Firefly" and "Doctor Who", and a number of comic book artists. This year, John co-hosted a panel discussion with JET of Limn Interactive about the history and development of video games, from programming in assembly language on the Apple II computer to using Poser models in Unity, and even what the future might bring. John also talked about the development of digital artwork, from writing programs to draw lines to early paint programs to making digital models in software like Lightwave and Poser. The panel was scheduled to begin at 1:00 pm, and by 12:45, the queue of people waiting to get in had stretched down the hallway! The room had about 200 chairs, but they filled up fast once everyone was let in. When the panel was ready to start, there were plenty of people standing on the rear and side walls, so we estimated there were about 250 people in all. One of the fun things that happened on the way to the room was that they met a lady who dressed as Padme from "Star Wars: Episode II- Attack of the Clones". She even helped us pass out flyers to people as they came into the room! To see more photos of MegaCon, our panel, and lots of cool costumes, see John's MegaCon 2015 Gallery on Facebook.


	I/ITSEC (Orlando, FL) (December 2013) The Interservice/ Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) promotes cooperation among the Armed Services, Industry, Academia and various Government agencies in pursuit of improved training and education programs, identification of common training issues and development of multiservice programs. The conference held in Orlando focused on modeling and simulation and how these are best used in training. John attended the event this year and met with a number of modelling and simulation companies to discuss industry trends. Some of the larger attendees included Lockheed Martin, Booze Allen Hamilton, Boeing, Raytheon, Northrup Grumman, and General Dynamics. John was also able to spend a little time with Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer and Florida Governor Rick Scott. To see more photos, see our I/ITSEC Gallery on Facebook.


	Artwork displayed at the Lake Mary/ Heathrow Art Festival (Lake Mary, FL) (November 6-7, 2010) John's artwork was displayed at the Lake Mary/ Heathrow Art Festival (Lake Mary, FL), from November 6-7, 2010. As with the other art festivals, the images to bring in the most attention were the robot and sci-fi images. (The image on the left shows the booth as it looked on Saturday. The image on the right shows the booth on Sunday.)

	Winner of Smith Micro's Image Contest (2010) John's Poser Evolution won Smith Micro's image contest celebrating Poser's 15 year anniversary. You can see the rest of the entries at Smith Micro's Facebook image gallery.

	Customer Story on Smith Micro's Website (2010) John's Poser Pioneer story is on page 3 of Smith Micro's Poser History, celebrating 15 years of Poser.

	Customer Story on Smith Micro's Website (2008-2009) John's experience at the Jacksonville Beach Art Festival is the focus of this Customer Stories :: Poser Stories (article removed in mid-2009 when Smith Micro changed their website).

	Customer Story on Smith Micro's Website (2007-2009) John and Vanishing Point are featured on Smith Micro's website, under Customer Stories :: Poser Stories (article removed in mid-2009 when Smith Micro changed their website).

	Artwork displayed at the Sawgrass Village Spring Art Festival (Ponte Vedra, FL) (May 17-18, 2008) John's artwork was displayed at the 14th Annual Sawgrass Village Spring Art Festival (Ponte Vedra, FL), from May 17-18, 2008. One of the more popular pieces was the Force of One image, which John originally created to be a sales image for the Project Soldier. (The image on the left shows the booth as it looked on Saturday. The image on the right shows the booth on Sunday.)

	Artwork displayed at the San Marco Art Festival (April 19-20, 2008) John's artwork was displayed at the 12th Annual San Marco Art Festival, from April 19-20, 2008. Images of various sizes were on display, ranging from 8.5x11 inches, to 13x16 inches, to 24x36 inches and were available to be purchased. (The image on the left shows the booth as it looked on Saturday. The image on the right shows the booth on Sunday.)

	Artwork displayed at the Jacksonville Beach Art Festival (Oct 20- 21, 2007) John's artwork was displayed at the Jacksonville Beach Art Festival, which was held from Oct 20 - 21, 2007, in Latham Plaza, which is a small, open-air park between the Jacksonville Beach City Hall and the actual beach. Images of various sizes were on display, ranging from 8.5x11 inches, to 13x16 inches, to 24x36 inches and were available to be purchased. (The photo on the left shows the booth as it looked on Saturday. The photo on the right shows the booth on Sunday... with John in it.)

	Artwork displayed at the Oxmarket Centre of Arts Vanishing Point is pleased to support the Hidden Artists fundraising exhibition at the Oxmarket Centre of Arts in Chichester (UK) which runs from July 2nd to 14th 2007. (link opens in new window) Some of the Vanishing Point team contributed a few pieces of postcard sized artwork, and we also encouraged members of the CGI community to contribute their own artwork to this great fundraising idea. Each postcard only has the artist's name on the back, so the buyer doesn't discover who the artist is until they buy the image for 15UKP each ($30). Each image sold raises money to support the Oxmarket's educational work with children.

	Artwork displayed on the Saatchi Gallery (Your Gallery) website (Sept. 18, 2006)
	John's Tabby images are displayed on the Saatchi Gallery website, in their "Your Gallery" section. (link opens in new window).

	Artwork displayed on the CGBrainchild website (Aug 14, 2006) John's Tabby images are displayed on the front page of CGbrainchild and on page 1 of their 3D gallery pages (links opens in new window). The images should be on the front page of the site (and the first page of the gallery) for about a week. After that, the images will continue to be displayed in the gallery pages.

	Gallery Appearance at the Infusion Gallery (Aug 1- Sept 25, 2006)
	John's Tabby images were invited to be displayed at the Infusion Gallery, in Los Angeles (link opens in new window). The exhibition ran from Aug 1 to Sept 25, 2006, and the opening reception was held on Aug 10th. Images of various sizes were on display, ranging from 8.5x11 inches, to 13x16 inches, to 24x36 inches. In fact, the same "Tabby Portrait 3" image which was displayed at the Otronicon Show last January will be on display in the Infusion Gallery. All of the images were displayed as framed prints and will be available for purchase by the public.

	Miss Digital World Contest (2006) John's Tabby character was selected to be a contestant in the 2006 Miss Digital World contest (opens in new window). The first round of semi-finals will begin in July, the second round of semi-finals will be held in November, and the final rounds will take place in December. Sept 2006 update: according to their Competition 2006 page, Tabby is listed as one of the 8 semi-finalists (link opens in new window).

	Gallery Appearance at Otronicon (Jan 20-29, 2006) John's Tabby Portrait 3 image was featured in the art gallery at Otronicon, which was held at the Orlando Science Center (opens in new window). Read an interview with between John and Renderosity's contributing columnist, MorriganShadow, in Renderosity's Front Page News (opens in new window).