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Joy Lea

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Sally Slade

Josh Hayes

Samantha Anderson

David Levy

Bill Plympton

Tim Miller

Eric Miller

Richard Scott

Andrew Gordon

Allyson Grey

Mark Miller

Jake Williams

Kirsten Zirngibl

Aaron Kupferman

OwlTail

In this week’s episode, we are joined by Joy Lea. Her background in the video game industry has led her to be in the world of virtual production. She has worked on the Lion King, the upcoming Avatar Sequels, and more. Joy shares her knowledge on how to get better at virtual production, things to be wary of when mixing kits, her thoughts on Unreal 5 and more.   Highlights of the Episode: 00:00 - Introduction 00:14 - Introduction guest 01:10 - Background of the guest 02:38 - Inspiration to get in the industry 04:23 - Working her way from indie titles to triple A games 06:20 - Breaking Into Today’s Virtual Production Industry 08:20 - How to find mentors in the industry 09:59 - The truth about passion-based jobs 11:14 - Working from home versus from the office 13:09 - How to improve your craft 15:18 - Thoughts on the Meta-verse 16:26 - Why all game engines are fundamentally the same 18:18 - Figuring out the bridges between the different game engines 21:54 - Advantages of virtual production 23:30 - Why virtual production isn’t that expensive 27:16 - Being careful with scales in the marketplace 27:35 - Mixing different kits and focusing on the shaders 30:34 - Current programs to work with 33:06 - Using Blender on a professional setting 33:46 - Adjustments when working in a big company 34:49 - The beauty of today’s free tools 36:33 - How to scale properly 38:33 - Transitioning from model making to the Virtual Art department 41:37 - Thoughts about Unreal 5 45:44 - Learning from other people's work 48:44 - Working with the camera department 50:00 - Collaboration with the scouts 52:31 - Fellowship experience 57:15 - How directors should prepare to meet with the Visual Arts Lead 59:25 - Closing Segment   Quotes: The Unreal Marketplace has so much free stuff that you can just take it all, and keep it all and make a giant library over time, and build stuff.  You don’t even have to make assets from scratch anymore, at this point. Bricks can really determine scale in any sort of scene, just measure a brick and make sure it’s the right size. Going back in time to learn how they did it back then will help you a lot when figuring out when to make a model efficient. It’s like learning how to do a really hard way in order to do it the easier way now. You can learn so much by just taking other people’s work or other people’s sets. Take them, pull them apart, see how they do things, see how things look together… That’s all really useful.   Connecting with the Guest: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joyholle/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ggbaby/?hl=en  Artstation: https://www.artstation.com/joylea    Connecting with CG Pro: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/becomecgpro Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/becomecgpro/  Website: https://www.becomecgpro.com/  Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/edgevisualCG 

In this week’s episode, we are joined by Joy Lea. Her background in the video game industry has led her to be in the world of virtual production. She has worked on the Lion King, the upcoming Avatar Sequels, and more. Joy shares her knowledge on how to get better at virtual production, things to be wary of when mixing kits, her thoughts on Unreal 5 and more. Highlights of the Episode: 00:00 - Introduction 00:14 - Introduction guest 01:10 - Background of the guest 02:38 - Inspiration to get in the industry 04:23 - Working her way from indie titles to triple A games 06:20 - Breaking Into Today’s Virtual Production Industry 08:20 - How to find mentors in the industry 09:59 - The truth about passion-based jobs 11:14 - Working from home versus from the office 13:09 - How to improve your craft 15:18 - Thoughts on the Meta-verse 16:26 - Why all game engines are fundamentally the same 18:18 - Figuring out the bridges between the different game engines 21:54 - Advantages of virtual production 23:30 - Why virtual production isn’t that expensive 27:16 - Being careful with scales in the marketplace 27:35 - Mixing different kits and focusing on the shaders 30:34 - Current programs to work with 33:06 - Using Blender on a professional setting 33:46 - Adjustments when working in a big company 34:49 - The beauty of today’s free tools 36:33 - How to scale properly 38:33 - Transitioning from model making to the Virtual Art department 41:37 - Thoughts about Unreal 5 45:44 - Learning from other people's work 48:44 - Working with the camera department 50:00 - Collaboration with the scouts 52:31 - Fellowship experience 57:15 - How directors should prepare to meet with the Visual Arts Lead 59:25 - Closing Segment Quotes: The Unreal Marketplace has so much free stuff that you can just take it all, and keep it all and make a giant library over time, and build stuff.  You don’t even have to make assets from scratch anymore, at this point. Bricks can really determine scale in any sort of scene, just measure a brick and make sure it’s the right size. Going back in time to learn how they did it back then will help you a lot when figuring out when to make a model efficient. It’s like learning how to do a really hard way in order to do it the easier way now. You can learn so much by just taking other people’s work or other people’s sets. Take them, pull them apart, see how they do things, see how things look together… That’s all really useful. Connecting with the Guest: Linkedin: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/joyholle/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/joyholle/ </a> Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ggbaby/?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/ggbaby/?hl=en </a> Artstation: <a href="https://www.artstation.com/joylea" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.artstation.com/joylea </a> Connecting with CG Pro: Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/becomecgpro" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/groups/becomecgpro</a> Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/becomecgpro/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/becomecgpro/ </a> Website: <a href="https://www.becomecgpro.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.becomecgpro.com/ </a> Twitter: <a href="https://www.twitter.com/edgevisualCG" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.twitter.com/edgevisualCG</a>

A Dive into the Virtual Art Department with Joy Lea Ep. 15

A lot has changed in Joy Lea’s life since she last appeared on the CG Garage podcast in 2016. The former games environment designer was hired by MPC LA as an artist on Disney’s The Lion King, which broke new ground in terms of virtual production pipelines. Continuing the trend, Joy has taken on another game-changing role: CG Art Director at augmented reality virtual production company ARwall. As someone who has switched between games and films, Joy has a unique perspective on the similarities and differences between the industries, as well as their working cultures and attitudes to women. She also talks about the more fun aspects of her job, such as watching The Lion King’s creative team play in virtual reality environments she created and the greenscreen-replacing potential of ARwall.

A lot has changed in Joy Lea’s life since she last appeared on the CG Garage podcast in 2016. The former games environment designer was hired by MPC LA as an artist on Disney’s The Lion King, which broke new ground in terms of virtual production pipelines. Continuing the trend, Joy has taken on another game-changing role: CG Art Director at augmented reality virtual production company ARwall. As someone who has switched between games and films, Joy has a unique perspective on the similarities and differences between the industries, as well as their working cultures and attitudes to women. She also talks about the more fun aspects of her job, such as watching The Lion King’s creative team play in virtual reality environments she created and the greenscreen-replacing potential of ARwall.

Episode 246 - Joy Lea - ARwall