Dailies

Registration Categories	Location Hours	Dailies Talks
FP Full Conference Platinum F Full Conference S Select Conference	West Hall B Tuesday, 11 August, 3:45 pm - 5:15 pm

Dailies celebrates excellence in computer graphics with an evening of presentations showcasing images and short animations of extraordinary power and beauty.

Dailies lets you experience the vibrant production culture behind the finished art. It is a series of very short presentations by artists who tell the story behind the imagery they created. With less than two minutes for each presentation, Dailies is a very fast-paced and exciting event.

The diverse set of presenters ranges from students to industry giants. You will be astounded by sheer excellence in modeling, shading, animation, lighting, effects, and more.

Dailies is an event that shouldn’t be missed.

Program Preview Videos

Check out preview videos for other SIGGRAPH 2015 programs.

Behind-the-scenes revelations of production triumphs and setbacks at the world’s leading studios and universities.

A Novel Approach to Animated Render Passes in ZBrush

Benjamin Ridgway
San Francisco State University

Ambition

Olga Cyganiak
Platige Image

Artistic 2D and Half for Crises Expression

Mustafa Sumer Albarkaoui
Lighthouse VFX

Atheum's Way

Aleksander Sakowski
Sakowski Studios

Body-Face Rig Integration on Dave the Octopus in "Penguins of Madagascar"

Evan Boucher
DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.

Nathaniel Dirksen
DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.

Breaking Bubbles: From Art to Finish

Timothy Hoff
DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.

Building The Brain-Computer Interface of Mindscape VR

Juan Miguel de Joya
University of California, Berkeley

Captain Calavera From a Sad Experience to Empathy-Oriented Storytelling

Armando Camero
ArmandoCamero

Chase Me, the Tree Making

Gilles-alexandre Deschaud

Creating Abstract Motion Sculptures Through Simulation

Jonathan Barry
Clemson University

Creating Unbelievable Fluid Simulations:

Jason Mayer
DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.

Demon Train

Katheine Mitchell
Johnson County Community College

Dust in the Wind: A Data-Driven Dust Visualization

Kel Elkins
Universities Space Research Association, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Greg Shirah
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Horace Mitchell
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Eye Robot: A Collaborative Production Between Texas A&M University and DreamWorks Animation

Oriyomi Adenuga
Texas A&M University

Finding the "Right" Velocity Fields to Shape a Smoky Leopard

Sarah McGee
Zoic Studios

Generic Mutant Penguins

Cheng-Chia "Keira" Yang
DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.

Evan Boucher
DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.

Nathaniel Dirksen
DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.

H2OH NO!

Gretchen Freitag
Texas A&M University

Conrad Egan
Texas A&M University

Mat Suarez
Texas A&M University

Eric Burke
Texas A&M University

Chethna Kabeerdoss
Texas A&M University

Home-Brewed VR Bubble Gun

Fangwei Lee
EarlyPlan Inc., DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.

How Did We Tile Greenland?

Cynthia Starr
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Global Science & Technology, Inc.

Gregory Shirah
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Global Science & Technology, Inc.

Huggin and Kissin

Adam Osgood
Columbus College of Art & Design

Jewel of Denial

Adam Rothstein
Texas A&M University

Joyous Particles

Matthew Wong
PIxar Animation Studios

Sarah Beth Eisinger
PIxar Animation Studios

Layered Ocean Shader for RenderMan

Kara Gundersen
Clemson University

Lefty & Boomer: How NOT to Make a Student Short

Caleb Jackson
Texas A & M University

Garrett Broussard
DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.

Jacey Johnson
Pixar Animation Studios

Laura Murphy
Pixar Animation Studios

Dustin Han
Texas A & M University

Eva Whan
Texas A&M University

Making a Big Splash in a Small Pond

Youxi Woo
DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.

My Robot Guitar

Ben Reardon
Dataviz Australia

One Track, Mind: Train of Thought in "Inside Out"

Michael Frederickson
Pixar Animation Studios

Peanut Butter Jelly

Alexander Beaty
Clemson University

Jerry Tessendorf
Clemson University

Procedural City for 3D Animated Production

David Derwin

Prototyping Real-Time Volumetric Clouds

Andrew Schneider
Guerrilla Games Amsterdam

Real-Time Open World Challenges

Ryan Brucks
Epic Games, Inc.

Searching for the Garbage Patches

Gregory Shirah
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Horace Mitchell
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Snow in "How to Train Your Dragon 2"

Fangwei Lee
EarlyPlan Inc., DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.

Surreal Night Swimming in "Home"

Michael Losure
DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.

The "Jupiter Ascending" Chicago Chase Sequence

Tom Proctor
Double Negative Visual Effects

Sarah Harries
Double Negative Visual Effects

The Making of Fruit People

Emilio Saenz
Treehouse Army

The Old Axolotl