VIDEO: Clark James at TechFestNW 2015

Clark James on the challenges and joys of special effects and why hair is the trickiest thing to animate.

By Lizzy Acker

A month ago we put on our fourth TechFestNW. Every Saturday we'll be rolling out videos of our many engaging speakers, who explored topics ranging from drones to digital storytelling to the future of virtual reality. In this first video, Clark James, president of HIVE­ – a Portland based Visual FX+Animation studio, talks about the challenges and joys of special effects and why hair is the trickiest thing to animate.

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Lizzy Acker

Lizzy Acker

Lizzy Acker is Willamette Week's former web editor. Her first book, Monster Party, came out in 2010. She was born in Oregon, lived in San Francisco for almost eight years and then moved back to Oregon, just like everyone always knew she would.

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