Episode 411 - Meats Meier — Virtual Production Supervisor at Eyeline Studios (Scanline)

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Meats Meier is a unique combination of artist and technical director. Not only does he create incredible biomechanical pieces with ZBrush, but he’s also advanced VFX via projects including</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Hellboy</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">and</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The Day After Tomorrow</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">. More recently, Meats has art-directed virtual production for</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Obi-Wan Kenobi</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and Netflix’s upcoming live-action adaptation of</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Avatar: The Last Airbender</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this balanced conversation, recorded in person at Meats’ Yucca Valley residence, the artist discusses his background in computer graphics and then delves into some of the questions rapid advances in AI art pose: Is it ethical? Will it steal artists’ jobs? And what does it mean for the future?</span></p>