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DESIGN: An Informally Educated Perspective

176 views · Published 6 March 2018 · 56:58 · Indexed 12 November 2026

Channel: Beach TV CSULB · 2018 · Education

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Before there were curriculums and schools that taught character design, special FX Make-up, and visual FX, everything was based on gut instinct, “feeling”, and trial and error. This is my journey through that era and how I learned to learn.
Eddie Yang has been working in the film industry for over 25 years, creating characters for such films as: R.I.P.D, Iron man, Avengers, The Amazing Spiderman, and more. 
Eddie started his career as a sculptor/designer for Academy Award winning make-up effects artist Rick Baker in 1987. During that time, Eddie worked on dozens of projects including: Men in Black I & II, The Nutty Professor, The Grinch, Planet of the Apes, and Mighty Joe Young to name a few.
After a 16 year career with Rick, Eddie pursued a career in digital effects, working on visual effects for films such as Sky Captain World of Tomorrow, Fantastic Four, and Eight Below. At the Stan Winston Studio in 2003, he had a hand in some of the decade’s biggest movies, including: Avatar, Iron man, and Indiana Jones 4.
Eddie started the Eddie Yang Studio in 2007 designing creatures, specialty costumes, and production art for several feature films including Dark Knight Rises, Man of Steel, and Robocop 2014. He teamed up with Steve Wang to create Alliance Studio in 2013 and has worked on many projects for Blizzard Entertainment and Riot Games in addition to his design work for feature films.

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