Goodbye Kansas Studios

Yesterday, we were delighted to announce that we have two of our fabulous team members attending Kind of Art 2024 as guest speakers! 🤩 (Check back to our previous post to see who our first speaker is and what they'll be speaking about...!) 👀

Our second speaker is Senior Rigger Stephanie Holder, presenting ´Bugging Out: Rigging a Beetle for the Total War Pharaoh Cinematic´ at SAL 14 on Saturday, 26th October, at 3 PM. 🪲

In this talk, Stephanie will explore GBK's approach to rigging and animating the scarab beetle and its dung ball, discussing the importance of quality references and how a tight feedback loop between departments created a beautifully realistic bug indistinguishable from the real thing.

Stephanie will also share some amusing behind-the-scenes shenanigans.... so don't miss it! 👀😆

Are you going to KOA 2024?! Let us know below, and check out our two awesome speakers! 🔥

We are delighted to announce that we have not one but TWO of our fabulous team members attending 🔥 Kind of Art 2024 🔥 as guest speakers! 🤩

Our first speaker is Junior Modeler Charlotte Van Hulle, presenting ´The Faces We Make—a Junior Artist’s Introduction to Facial Modelling´ at SAL 14 on Friday, October 25th at 4 PM. 👏

In this presentation, Charlotte will introduce the fascinating discipline of facial modelling and guide the listeners through what the facial pipeline looks like at Goodbye Kansas.

She'll explore the journey of a face model from raw scan data to a polished rig that both looks believable and moves naturally, capturing the nuances of facial muscle movement. Drawing on her experience as a junior artist at Goodbye Kansas, she’ll share valuable insights that she's gained under the wing of our talented facial modelling team!

Check back tomorrow to see who our second guest speaker is! 🚀

Our Lead Animator Christina Sidoti attended Filmfest Sundsvall last week, speaking on the panel for VFX Dagen, giving a DEIA talk, and being a guest speaker for her very own presentation. PHEW! 🔥

Christina's presentation, Dragons and Jabberwocks, showed breakdowns of recent projects and focused primarily on the process combining full keyframe animation and motion capture from storyboard through to final delivery.

Alfred Lindahl moderated the panel discussion around the Swedish VFX industry that Christina participated in alongside Jens Lindgren, Tor Olsson, and Peter Mattsson. The crowd was really receptive to everybody's contributions, providing great feedback at the end! 🎉

"Andreas Fock is one of the founders of the festival and I am so thankful for the massive effort that he puts forth every year to bring these talented filmmakers together. It was such a good day flowing back and forth and I was honoured to be part of this lineup on the panel and with the other guest speakers." - Christina

Until next time, Filmfest Sundsvall!

Our awesome director, Emnet Mulugeta, has been chosen to be on the jury for this year's Shots Awards EMEA 2024 in the Visual Effects and Animation categories! 🔥🎉

The Shots Awards celebrate and showcase submitted work by some of the most creative companies and individuals across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Good luck to all entries, and well done, Emnet! 🚀

We are seeking expressions of interest from hybrid/fully remote Realtime Lighting Artists! 🔥

The ideal candidate for this position must be passionate about and and ambitious about pushing the boundaries of photorealism. Using , you would be responsible for creating lighting and rendering setups to facilitate the production of top-notch visuals. 🔥

If you have a wide knowledge of lighting techniques, a great eye for detail, highly organized and strong communication skills, we'd like to hear from you! 🔥

Please note that this is an expression of interest for now, so it might take some time until we can get back to all applicants. We will only consider fully remote applications based in the European region. 🌎

To submit your profile and read the full description, click here: https://career.goodbyekansas.com/jobs/5025240-realtime-lighting-artist-expression-of-interest

We're super proud that Lead Animator Christina Sidoti has been asked to be on the panel and a guest speaker at the Sundsvall Film Festival in Sweden this week! ⭐️🔥

In association with FilmFreeway, this is the 7th edition of Sweden's up-and-coming festival that will take place on October 2nd-6th in Sundsvall! 🇸🇪

You can catch Christina on October 4th at 2 PM, where she will present ´Dragons and Jabberwocks´, exploring juicy case study breakdowns of Goodbye Kansas's work on the games Lineage W and Forspoken...🔥 🎮

Christina will also speak on the panel about the industry's future the same day at 10 AM, so look out for her! 🚀

Good luck, Christina! ❤️

It’s National Comic Book Day! 🎉📖

To celebrate, we are happy to be able to show you our involvement with Su***de Squad: Kill The Justice League Season 1 and 2.

This unique project allowed us to explore our storytelling skills in a different medium - similar to comic books - rather than Goodbye Kansas's traditional hyper-real 3D work.

Over 12 months, we assembled a small team of talented artists to work closely with the writers at Rocksteady Studios to direct, illustrate, design, edit, and animate this series of 1.5-minute films in 2D animation.

Check out these fantastic stills from the project featuring The Joker, Brainiac, Mrs Freeze & Flash.

Special thanks to Rocksteady Studios and Warner Bros. Games for trusting us to bring these scripts to life of such beloved characters.

What will you read or watch to celebrate National Comic Book Day?

🔥GOODBYE KANSAS: BEHIND THE SCREENS

No roadmap or person is the same, and we think that's awesome and something to celebrate! 🎉

Behind the Screens aims to spotlight our fantastic team at GBK and inspire others who want to know more about how a career in this industry can expand and are perhaps just entering the industry. 🚀

Calum Hart is a Senior Producer who has worked on various projects at Goodbye Kansas, including Helldivers 2 and Total War: Pharaoh. 🪲

Read about how he started in production, what he loves most about his role at GBK, and how his interests support his mental health.

We are seeking a freelance Senior Coordinator based in . 🔥

As a senior coordinator, you will work closely with producers, production assistants, supervisors, and artists to ensure that all aspects of the project are being tracked and delivered according to established targets and milestones. 🚀

This position coordinates our cross-functional production teams and requires effective project management and communication skills, as well as a very proactive and positive attitude. Since Goodbye Kansas works on both VFX and game-related projects, having experience from both worlds would be a big bonus. 👀

To read more about the role and apply, click here:
https://career.goodbyekansas.com/jobs/4997432-senior-coordinator-stockholm-only

Are you our next Production Manager?! 👀

If you have 3+ years of experience in a CG or VFX studio and are an eager team player with a passion for creative productions, then we want to hear from you! 🔥

As a Production Manager at Goodbye Kansas, you will help create and maintain project master schedules, oversee budgets, and collaborate with our top-tier Producers and department leads. You'll play a vital role in ensuring smooth workflows across VFX/CG pipelines, managing team coordination, and guiding Production Coordinators.

This role is possible to be fully remote within the EU. 🌎🇪🇺

Read the full description and apply here: https://career.goodbyekansas.com/jobs/4986149-production-manager

We're delighted to share a published article by 3D World magazine about our team's involvement with the Emmy award-winning series, Shōgun! 🤩

Our digital matte painting team shares all the behind-the-scenes of how they brought the TV series environments to life, exploring the thought process and creativity required to produce historically accurate locations and individual assets. 🏯

Shoutouts to our incredible team members, Irena Smitakova, Matilda Olsson, Lukas McBride, Olov Samuelsson, and Daniel Axelsson, who all took the time to contribute to this brilliant write-up! 🔥

We are so excited to announce that Goodbye Kansas is collaborating with Escape Studios as an industry partner! 🔥

As one of the UK's leading animation, games, and VFX schools, we are thrilled to mentor and provide feedback to Escape Studios's students enrolled in the MA Visual Effects Production (Compositing) course and the Compositing for Visual Effects short course.

We will also collaborate with Escape Studios throughout the year on many other areas our talented team can provide their students.🚀

We look forward to providing feedback to new and upcoming graduates and working more closely with Escape Studios and the next generation of Visual Effects masters! 🤩

Are you enrolled in these courses? Say hello, below! 👋

🔥HIRING NOW🔥

We are looking for a and Finance Manager to join our team.🚀

As a Producer, you will manage cinematics production of all sizes from pre-production through ex*****on to delivery. The projects are inherently technical by nature, and this position requires a fundamental understanding of the cinematic process and a good understanding of the structure and process of our clients. This role can also be fully remote in the European region!

To learn more about the role and apply, click here:
https://career.goodbyekansas.com/jobs/4754025-senior-cinematic-producer

As part of our small but exceptional team of three, our Finance Manager will play a key role in our operations. We are looking for someone with at least five years of experience in and controlling, ideally from project-based companies. This role allows for a working model, with encouragement to be a part of our community and work from our modern office in Hammarby Sjöstad, too! 🚀

To learn more about the role and apply, click here:
https://career.goodbyekansas.com/jobs/4914124-finance-manager-stockholm

Check out our latest work alongside other incredible artists featured in this year's Houdini Film & TV Reel!

is a central pillar of our pipeline here at Goodbye Kansas enabling us to handle advanced and beautiful - Special thanks to Side FX for asking us to be a part of this reel, which we can't wait for you all to see!

Can you spot which work is ours?
Take a look and let us know below! 👇

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BH-CIpCAN1w

2024 Houdini Film + TV Reel Check out the latest work by the incredible artists featured in this year's Houdini Film & TV Reel!THEN – join us on Thursday, Sept 12 at HUG Horizon to lear...

We are absolutely thrilled to kick off this week knowing that has broken the record for winning 14 at the Creative Arts ceremony, including the award for Special Visual Effects in a Season or a Movie! 🏆

Congratulations to VFX Supervisor Michael Cliett, those nominated, and everybody involved who brought Shõgun to life, including our brilliant kick-ass team. Special shoutouts to Matilda Olsson, Joel Lindman, Josefine Jakobsson & Alexander Darrell 💪

We look forward to watching all the wins on the awards show that will be televised next week!🔥

🔥HIRING🔥

We are seeking an experienced Finance Manager to join our Finance Department in .🔥

This role allows for a working model, with encouragement to be a part of our community and work from our modern office in Hammarby Sjöstad, too! 🚀

As part of our small but exceptional team of three, located in Stockholm and , you will play a key role in our operations. We are looking for someone with at least ten years of experience in and controlling, ideally from project-based companies.

Think you'd be a great fit? We want to hear from you!

Please see the full job description and apply with your profile here:
https://career.goodbyekansas.com/jobs/4914124-finance-manager-stockholm

Will we be seeing you at XDS next week?! ✈️
External Development Summit is the only annual international games industry event with a primary focus on external development for art, animation, audio, software engineering, QA and localization. 🔥

Our Executive Producers Jan and Anton are looking forward to connecting with you! Reach out to them via the XDS connect if you'd like to schedule a meeting to discuss how Goodbye Kansas can support your next project! Cinematics, trailers, performance capture, and face rigs are all hot topics!

Thrilled to see Concord get released!
Check out our latest work with PlayStation! 🔥

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBnStS9d2xg&t

Concord - Reveal Cinematic Trailer | PS5 Games Join the Crew of the Northstar! Concord is a new shooter for PS5® and PC* where you choose from a wide roster of characters and role types, each with unique ...

So...who's excited about the new Secret Level anthology TV series?! 👀

We are honoured and extremely happy to have had the chance to collaborate on The Outer Worlds episode and are looking forward to everyone watching...🔥

Our Executive Producers Anton and Jörgen were delighted to witness the first reveal at Gamescom 2024 last week - who else was there!?

We can't wait to talk more about this project soon...stay tuned!

The secret...is finally OUT. 🔥

We are absolutely THRILLED to be able to say that we have worked on this series and cannot wait for the world to witness it. 🔥

Welcome to Secret Level, a new revolutionary gaming anthology series, coming exclusively to Prime Video December 10th, 2024.

🔥: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLihxsmI_OU

Secret Level - Teaser Trailer | Prime Video SECRET LEVEL is a new adult-animated anthology series featuring original stories set within the worlds of some of the most beloved video games. From the crea...

Are you going to gamescom 2024?!

Taking place from Tuesday, 20th August, in Cologne, Germany, Gamescom is the world's largest computer and video games event and Europe's largest business platform for the games industry! 🚀

Our Executive Producers, Anton and Jorgen, would love to meet you!
Learn more about Goodbye Kansas, our wonderful team and how we can work together. 🔥

We are the storytellers that make your projects memorable and the impossible possible. 🔥

Today, we're sharing our newest VFX showreel, showcasing all the latest projects we have had the pleasure of working on...

Our incredible team is versatile, tenacious and ready to work on an array of subjects... whether that's epic sea monsters, blinding explosions, mountainous landscapes, chaotic battlefields, blazing fires, giant trolls, or ships taking on treacherous waters, for example...

Goodbye Kansas relish bringing your ideas to life for the world to witness. 🔥

Enjoy, and let us know which parts are your favourite!

👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84kDp0afCeg

VFX Showreel | Q3 2024 | Goodbye Kansas Q3 2024 Showreel by Goodbye Kansas. 🔥Goodbye Kansas Studios creates award-winning , and for TV, film, games, trailers a...

We're thrilled to announce that VFX Supervisor Gianni Aliotti will join a webinar chat on Wednesday, 14th August, with Semkhor Content Academy & Stage 03 VFX... which includes a GBK motion capture and scanning facilities tour! 😍

Join Gianni as he answers all your questions and shows you an exclusive look into where the magic happens at Goodbye Kansas Studios in Stockholm!

Get all the details here and save your seat 👇
https://www.semkhorcontentacademy.com/page.asp?content_id=36067&s=contentacademy