December 21, 2005 - Kurv Studios and Glen Southern are proud to announce the release of 'SILO II – Modeling a head' a new training DVD. This Video carries on from the `Get into SILO` video allowing the artist to starting putting new modeling skills to good use. Glen takes us from concept stage in Photoshop right through to the final high resolution model.

In this video Glen uses several different styles of modeling to create a Trolls head including box-modeling the basic skull shape, creating patches of polygons by extruding edges and putting the whole model together using background reference.

The video is littered with hints and tips that all Sub-division modelers will benefit from not just SILO enthusiasts.

Summary:
With more than 5 hours of training on this DVD, you will be confident in your modeling skills and with the subdivisional modeling tips and tricks Glen shows you, you sure to be applying your new found modeling skills whether your a Hollywood VFX artist, or a freelance weekend modeler.

About KURV studios
Based in McKinney Texas, KURV studios, LLC is an in dependant technology training company developing highend 3D training products for artists working in the film industry and students aspiring to film work. KURV studios is rapidly being recognized as the leading video training company specializing in VFX training on LightWave, 3DS Max, Digital Fusion, Photoshop, BodyPaint and more. Founded in 2004, by Wes Beckwith KURV studios has worked with industry leading artists such as Glen Southern, Larry Shultz, Fred Pienkos, Nicholas Boughen, and more. For more information on KURV studios, visit www.kurvstudios.com.

About Glen Southern
Glen has made quite a name for himself in 3D, 2D, Painting, Design and Illustration. You would be hard to find a professional CGI site that does not have Glen's work on it somewhere. He has been a freelance CGI artist for 8 years working with Silo, ZBrush and LightWave 3D and other 2D/3D applications.

Glen has worked closely with Nevercenter for sometime now and has been involved as a beta tester on the last major version. When Pixologic looks for amazing art work to promote news or new software releases often they contact Glen Southern. You will also find him very interactive with the 3D community on various forums and providing free training from his site and many others.

Glen works and lives in Staffordshire in the UK and spends most of his time modeling in 3D or Sculpting with Super Sculpey. You can frequently find him online and very willing to help others.

For more information on Glen Southern and his work please visit www.southerngfx.co.uk.