IAN SPRIGGS is the artist who has spearhead the digital human into art and film. With the use of technology, he has helped create history by defining a new genre of portraiture, the digital portrait. Ian was one of the first to break through the uncanny valley and reach such high levels of realism that we accept them as real, his work makes us question our reality in a way never seen before. His work bridges the gap of technical achievement and emotional connection. This new genre of digital portraiture is opening the door to the future and new possibilities in art and film.

Ian crafted his skills in the VFX industry for over 16 years working as a lead in studios like OatsStudios, ImageEngine, ILM, and MrX. Ian’s experience exceeds just working in film, he has worked with multiple research teams to advance our knowledge of the digital human. Currently he is working in Labs research at Unity to bring real time characters to life. He has worked on projects with the Digital Human league on creating the standard for digital humans. He has helped put digital humans into lightfields, a more realistic and complex sense of presence of VR. Ian has built characters for interactive real time VR apps. He has even brought people like Notorious BIG and Paul McCartney back on stage. Ian gives talks around the world about his research and consistently works towards the evolution of the digital human.