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Glen Southern

Creative Director/Director at Southern GFX

Glen Southern is a Creative Director and Director who runs Southern GFX, a UK-based studio specializing in character and creature design. His clients include SKY, Roald Dahl, Mackinnon and Saunders, Nike, Sainsbury's, Adidas, Netflix, Screen Scene, Disney, Lego, Pixologic, and Wacom.


Glen has been using and training artists in ZBrush for over 15 years and serves as a Wacom Ambassador for the UK and Ireland. More recently, he has explored VR creation, working with companies such as Adobe Medium and Gravity Sketch. Glen and his team at Southern GFX divide their time between client projects, training corporate clients and students at colleges and universities across the UK, and presenting cutting-edge digital tools at events around the world.

  • Glen and his team have been an essential part of our creative team here at SKY for over 10 years now. When we have a 3D model requirement we often go to Glen first and if there is new creative software on the horizon, he is often right there out at the front.

    - Justin’s Bates
    Creative Director VFX, SKY UK

  • Glen is always ahead of the curve. In my near 30 years’ experience as a 3D artist, compositor, and now as an educator, I have not met many people who have the same enthusiasm, knowledge, and craft as Glen. He is always generous with his time, especially with artists at the start of their careers, and he is an altogether nice guy who is passionate about art and life in equal measure.

    - Stephen Lohan
    Freelance AI Video Production at ImageIreland

  • Glen has vast experience of training in Digital and/or VR as well as working on successful industry projects. He was instrumental in training me to model and sculpt using Gravity Sketch in a virtual environment. He introduced me to the virtual co-creation space, which was vital in my training during lockdown. Glen offers guidance, support, and feedback on my work, and does so in an engaging way. I don’t know of anyone else teaching VR creation tools at this level.

    - Hatana El-Jarn
    Creative Lead and Consultant at SouthernGFX Limited

  • Glen and his team have been an essential part of our creative team here at SKY for over ten years now. When we have a 3D model requirement we often go to Glen first and if there is new creative software on the horizon, he is often right there out at the front.

    - Justin Bates
    Creative Director VFX, SKY UK

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