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Concept designer Ben Mauro on building his ‘HUXLEY’ universe

How Mauro dreamt up a graphic novel project and has turned it into so much more.

In this new VFX Futures ep, concept designer Ben Mauro joins Ian Failes from befores & afters for a discussion about Mauro’s HUXLEY universe. We talk graphic novels, film projects and NTFs.

Ben Mauro.

Early HUXLEY exploration.

Original HUXLEY robot design from back in 2014.

Ben Mauro’s designs for the HUXLEY world.

This podcast is sponsored by Escape Technology. They are currently offering a free 3 month trial of NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise and Teradici CASE. Head to their website for detailed info.

Listen in at Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or below.

Show notes

– Ben Mauro’s dedicated HUXLEY page on his website.

Buy Me A Coffee

– Ben Mauro’s page at ArtStation.

– Official HUXLEY website.

– Trailer for HUXLEY:



– Making-of the HUXLEY trailer:


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