The visual effects of ‘Widow’s Bay’
Behind the invisible effects work.
All the s2 ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ breakdowns in one place
Check out breakdowns from Outpost VFX, Rodeo FX, Accenture Song and more.
Our final ILM book podcast is with the VFX artist who changed my life: Todd Vaziri
What a series! Listen in for an episode that goes back to the very beginning.
Andy Serkis shoots fun mocap video for start of production on ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum’
Getting into gear on Gollum.
This Wētā FX animation roundtable was a total hoot
Crew members reflect on all things animation, including previs and mocap, and share some very fun stories.
New ‘House of the Dragon’ featurette showcases dragon head prosthetics work
Another great featurette, this time for s3, episode 4.
The art of chunkiness
Blood and gore, and how to kill Seth Rogen.
All the CRAZY visual effects in s5 of ‘The Boys’
Issue #62 of befores & afters magazine covers the visual effects of The Boys, season 5.
Imageworks releases Silver Surfer ‘The Fantastic Four’ breakdown
Showcasing the process of taking Julia Garner performance capture through to the final character.
See the full list of VFX Emmys nominees
Here's the Emmy nominations - congrats to all!
ILM’s John Knoll reveals one of the toughest VFX sequences he’s ever worked on
A brand new podcast in the ILM series.
Preview the Computer Animation Festival at SIGGRAPH in this stunning trailer
Get a glimpse of the animated shorts, visual effects, scientific visualizations, and digital storytelling.
Balls and Charts
A video tribute to VFX artists, especially the on-set data wrangling teams.
Behind the scenes of ep 3 of s3 of ‘House of the Dragon’
The latest featurette is out.
On The Set Pic: ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ s2
(L to R) Ian Ousley as Sokka, Gordon Cormier as Aang, Hoa Xuande as Professor Zei, Miyako as Toph, Kiawentiio Tarbell as
ILM’s David Vickery on combining practical and digital
A look back at some past Jurassic World films with the VFX supe.
About 40 journalists watched the ‘Independence Day’ miniatures team blow up the White House, live
Plus other fun stories from the making of the Roland Emmerich film.
Shooting scenes for ‘Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age’
Puppet passes, and the art of the nature doco, without animals to film.
Puppets, previs and prehistoric creatures
Issue #61 of befores & afters magazine covers the visual effects of Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age.
Behind the scenes of weapons, armor and prosthetics in ‘House of the Dragon’
New featurette on episode 2 of season 3.
Behind the scenes of ‘Mortal Kombat II’
Including Jax Briggs' bluescreen arms!
New ‘Wildwood’ featurette on the environments
Go behind the scenes of the LAIKA film.
ILM’s Cary Phillips on the development of Cari for ‘Dragonheart’
It's the newest podcast in our ILM series!
Watch Wētā FX’s VFX breakdown for ‘Stranger Things’ 5
Go behind the scenes, and find out where to get more info in the magazine.
On The Set Pic: ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’
Gordon Cormier as Aang in 'Avatar: The Last Airbender' season 2.
How the dream sequence in ‘Spider-Noir’ was made
Nic Cage dreams of spiders, and being miniaturized.
“The ending with the Zeppelin was a nightmare, but it turned out pretty cool”
How that final airship explosion in The Rocketeer was (almost) a major disaster.
Get my new book in PRINT or on KINDLE.
Issue #67: The visual effects of Masters of the Universe.
Latest limited edition t-shirt: Pseudopod.
