VFX Notes on ‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’ – CGI, puppets, miniatures and stop-motion
A new VFX Notes episode on the film with Ian and Hugo.
The cardboard cut-outs used to help make ‘Death by Lightning’
Part of the crowd solution on the miniseries.
The old-school show-within-a-show in ‘Wonder Man’ used some old-school effects techniques
Including forced perspective miniature effects.
Watch east side effects’ VFX breakdown for season 2 of ‘Severance’
Go behind the scenes.
The art of CG ping pong balls and crowds in ‘Marty Supreme’
A brand new podcast, with visual effects supervisor Eran Dinur.
On The Set Pic: ‘The Odyssey’
Director Christopher Nolan with cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema, ASC on set of the film.
‘Mission: Impossible’ is 30 this week!
One of those game-changer VFX films.
Cover reveal! Issue #56 – Alien: Earth
Coming soon!
How to make a photoreal CG octopus: the VFX of ‘Remarkably Bright Creatures’
Behind the scenes with Untold Studios, including a whole bunch of before/after images.
What’s coming soon to befores & afters
New magazines, podcasts and other fun coverage in VFX and animation.
Watch this ‘Hoppers’ progression reel from Pixar’
Go behind the scenes.
Reflections on FMX 2026
A round up of chatting to Roland Emmerich, Then & Now sessions, and AI.
Demerzel’s fate
Bringing the robot character to life, and death, for season 3 of Foundation. A new excerpt from the magazine.
What the world needs right now is this video of Hugh Jackman interacting with sheep stuffies
A collection of b-roll from 'The Sheep Detectives', showcasing the stuffies and on-set stand-ins for the sheep in the film.
More of the SIGGRAPH 2026 schedule has been published
A huge number of Talks have been announced, covering projects like Fire and Ash, Stranger Things 5, Toy Story 5, and more.
Watch DNEG’s VFX breakdown for ‘Mickey 17’
Go behind the scenes.
Go behind the scenes of ‘Remarkably Bright Creatures’
This Netflix featurette includes VFX supervisor Chris Ritvo from Untold Studios.
Explore the world of ‘Foundation’, season 3
Issue #55 of befores & afters magazine covers the visual effects of Foundation, season 3.
On The Set Pic: ‘Masters of the Universe’
Director Travis Knight, Nicholas Galitzine, and Camila Mendes on the set of 'Masters of the Universe'.
‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’, ‘Project Hail Mary’ to be featured in SIGGRAPH 2026 Production Sessions
It's a big, big year of Production Sessions at SIGGRAPH.
Folks breaks down its VFX for ‘Marty Supreme’
Go behind the scenes.
In-depth on the all the key explosive visual effects in Netflix’s ‘Man on Fire’
Listen to the brand new podcast on the series.
Fun behind the scenes for how they shot the Air Force One scene in ‘Pluribus’
A new featurette from Apple.
The visual effects in ‘The Bride!’ that you may not have noticed
Environment builds, plus how that falling down the stairs shot was achieved, and how the re-animation of the Bride was done.
New LAIKA featurette on ‘Wildwood’
Go behind the scenes of the stop-motion animation.
VES On-Set VFX Data Collection and Usage Guide released
A new guide for using and capturing on-set data for visual effects.
Fun animation progression from Pixar for ‘Cars’
Go behind the scenes.
Get my new book in PRINT or on KINDLE.
Issue #65: The visual effects of The Electric State.
Issue #64: The visual effects of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, s2.
Issue #63: The visual effects of 28 Years Later.
