Here’s the many different ways the title character of ‘M3GAN 2.0’ was made, both practically and digitally
Animatronic, performer in open and closed mask, posable doll, CG, face replacements (and all of the above).
5 sessions not to miss at VIEW Conference 2025
Also, how to score a 20% discount on tickets!
Here’s how those insane body morphing shots in ‘Together’ were made
Behind the intimate supernatural body horror film starring Dave Franco and Alison Brie.
‘Andor’ and ‘The Penguin’ win VFX Emmys
Results straight from the Creative Arts Emmys.
Learn the art and craft of animation and VFX at VIEW Conference
All the big names, a 3 hr workshop from me, and how to get a 20% ticket discount.
Special event preview: In Motion in London
The Playgrounds event is being held at the Barbican Centre, London on 9 and 10 October 2025.
Crowds, courses and some crazy fun effects: the VFX of ‘Happy Gilmore 2’
Go behind the scenes with Scanline VFX on their work for the Adam Sandler film.
How those children breaking through glass windows scenes were made in ‘Weapons’
A combination of fun greenscreen stunt work, and digital VFX from Ingenuity Studios, was used.
New previews of my ‘Industrial Light & Magic: 50 Years of Innovation’ book are here!
A whole swathe of spreads from the book are now available.
Look closer: what you might have missed in these VFX shots from ‘Ballerina’
A look behind the scenes at the visual effects of two key sequences in the film, with beloFX.
Here’s two VFX and virtual production-related tech reveals from SIGGRAPH
ILM showcased Oscar, a suite of tablet-based user interfaces for StageCraft, while Sony Pictures Imageworks unveiled its approach to making light rigs,
Photos from the special Ed Catmull ‘Toy Story’ 30th anniversary SIGGRAPH event
Enjoy this slideshow of imagery taken at the special talk and screening from SIGGRAPH Vancouver.
Nukepedia is making a comeback
Here's how to sign-up, plus a look at the history of the number one source of Nuke stuff.
The craziest sequence in ‘Murderbot’ and how it was made
DNEG breaks down the worm and how it ate the main character (spoiler: Murderbot shoots his way out of the creature).
Did you know about the specialized visual effects film stock that was made by Eastman Kodak to deal with red fringe artifacts?
How visual effects legend Hoyt Yeatman and tests being done for 1998’s ‘Mighty Joe Young’ led to the SFX 200T film stock.
A look behind the scenes at what it takes to make visual effects for a Wes Anderson film
Freefolk discusses its approach to invisible visual effects in ‘The Phoenician Scheme’, including stitching plates together, re-times and just the right amount
Here’s where you can find befores & afters at SIGGRAPH in Vancouver!
I'll be involved in moderating talks on 'Sinners', 'In Your Dreams' and at the RenderMan Art & Science Fair.
Find out who was nominated for an Emmy in the VFX categories
See the list right here for both VFX categories.
Need to do a face swap? Here’s some of the main considerations to think about in the new machine learning VFX paradigm
Behind the face replacement work for the ballet dancing scenes in 'Étoile'.
Looking back at the practical effects for Thing in 2005’s ‘Fantastic Four’
Spectral Motion co-founder and lead art director Mike Elizalde on the original Thing suit.
A team of just three VFX artists helped make the million dollar-winning commercial in the Doritos ‘Crash the Super Bowl’ contest
Here’s how they did it (including a whole bunch of VFX breakdown videos).
‘The number of times we talked about a blood and guts cannon in prep meetings was…fantastic’
The VFX supervisor for ‘The Monkey’ breaks down the film’s craziest and quirkiest death scenes. Plus, exclusive visual effects breakdown videos of
Planes, dams and invisible visual effects
How key scenes in Wes Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme were made, including with miniatures!
What you didn’t know about Nuke’s 3D system and how it was developed
Get a rare insight into the making of Nuke at Digital Domain, including a Nuke script for a classic Titanic VFX shot.
A new book dives into the 3-strip dye-transfer printing process pioneered by Technicolor
And it reveals some more filmmaking history you might not already know.
OK, so how do you show a saw cutting through someone’s face?
How make-up effects work and digital visual effects combined to craft this shot.
See how MotionMaker, Maya’s new AI animation tool, works
The Autodesk toolset combines AI, motion capture and keyframing inside of Maya.
Get my new book in PRINT or on KINDLE.
Issue #66: 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.
