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The FuseFX Driving Rig
Articles

Here’s how driving comps were done for ‘True Detective’

Posted onApril 8, 2019May 17, 2020

They are in the car A LOT.

Source: Behance page of Trevor Tuttle, a model maker at ILM on Snake Eyes.
Articles, Retro

The CGI tidal wave in ‘Snake Eyes’ that no one got to…sea (sorry)

Posted onApril 5, 2019May 17, 2020

The true story of the original ending of ‘Snake Eyes’, and its ground-breaking water sims by ILM.

Cat VFX scene
Articles

What goes on behind the scenes when a VFX studio does one of those ‘real vs. CG’ test shots?

Posted onApril 4, 2019May 17, 2020

The art of the side-by-side.

John Gaeta
Articles

John Gaeta on dynamic adaptive geospatially aligned applications, and other things from the future

Posted onApril 2, 2019May 17, 2020

The Magicverse has you.

Vincent Frei
Articles

A new way to search and keep track of VFX studios

Posted onApril 2, 2019May 17, 2020

VFX studio directory site ‘We Are The Makers’ launches

Rocket Migration_workstation
Articles

We’re following along with this Kickstarter animated short film project

Posted onApril 2, 2019May 17, 2020

Will it meet its goal?

Game of Thrones
Articles

There’s so much cool ‘Game of Thrones’ stuff here that I had to embed this video

Posted onApril 2, 2019May 17, 2020

Holy crap ‘Game of Thrones’ is almost here.

Articles

The Solid Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride

Posted onMarch 27, 2019June 21, 2021

A sticky post with a regular landscape featured image on the corner of a nondescript block in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, is a bank, or what used to be.

Skrull transformations
Articles

Skrull transformations: inventing a new type of morph

Posted onMarch 25, 2019May 17, 2020

All about ‘Captain Marvel’s’ shape-shifting Skrulls, and ponytails.

Shark VS Grodd: Encore VFX
Articles

OK, so a shark man needs to fight a gorilla – what do you do?

Posted onMarch 21, 2019May 17, 2020

“I was surprised no one scratched my car after that conversation.”

Alita: Battle Angel VFX
Articles

‘She eats a lot during this film, you know’ – giving CG characters some bite

Posted onMarch 20, 2019May 17, 2020

How do you make a CG character eat, anyway? Weta Digital reveals all.

Dennis Muren on the art of crafting VFX shots
Articles

Dennis Muren on the art of crafting VFX shots that don’t reveal how they’re done

Posted onMarch 18, 2019May 17, 2020

The ILM veteran breaks down 3 of his classic ‘how did they do that?’ film effects.

exploring more diversity in VFX
Articles

‘No more talk, we need positive action’: exploring more diversity in VFX

Posted onMarch 18, 2019May 17, 2020

A report from the joint VES and SPARK CG Society Diversity & Inclusion Summit.

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Articles

That Moment When You Have to Reveal Your Work to the World

Posted onMarch 18, 2019May 16, 2020

What it was like for Sony’s ‘Spider-Verse’ artists after the film’s first teaser trailer was released in 2017.

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