Issue #11 is here, and it’s all about AI in VFX and animation
100 pages on new AI tools, how VFX studios use machine learning.
‘We have buckets of entrails’
On the set of Carnival Row with creature and make-up effects supervisor Nick Dudman.
The best of both worlds
Marrying practical miniatures with CG served perfectly on RRR’s dramatic bridge scene.
Yep, pool noodles were part of this ‘Wakanda Forever’ suit from Legacy Effects
An excerpt from the practical effects issue of befores & afters magazine.
‘They talked to the puppet like an actor’
Spectral Motion breaks down their practical characters for ‘Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities’. An excerpt from befores & afters magazine.
Behind the insane engineering for the wave tank in ‘The Way of Water’
Here's how the performance capture tank was built.
Issue #10 of befores & afters magazine goes deep on practical effects
Coverage of the latest in creature and make-up effects, miniatures and in-camera effects.
The making of a shot sculpting toolset
How Animal Logic implemented a new toolset for rig deformation on ‘DC League of Super-Pets’.
Issue #9 of the magazine is here!
This latest issue focuses on feature animation.
Shape language, silhouettes and scanning ‘nurnies’
What it took to design Cinesite’s creatures for s2 of The Witcher. The basilisks and chernobog featured in season 2 of Netflix’s
Strange designs
Wētā FX unleashes zombies, and strange environs, for Multiverse of Madness.
The unique challenge of making a stalking, unfolding, alien entity that hides amongst the clouds
MPC’s key role in designing Nope’s ‘Jean Jacket’: an excerpt from issue #8 of befores & afters magazine.
The latest issue of befores & afters magazine goes deep on VFX art departments
The designs in Nope, The Witcher and more--from the point of view of the VFX studios.
‘Titanic’s’ digital paraphernalia supervisor made all the difference
Titanic turns 25, and we are celebrating here at befores & afters.
Behind the mind-bending effects in Tool’s ‘Opiate²’ music video
Silicone puppets, live-action photography and meticulous digital effects made it possible.
‘All this is not to do with animatronics. It’s to do with characters’
How one animatronics designer and puppeteer has made his way into the world of Star Wars, Dark Crystal and more.
What it was like to work on Phil Tippett’s ‘MAD GOD’
An animator’s perspective (and a special bonus excerpt from befores & afters magazine).
Inside issue #7 of b&a mag: animatronics, creature effects and Phil Tippett’s ‘MAD GOD’
The latest issue of befores & afters magazine has arrived!
Breaking down a low-budget stop-motion scene
Animator Angus Lamont reveals how he crafted a giant monster attack in his makeshift garage/studio.
‘Where’s the head? When’s the head going to turn up?’
‘The Bubble’ had some slightly unusual visual effects requirements to help deliver its tongue-in-cheek tale.
The art and design and VFX of a music video
A breakdown of Father John Misty's single ‘Funny Girl’.
147 3D printed pieces helped make this BBC Winter Olympics spot possible
How Blinkink had to solve some interesting previs, stop-motion and 3D printing challenges for the promo. ‘Extreme by Nature’, a spot for
Issue #6: stop-motion, music videos, Predator, DragonHeart, The Bubble!
120 pages of visual effects in print.
The invisible effects of ‘The Power of the Dog’
The dog in the hills is...amazing.
The digital environments in ‘The Secrets of Dumbledore’ you probably didn’t realize were digital
How One of Us crafted the opening brasserie and Hogwarts Great Hall environments.
The invisible effects of ‘Winning Time’
An excerpt from issue #5 of befores & afters magazine.
The invisible VFX of ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’
An excerpt from the 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' article in issue #5 of befores & afters mag.
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Industrial Light & Magic: 50 Years of Innovation
How the right school helped this compositor land his latest credit on 'Invasion' season 3.
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