How DNEG Animation gave ‘Entergalactic’ its stylized look
Go behind the scenes with key members of the team.
Does A.I. kill art, the tech behind ‘Love and Thunder’, and getting a job in VFX
Here's what befores & afters is up to this year at the VIEW Conference.
You can now watch this ‘Love, death, and Tim Miller’ AWS session from SIGGRAPH
Hosted by Ian Failes from befores & afters, and also featuring Gretchen Libby.
Breaking down a low-budget stop-motion scene
Animator Angus Lamont reveals how he crafted a giant monster attack in his makeshift garage/studio.
Here’s how one director tackled the delicate art of rendering characters made of paper
Behind the scenes of the still work in progress animated short ‘Retour a Hairy Hill’, and the tech and cloud rendering that’s making it
Watch Makuta’s ‘RRR’ crowd sim breakdown
The behind the scenes keep coming.
With 3D scanning, a new kind of fashion shoot emerges
How Avatar Factory collaborated with photographer Justin Ridler for this unique Vogue China shoot.
Solving a 3D boat scan was a big part of Industrial Pixel’s beginnings
Scanning on a boat on water is harder than you might think.
Behind the scenes of Wētā Workshop’s ‘Jeff’
The animatronics powering the Wētā Workshop Unleashed security guard, Jeff.
That time Tom Holland got hit by a bluescreen car
4 hours of stuffies discussion (just kidding).
‘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.
Go behind the scenes of Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Pinocchio’
These timelapse stop-motion animation behind the scenes videos are always intoxicating.
Watch MPC’s VFX breakdown for ‘Secret Headquarters’
Befores and afters from the film.
The special effects behind that dramatic stadium save in ‘The Batman’
Some insider info from SFX technician Richard Cheal was revealed on the Team Deakins podcast.
Using robotic cameras and CG animation to take to the skies (and space)
Behind the scenes of two UTS Animal Logic Academy shorts exploring the intersection between analogue and digital animation.
Gregory, Goldie, Gault and…Matthew
A deep dive into the VFX of four fun characters featured in ‘The Sandman’.
The art and design and VFX of a music video
A breakdown of Father John Misty's single ‘Funny Girl’.
Watch this official ‘Avatar’ performance capture featurette
The film is getting a re-release this week.
You can now re-visit one of the greatest ever SIGGRAPH presentations in history
ACM has made 50 years of their publications open and freely available, including this killer animation-related session.
b&a podcast: Rose Duignan and Hal Hickel on the history of ILM
The early days of ILM, the practical-to-digital transition, and the latest innovations at the studio.
Avatar: Fire and Ash
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Creativity meets technical curiosity: an FX TD’s role on Predator: Badlands.
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