- 3 hours ago25 May 18, 4:00pm -

Come have a look at the work of CoSA VFX on the fifth season of MARVEL’S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D: © Vincent Frei – The Art of VFX – 2018The post MARVEL’S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. – Season 5: VFX Reel by CoSA VFX appeared first on The Art of V…
- 9 hours ago25 May 18, 10:00am -

Here is the first trailer for THE SISTERS BROTHERS, the new movie by Jacques Audiard: The VFX are made by: Mikros Image The Production VFX Supervisor is Cédric Fayolle. Director: Jacques Audiard Release Date: 2018 © Vincent Frei – The Art of VFX…
- 12 hours ago25 May 18, 7:00am -

Here is a new trailer for HOTEL ARTEMIS! The VFX are made by: Cantina Creative (VFX Supervisor: Venti Hristova) Director: Drew Pearce Release Date: 20 July 2018 (USA) © Vincent Frei – The Art of VFX – 2018The post HOTEL ARTEMIS appeared first o…
- 24 hours ago24 May 18, 7:00pm -

Brand new trailer for SKYSCRAPER: The VFX are made by: Industrial Light & Magic (VFX Supervisors: Craig Hammack and Jose Burgos) Image Engine (VFX Supervisor: Bernhard Kimbacher) MPC Method Studios (VFX Supervisor: Jason Billington) Director: Rawson…
- 2 days ago23 May 18, 4:00pm -

Let’s have a trip to Jabariland and see holograms with the teams of RISE in their VFX Breakdown about their work on BLACK PANTHER: WANT TO KNOW MORE? Jonathan Weber: My interview of Jonathan Weber, VFX Supervisor at RISE. © Vincent Frei – The Ar…
- 2 days ago23 May 18, 1:00pm -

Many new VFX shots in this featurette about MOWGLI: The VFX are made by: Framestore – London (VFX Supervisor: Nigel Denton-Howes / Animation Supervisor: Max Solomon) Framestore – Montreal (VFX Supervisor: Ivan Moran / Animation Supervisor: Kyle D…
- 2 days ago23 May 18, 11:00am -

The Norvegian studio Storm Studios presents their work on the beautiful prologue of BLACK PANTHER: WANT TO KNOW MORE? Espen Nordahl: My interview of Espen Nordahl, VFX Supervisor & Head of CG at Storm Studios. © Vincent Frei – The Art of VFX – 2…
- 2 days ago23 May 18, 9:00am -

Russian studio Asymmetric VFX have released this VFX Breakdown about their work on THE THOUSAND FACES OF DUNJIA (QI MEN DUN JIA): © Vincent Frei – The Art of VFX – 2018The post THE THOUSAND FACES OF DUNJIA (QI MEN DUN JIA): VFX Breakdown by Asy…
- 2 days ago23 May 18, 9:00am -

Greg Steele began his visual effects career at Rhythm & Hues in 2004. He has worked on films such as NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM, THE INCREDIBLE HULK, X: FIRST CLASS and DJANGO UNCHAINED. He then joined Method Studios in 2013. He took care of the effects of…
- 3 days ago22 May 18, 2:30pm -

Grab your gauntlets : After ten years it's War.
- 20 hours ago24 May 18, 10:22pm -

An impressive summary of this year's technical papers
- 7 days ago19 May 18, 1:46am -

V-Ray Next at the Total Chaos Conference 2018.
- 7 days ago18 May 18, 8:18am -

We sit down with Rob Bredow the new head of ILM.
- 16 days ago10 May 18, 3:30am -

Part 1 of our coverage of Avengers Infinity War: A deep dive into the new Thano's face pipeline at Digital Domain.
- 18 days ago7 May 18, 1:45pm -

A tech look at the immediate future of RenderMan including the new Manifold Walk used in The Incredibles 2.
- 23 days ago2 May 18, 10:54pm -

We look at Athera from the Foundry: A new cirrus business.
- 25 days ago30 Apr 18, 11:02pm -

A Rampage of digital creatures by Weta Digital
- 28 days ago27 Apr 18, 8:13am -

Digital Humans and Virtual Production preview at FMX.
- 36 days ago19 Apr 18, 10:55pm -

Image Engine once again show their strength in creature work.
- 39 days ago16 Apr 18, 11:19pm -

The stunning, easter egg rich, vfx of Ready Player One.
- 39 days ago16 Apr 18, 1:03pm -

A look at this weekend's new Mercedes-AMG spots made with VR in three cities simultaneously.
- 45 days ago11 Apr 18, 5:27am -

For Cartoon Brew, I asked Framestore how they completed the CG Colosuss for Deadpool 2.
- 18 hours ago25 May 18, 1:02am -

I’ve been a regular attendee at Trojan Horse Was a Unicorn for a few years now. Formerly in Portugal, THU is landing in Malta this year, and the location looks stunning. What’s exciting is, you can enter the Golden Ticket Challenge art competitio…
- 6 days ago20 May 18, 1:04am -

In vfxblog’s ‘Man-in-suit, miniatures, mechanics and modern CG: looking back at 20 years since Godzilla’, we chat to visual effects supervisor Volker Engel about this massive 1998 release and its use of practical, miniature, animatronics, puppe…
- 8 days ago18 May 18, 12:23am -

There’s always so much great film work around that’s invisible, and for 3D World magazine, I highlighted a few recent releases. My favourite bit is this feature image which just has the sand bags for a deer that will be later added in for the fil…
- 9 days ago17 May 18, 1:32am -

For 3D World magazine, I talked to vfx supe Everett Burrell about the making of Netflix’s Altered Carbon – an amazing show.
- 9 days ago17 May 18, 1:30am -

It’s very nearly the 30th anniversary of Ron Howard’s Willow, a huge effects film full of practical fx, miniatures, optical composites, matte paintings…and digital morphing. This was ILM’s big breakthrough into 2D image manipulation. I recen…
- 9 days ago16 May 18, 12:16pm -

For 3D Artist magazine, I looked back at the pioneering CGI work in Jurassic Park by ILM and Tippett Studio. Keep an eye out on vfxblog for more Jurassic 25th anniversary coverage.
- 15 days ago11 May 18, 1:50am -

I was particularly impressed at how both DD and Weta Digital made Thanos for Infinity War. Here’s my Cartoon Brew coverage.
- 15 days ago10 May 18, 10:12pm -

Are you a filmmaker? The 2018 VIEW Conference is now accepting submissions for its 2018 film competitions. There’s a €2,000 first prize – the VIEW Award – for short animated film, and the ITALIANMIX award for Italian short films. Here’s som…
- 17 days ago8 May 18, 9:50pm -

20 years ago, the first of 1998’s asteroid films, Deep Impact, was released. In some ways it used visual effects rather sparingly to showcase the result of a partial meteor hit on the Earth. Massive waves hitting New York were a feature of the film…
- 19 days ago7 May 18, 2:51am -

Method VFX supervisor Greg Steele oversees delivery of 430 shots for the culmination of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, including upgrades for Rocket and Groot featuring hand-keyed character animation.
- 16 hours ago25 May 18, 2:35am -

Fantasy adventure series will use Emmy-winning digital puppetry technology.
- 19 hours ago24 May 18, 11:57pm -

Fans can watch for new products featuring ‘Cuphead,’ Cartoon Network shows, ‘PJ Masks,’ ‘Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood,’ ‘Pablo,’ ‘Yu-Gi-Oh!,’ ‘Beylade Burst’ and more.
- 19 hours ago24 May 18, 11:38pm -

Weta Digital and Digital Domain transform Josh Brolin’s motion capture performance into a believable and imposing CG adversary.
- 3 days ago23 May 18, 2:08am -

Companies agree to five-year deal to co-produce and co-finance animated and hybrid features for family audiences.
- 3 days ago22 May 18, 8:35pm -

Fox’s R-rated superhero sequel scores second-biggest all-time opening for an R-rated movie.
- 4 days ago21 May 18, 7:15pm -

Grant Walker and Ahmed Garraph join the leadership ranks for the studio’s advertising, television and immersive entertainment work.
- 4 days ago21 May 18, 6:51pm -

Photorealistic ray tracer enters next stage with the help of scene intelligence, AI and double speed GPU rendering.
- 4 days ago21 May 18, 6:29pm -

REWIND’s head of partnerships talks about how AR, VR and immersive media technology are impacting people’s scientific and creative engagement with the world around them, as well as her work with UK-based Unfold Inclusion promoting gender diversit…
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Winners in the Student and Professional categories to receive a ticket to THU, flights to Malta and 5-star accommodation for the duration of the event.
- 7 days ago19 May 18, 12:26am -

BAFTA-nominated supervisor will join DNEG’s Los Angeles studio.
- 7 days ago19 May 18, 12:05am -

Art gallery, art papers to appear in 50th anniversary edition of ‘Leonardo.’
- 8 days ago17 May 18, 10:31pm -

Adobe has given us a sneak peek at what it calls Diffuse Gradients for Illustrator.
- 1 day ago24 May 18, 10:25am -

Google Arts and Culture worked with museums to create an immersive website celebrating Frida's paintings, life, and politics like you've never seen before.
- 2 days ago24 May 18, 1:00am -

The Royal Mail has issued a set of six stamps with specially commissioned designs and artworks to celebrate 250 years of the Royal Academy.
- 2 days ago23 May 18, 11:01pm -

Berlin VFX house Rise delivered 180 shots for the film. Watch the VFX breakdown reel.
- 2 days ago23 May 18, 2:43pm -

60-second films by new graduates from Edinburgh, Bournemouth and Middlesex have picked up this year's high-profile awards.
- 2 days ago23 May 18, 10:30am -

Everything from political graphic design to Kelly Anna's strong female figures, make sure you pop along to these exhibitions for inspiration, education and reflection.
- 3 days ago22 May 18, 2:00pm -

The Procreate Pocket 2 digital painting app also now offers support for P3 colour and 3D Touch as well as the sharing of custom-made brushes and 30-second time-lapse videos.
- 4 days ago21 May 18, 2:00pm -

Created for fashion designer Philip Normal and AR tech company Zappar, this will likely provoke the same reaction as the Royal Wedding itself.
- 7 days ago18 May 18, 10:38am -

The main prize went to John Vernon Lord's reinvention of the world of James Joyce's Ulysses – plus we check out the winners of the book illustration, book cover design, editorial illustration and student awards.
- 9 days ago17 May 18, 2:31am -

It’s the musical that unexpectedly took the world by storm – but many of the enhanced environments were built from a miniature set.
- 9 days ago16 May 18, 3:41pm -

The company has also announced that it's paying developers to write plugins, in an attempt to take on Sketch.
- 10 days ago15 May 18, 1:00pm -

Spigen also made a case that resembles the iPhone 2G.
- 10 days ago15 May 18, 9:41am -

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- 14 mins ago25 May 18, 6:18pm -

SVA FeaturesNew Filmmakers, Animators & Artists to Watch: 'SVA Premieres' Returns to HollywoodSVA FeaturesSVA Premieres will feature a curated selection of works by talented, recently graduated filmmakers from SVA's film, animation and visual effects…
- 4 hours ago25 May 18, 2:29pm -

Hollywood Reporter'2001: A Space Odyssey': Douglas Trumbull on Stanley Kubrick's Search for "Ultimate Perfection"Hollywood ReporterFilmmaker, visual effects specialist and inventor Douglas Trumbull handled the special photographic effects on the film…
- 5 hours ago25 May 18, 1:30pm -

Minster FM3D effects transform York Halloween attractionMinster FMHalloween in America is big business and what happens in the States often finds its way to this side of the pond. York Maze, which has been running it's Hallowscream event since 2010,…
- 10 hours ago25 May 18, 8:38am -

Evening TimesSky Atlantic's Patrick Melrose: How Glasgow was transformed into New YorkEvening TimesA VISUAL effects firm has revealed how they transformed Glasgow into New York for Sky Atlantic's new drama Patrick Melrose. Vine FX, who are based in C…
- 15 hours ago25 May 18, 4:01am -

The Stone & Eccleshall GazetteBlockbuster Visual Effects Studios Share Expertise with City Students at VFX Day 2018The Stone & Eccleshall GazetteHosted at the Sixth Form College, VFX Day 2018 welcomes Access VFX and some of the world's leading visual…
- 3 days ago22 May 18, 1:05pm -

Digital TrendsHow the 'Avengers: Infinity War' VFX team made Thanos a movie starDigital TrendsDigital Trends spoke to two members of the Digital Domain team — visual effects supervisor Kelly Port, and the studio's head of digital humans, Darren Hen…
- 5 days ago20 May 18, 10:05am -

HUH.Video: How Black Panther's Visual Effects Were MadeHUH.WIRED has put together a 10-minute video giving us a unique, relatively in-depth look at how Daryl Sawchuk and his team of animators achieved the stunning visual effects in this year's blockb…
- 9 days ago16 May 18, 4:47pm -

Studio DailyHow Black Panther's Visual Effects Were Made - Studio DailyStudio DailyMethod Studios VFX Supervisor Daryl Sawchuk, who was credited as animation supervisor on Black Panther, walks through breakdowns of Black Panther and ...and more »
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- 15 days ago10 May 18, 6:24pm -

Bitcoin MagazineBlockchain Tech Could Accelerate Graphics Rendering for VR, Visual EffectsBitcoin MagazineCloud-based graphics-rendering firm OTOY has introduced RNDR, “a blockchain-based rendering platform that leverages a distributed network of i…
- 21 days ago4 May 18, 1:44pm -

It’s going to be a big day today from the sounds of it as The New York Daily News reports that disgraced former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein is expected to surrender himself over to authorities in New York City on Friday. Weinstein is expected to b…
- 10 hours ago25 May 18, 8:33am -

“Solo: A Star Wars Story” is easily the lightest, breeziest “Star Wars” movie to date. The stakes are low, the fate of the galaxy isn’t in the balance, and the drama is personal but not on an operatic scale. Ultimately that’s a good thing…
- 10 hours ago25 May 18, 8:10am -

Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman has issued an apology to anyone who felt “uncomfortable or disrespected” by his behaviour. The eighty-year-old actor was the subject of a CNN report yesterday in which multiple women accused him of sexual harass…
- 10 hours ago25 May 18, 8:03am -

Anne Hathaway will star in the adaptation of the Joan Didion novel “The Last Thing He Wanted” for Netflix. “Mudbound” helmer Dee Rees directs the drama which begins filming this Summer. The story centers on a hardscrabble journalist named Ele…
- 11 hours ago25 May 18, 7:56am -

Following in the wake of the first season finale, SYFY has released the first teaser for the recently renewed Superman prequel series “Krypton” which returns in 2019. Set two generations before the destruction of the legendary Man of Steel’s ho…
- 11 hours ago25 May 18, 7:54am -

Having just opened last weekend, the Will Arnett-led “Show Dogs” came and went along expected lines – some families turned out, critics mostly ignored the film, and it did alright. Now though the film has been hit by controversy as parents grou…
- 11 hours ago25 May 18, 7:52am -

Following on the heels of NBC’s “Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert,” the original rock musical “Hair Live!, which will be broadcast in the spring of 2019 in front of a live audience. Hair Live! tells the story of a group of politically a…
- 11 hours ago25 May 18, 7:50am -

Maika Monroe (“It Follows”) has joined the cast of “Honey Boy,” the ‘sort of Shia LaBeouf biopic’ in the works at Automatik. Monroe will play an aspiring actress named Sandra. The roman-a-clef story deals with LaBeouf’s relationship wit…
- 11 hours ago25 May 18, 7:46am -

The James Bond distribution rights situation has been sorted out as Eon Productions and MGM have set plans for the next film in the series – Daniel Craig’s fifth and likely final outing in the role. Universal Pictures has scored the film’s inte…
- 13 hours ago25 May 18, 5:47am -

“Logan” helmer James Mangold is set to write and direct a standalone “Star Wars” movie centered on the bounty hunter character Boba Fett. “Dark Phoenix” director Simon Kinberg was previously rumored to be working on a Boba Fett movie and…
- 16 hours ago25 May 18, 2:10am -

The first trailer has now been released for “Dheepan” director Jacques Audiard’s new western comedy “The Sisters Brothers” which boasts a pretty amazing cast. Joaquin Phoenix, Jake Gyllenhaal, John C. Reilly and Riz Ahmed star in the film b…
- 22 hours ago24 May 18, 8:20pm -

Disney and Pixar’s “The Incredibles 2” is reportedly tracking for a whopping $140 million opening weekend, at the least, at the U.S. domestic box-office from June 15th. The film also has a serious shot at scoring the top domestic opening of all…
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Update: You can donate to Eric here: https://www.gofundme.com/s5hw7-send-eric-to-dc Huge thanks to all of you who helped contribute to comments on NAFTA renegotiations. VFX professional Eric Rosenthal left a comment in the previous post that he might…
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Statement from Daniel Lay, Co-Founder of the Association of Digital Artists, Professionals, and Technicians In 2013 Daniel Lay, the writer behind the industry blog VFX Soldier started ADAPT to help fund and direct a trade effort to curtail the use of…
- 3 Jun 17, 2:34am -

Hollywood Reporter: Ron Thornton, an Emmy-winning visual effects designer, supervisor and producer who worked on such shows as Babylon 5 and Star Trek: Voyager, has died. He was 59. Variety: Thornton is best known for bringing computer-generated imag…
- 23 Nov 16, 7:29pm -

Today is my last day in the visual effects industry. It’s an industry that I’ve spent nine years of my life completely dedicated to, so it’s a bitter sweet kind of day. My love for animation and film began at 4 years old, when I saw the Lion Ki…
- 12 Oct 16, 6:08pm -

I came across a post on Facebook by one of Ron Thornton’s friends that the veteran VFX supervisor has been hospitalized. While I don’t have all the information a gofundme page has been set up to help pay for medical expenses. If you can please he…
- 16 Sep 16, 4:42am -

Tonight a majority UK voters chose to leave the European Union which as of this writing is leading to a meltdown in financial markets and wild drops in foreign currencies agains the US dollar. There’s been a bit of chatter amongst many in VFX as to…
- 24 Jun 16, 6:43am -

Are people still reading this thing? Well, It’s been a year since I’ve posted on this blog and after the end of the ADAPT effort I took a long hiatus. As disappointed as I was, the post-VFX life has been great. New opportunities, I got a home, a…
- 2 May 16, 5:43am -

From the press release: https://wikileaks.org/sony/press/ Today, 16 April 2015, WikiLeaks publishes an analysis and search system for The Sony Archives: 30,287 documents from Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) and 173,132 emails, to and from more than…
- 16 Apr 15, 6:16pm -

The other day I got an email from the VES asking members to suggest nominees for title of VES Fellow: The Visual Effects Society is asking for your suggestions for nominees for title of VES Fellow, which is a member who has maintained an outstanding…
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I haven’t posted much on this blog but some recent news caught my eye: Last week’s Godbout Commission report sent shivers up the spines of Quebec’s film and television production industry. The Quebec Taxation Review Committee, chaired by econom…
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