Come discover how Mackevision created this super cute pig for this PETA commercial: WANT TO KNOW MORE? Mackevision: Dedicated page about PETA “Best friend” © Vincent Frei – The Art of VFX – 2019The post PETA “Best friend”: VFX Breakdown…
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has just announced the nominees for the 91st Academy Awards! Here are the nominations for the Best Visual Effects category: AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR CHRISTOPHER ROBIN FIRST MAN READY PLAYER ONE SOLO: A ST…
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Come have a look at how Pixomondo enhanced the various stunts and locations for THE GIRL IN THE SPIDER’S WEB: WANT TO KNOW MORE? Pixomondo: Dedicated page about THE GIRL IN THE SPIDER’S WEB on Pixomondo website. Christoph Schmidt: My interview of…
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Epic trailer for the Chinese sci-fi movie, THE WANDERING EARTH! The VFX are made by: Base FX (VFX Supervisor: Varun Hadkar) Bottleship VFX Dexter Studios Macrograph More VFX Pixomondo Black Nomad Director: Frant Gwo Release Date: 05 February 2019 (Ch…
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Have a look at this VFX Breakdown by CVD VFX about their work on the third season of A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS (click on the picture below to watch it): WANT TO KNOW MORE? CVD VFX: Dedicated page about A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS – Season 3…
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Here is the first teaser for GHOSTBUSTERS 3: Director: Jason Reitman Release Date: 2020 (USA) © Vincent Frei – The Art of VFX – 2019The post GHOSTBUSTERS 3 appeared first on The Art of VFX.
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Don’t miss this VFX Breakdown by MPC about their beautiful work on this touching JOHN LEWIS commercial featuring Elton John at the various time periods: JOHN LEWIS “THE BOY AND THE PIANO” – Commercial CREDITS CLIENT ADVERTISER: John Lewis & P…
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Yes! John Wick is back in this excellent trailer for JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 3 – PARABELLUM! The VFX are made by: Image Engine Method Studios Director: Chad Stahelski Release Date: 17 May 2019 (USA) © Vincent Frei – The Art of VFX – 2019The post J…
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The Nominees for Best Visual Effects
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Congrats to all the shows, artists and teams.
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Robert Zemeckis and Vfx Sup. Kevin Baillie talk about the remarkable advances in character work in Welcome to Marwen, + Making of video
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The virtual production team behind stunts in the upcoming movies X-Men: Dark Phoenix & Netflix's Triple Frontier, talk to Mike in this month's Visual Disruptors Podcast.
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fxguide's Mike Seymour's TEDx talk.
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Blender, the open source 3D pipeline, turns 25 today!
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We explore Mary Poppin's new world with VFX supervisor Matt Johnston
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A peek at the state of the art in Cloth Sims and how to get up to speed.
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Vector is a new portable quick and battle tested virtual production tool using UE4. (Exclusive video)
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The Bake off final 10.
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The groundbreaking visual styles and approaches of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.
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A summary of Blackmagic Designs strength in TV production.
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A look at Framestore’s work for The Crimes of Grindelwald, at VFX Voice.  
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For Cartoon Brew, I broke down how Atomic Fiction (now Method Studios) made the digital doll scenes for Welcome to Marwen by still relying on some great live action and virtual production techniques.
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Every single frame of Isle of Dogs was touched by VFX, making for a great combination between hand-animated stop-motion, sets, and digital artistry. Read more in my VFX Voice story.
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For Cartoon Brew, I asked production designers and filmmakers behind a number of the animated shorts up for Oscar consideration about their process. Lots of great concepts and artwork to check out.
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I am still obsessed with Transformer transformations. So I talked to ILM about Bumblebee for Cartoon Brew.
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Just in time for the VFX bake-off, Universal has released a First Man VFX reel featuring the practical, miniature and digital effects work for the film. Check it out below: If you’d like to go further into the work, I talked earlier to visual effec…
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I talked to ILM’s Jeff White about Aquaman’s CG hair requirements – a major challenge for the VFX studios on the film. Read it at Cartoon Brew.
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The latest 3D World mag has a couple of my features in it: Weta Digital’s work on Mortal Engines, DNEG’s approach to animation, and more Stephan Fleet vfx diary insights.
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Here’s how Weta Digital did it for Mortal Engines.
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For 3D Artist magazine, I talked to Disney Animation about Ralph Breaks the Internet. And they did a stunning special cover for the issue.
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Blockbuster Marvel feature that almost launched its own Popular Film category at the Oscars racks up seven Academy nods, including a groundbreaking nomination for production designer Hannah Beachler.
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Contenders in the animated feature, animated short film and visual effects categories share their initial reactions to their nominations for Oscar gold.
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Brad Bird’s ‘Incredibles 2,’ We Anderson’s ‘Isle of Dogs,’ Mamoru Hosoda’s ‘Mirai, Disney’s ‘Ralph Breaks the Internet,’ and Sony’s ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ receive nominations for Best Animated Feature.
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Special Friday night program featuring Sony Pictures Animation’s hit animated superhero adventure highlights annual visual and digital effects conference and career fair coming February 8-10 in Vancouver.  
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Animation and games featured in seven outstanding achievement in sound editing categories, while VFX-driven film and TV take spots in eight others.
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Studio’s head and executive creative director will share inner workings of their visual and physical effects work on Disney's BAFTA and VES-nominated sci-fi adventure.
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Featuring new tools and performance enhancements for faster animation, improved working environments, higher quality previews and improved pipeline integration.
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Creative studio’s advanced motion-capture technology and new pipeline for integrating live-action with CG dolls help director visualize true story of photographer Mark Hogancamp’s recovery from a vicious hate crime. 
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Exhibition hall highlights included algorithms driving increased 2D character animation production speed and more immersive virtual reality experiences.
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Winners in 24 categories will be announced February 5 at 17th annual gala awards ceremony. 
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Story artists and contributors on 1994 animated classic, made outside Writers Guild of America jurisdiction, may not be credited or compensated by upcoming live-action summer release.
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Marvel superhero films awarded for both Best Animated Feature and Best Visual Effects; Netflix’s ‘BoJack Horseman’ wins for Best Animated Series.
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London creatives Lovegunn bring the spirit of traditional sports marketing to their redesign for British esports team Excel.
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Attempting to stop the UK going Solo are some of the country's leading animation, VFX and post-production studios – which have signed a letter calling for a people's vote alongside Terence Conran, Martha Lane-Fox and others.
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Reactions to the logo range from "friendly in a generic way" to "bland new nothingness." And that's before you consider the rather suggestive colouring.
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Ken Sausage's illustrations for Powerade Spain put the surreal into sports drink branding.
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Recent news of the Association of Illustrators dropping its pricing-assistance service has caused debate in the illustration world – we speak to the Association and highlight the decision's impact on artists.
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If you’re an artist and your work has been published in UK books, magazines or TV – you could be entitled to thousands of pounds. What are you waiting for?
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Creative duo Jack + Huei have hijacked Pantone's Colour of the Year 2019 to draw attention to the environmental crisis killing the Great Barrier Reef.
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This asymmetrical all-in-one looks like Dieter Rams' take on Microsoft's Surface Studio – which some will love for its retro charm and others despise.
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Rahi Rezvari's artwork for Editors' Violence wins best cover at Best Art Vinyl 2018 - check it and all the best nominees from this year's awards here.
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The new Cintiq 16 is under half the price of the same-size Cintiq Pro and uses the same pen technology – but it has a much lower-quality screen.
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Only one of them seems worth your attention, though.
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The soft drink giant has rebranded its cans for 2019 - why? 'For the love of it,' apparently.
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This VFX studio Exceptional Minds with autism has worked in Oscar nominated movies like 'Black Panther, ' First Man'  Animation XpressThe Exceptional Minds studio staffed by professionals on the autism spectrum started the new year with 44 televisi…
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Adobe acquires Allegorithmic, makers of the Substance texture tools  TechCrunchAdobe today announced that it has acquired Allegorithmic, the French company behind the Substance tools for creating textures that are widely used by AAA ...
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SCAD aTVfest 2019 lineup features Ellie Kemper, New Amsterdam, G.R.I.T.S. premiere  Entertainment Weekly NewsEW is headed to Atlanta! Savannah College of Art and Design has unveiled the initial lineup for this year's SCAD aTVfest, which will honor…
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How this small team at Pixar revolutionized computer graphics with software called 'RenderMan'  CNBCPixar's movies are not only commercially successful. They also ushered in a new generation of computer-generated animation.
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Hashtag Trending – U.S. commits to extradite Meng Wanzhou, Luis Vuitton’s $1,000 earbuds, Oscars VFX nominees  IT World CanadaThe United States says it plans to go through with extraditing Huawei's chief financial officer; a fashion icon wants…
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Pixel Film Studios Presents Pro3rd Bold for Final Cut Pro X.  PR WebDevelopers at Pixel Film Studios, creators of visual effect tools for the post-production and broadcast markets, announced the availability of Pro3rd Bold enabling ...
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The Northern Ireland woman who swapped high-powered executive career to open luxury guesthouse near Banbridge  Belfast TelegraphBrownless may be her surname, but Joyce Brownless will never find herself in that situation - brown bread less, that is.…
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Popular VFX Technologies used in creating alluring movies  Animation XpressDid you have a nerve-racking moment while watching Ghost Protocol, when Top Cruise jumped off from the tallest building of the world, Burj Khalifa?
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By 2024, The VFX Market Will Have Its Revenue Spiking USD 19985.64 Million  Industry News TodayVFX is basically imagery which is changed or developed for a film or every other media that requires movement plus cannot be made at the time of real-tim…
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Production Company Backed by Reliance Entertainment Bags 10 Oscar Nominations For 3 Films  News18Green Book, First Man and Ready Player One, three films backed by Reliance Entertainment's American production company Amblin have bagged a total of 10…
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Singaporean sound editor Ai-Ling Lee scores two Oscar nods for First Man  The Straits TimesSINGAPORE - Singaporean sound editor Ai-Ling Lee earned two nods at the Oscar nominations announced on Tuesday night Singapore time (Jan 22).
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Where to watch the 2019 Oscar nominees  OnMilwaukee.comIf you want to be the smartest person in the room come Oscar night, or if you just simply want to join in the conversation rather than ask why everyone's talking ...
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Despite having his role cut and replaced by Paul Bettany, actor Michael K. Williams says he holds no grudges against the “Star Wars” franchise and hopes to one day return. Williams took on the role of the villain Dryden Vos in “Solo: A Star War…
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CBS Corp. is reportedly preparing to announce the departure of chief executive officer Les Moonves as the media mogul faces a fresh round of allegations of sexual harassment. Six additional women have come forward to accuse Moonves of harassment or a…
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Appearing at the Toronto Film Festival to promote “Hotel Mumbai,” actor Armie Hammer was asked about how the teased “Call Me By Your Name” sequel is coming along, and from the sounds of if things are progressing. Late last year, during promot…
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Toronto-based indie filmmakers Jonathan and Justin Gajewski are reportedly developing “Ring King,” a biopic about Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s father and Canadian wrestling superstar Rocky Johnson. Born and raised in Nova Scotia as Wade Doug…
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Reviews were terrible, but that didn’t stop people turning out for “The Conjuring” spin-off “The Nun” which easily took the top spot at the weekend box-office with a franchise-best $53.5 million opening over the three day weekend. The story…
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“Titans” is the first of the three commissioned live-action series for the DC Universe streaming service and has been in production for many months ahead of its debut on October 12th. “Doom Patrol” recently kicked off filming and is looking l…
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Reshoots have just kicked off on the untitled fourth “Avengers” movie and Jeremy Renner, the most notable absentee in “Avengers: Infinity War,” has taken to Instagram to tease his return to the role Clint Barton, a.k.a. Hawkeye (or Ronin?). W…
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While reviews for “The Predator” were mixed out of Toronto, reviews for the new “Halloween” whichi screened last night were much more positive with plenty of them calling it a return to form for the series. Universal Pictures and Blumhouse Pr…
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North American Theater Owners president and CEO John Fithian, representing exhibitors at the Toronto Film Festival this week, has urged Netflix to follow the lead of rival Amazon and show their movies at the local multiplex. Talking with THR, Fithian…
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At the start of the year, 20th Century Fox did something unexpected with its “X-Men” spin-off film “The New Mutants” film. Having already begun marketing the film with a trailer and key art, they ended up delaying it from its planned April re…
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Filmmaker Alfonso Cuaron’s acclaimed and deeply personal black-and-white drama “Roma” has taken home the Gold Lion at the 2018 Venice Film Festival. The story follows two domestic workers caring for a small family in 1970s Mexico City and is cu…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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