In 2015, Alex Wuttke explained to us about the work of Double Negative on ANT-MAN. Then he worked on SPECTRE.The post WONDER WOMAN: Alex Wuttke – VFX Supervisor – Double Negative appeared first on The Art of VFX.
- 14 hours ago27 Jun 17, 3:00pm -

Brand new trailer for WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES: The VFX are made by: Weta Digital (VFX Supervisors: Joe Letteri and Dan Lemmon) Director: Matt Reeves Release Date: 14 July 2017 (USA) © Vincent Frei – The Art of VFX – 2016The post WAR FOR…
- 15 hours ago27 Jun 17, 2:00pm -

Cool featurette about THE DARK TOWER: The VFX are made by: MPC RISE Visual Effects Studios Pixel Playground The Production VFX Supervisor is Nicolas Aithadi. Director: Nikolaj Arcel Release Date: 4 August 2017 (USA) © Vincent Frei – The Art of VFX…
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Nice trailer for THE FOREIGNER featuring Jackie Chan: The VFX are made by: Peerless Camera Company (VFX Supervisor: Paul Round) Director: Martin Campbell Release Date: 13 October 2017 (USA) © Vincent Frei – The Art of VFX – 2017The post THE FOR…
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Really nice VFX Breakdown by CGF about their work on BOLSHOY: © Vincent Frei – The Art of VFX – 2017The post BOLSHOY: VFX Breakdown by CGF appeared first on The Art of VFX.
- 2 days ago26 Jun 17, 2:00pm -

Here is the teaser for the new movie by Albert Dupontel, AU REVOIR LA-HAUT: The VFX are made by: Mikros Image The Production VFX Supervisor is Cedric Fayolle. Director: Albert Dupontel Release Date: 25 October 2017 (France) © Vincent Frei – The Ar…
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Encore have released this VFX Breakdown about their work on the episode 207 of LEGENDS OF TOMORROW: © Vincent Frei – The Art of VFX – 2017The post LEGENDS OF TOMORROW (Episode 207): VFX Breakdown by Deluxe’s Encore appeared first on The Art o…
- 5 days ago23 Jun 17, 4:00pm -

Brand new TV Spot for VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS: The VFX are made by: Industrial Light & Magic (VFX Supervisor: Philippe Rebours) Weta Digital (VFX Supervisors: Joe Letteri & Martin Hill) Rodeo FX (VFX Supervisor: Francois Dumoulin)…
- 5 days ago23 Jun 17, 1:00pm -

BlueBolt presents their work on the season 2 of THE LAST KINGDOM: WANT TO KNOW MORE? BlueBolt: Dedicated page about THE LAST KINGDOM on BlueBolt website. © Vincent Frei – The Art of VFX – 2017The post THE LAST KINGDOM – Season 2: VFX Breakdow…
- 6 days ago22 Jun 17, 12:00pm -

Brand new trailer for GAME OF THRONES: The VFX are made by: El Ranchito Iloura Image Engine Mackevision Pixomondo Rhythm & Hues Rodeo FX The Production VFX Supervisor is Joe Bauer and the VFX Producer is Steve Kullback. Release Date: July 16, 2017 (H…
- 6 days ago21 Jun 17, 7:00pm -

Chappie Meets the Jungle Book in Odesza’s New Music Video.
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The team discuss the VFX of Wonder Woman.
- 5 days ago23 Jun 17, 2:40am -

A making of look at Encore's Legends of Tomorrow crossover VFX episode.
- 6 days ago21 Jun 17, 10:52pm -

We look at Dneg's TV pipeline through the lens of The Young Pope.
- 7 days ago20 Jun 17, 7:12pm -

In this episode we discuss Alien Covenant. In Alien Covenant, the crew of the colony ship Covenant, bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, as the follow on  from Prometheus. The crew lands on what they think is a good, friendly, h…
- 15 days ago12 Jun 17, 11:46pm -

Part 2 of our Guardians coverage: the fractal nature of Ego plus giving a Groot: the character animation.
- 21 days ago6 Jun 17, 11:37pm -

We look at the game trailer for Dreadnought on PC and PS4.
- 23 days ago5 Jun 17, 12:05pm -

The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) seeks comments on digital trade issues and potential remedies for NAFTA negotiation.
- 25 days ago3 Jun 17, 4:16am -

We go behind the great new Lacoste Timeless spot with Mikros.
- 26 days ago2 Jun 17, 8:25am -

The fxguide family discuss Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
- 26 days ago1 Jun 17, 10:32pm -

Epic releases UE4 4.16 with some major VR advances.
- 35 days ago24 May 17, 5:03pm -

We talk to MPC and Framestore about their Alien Covenant and creature work.
- 35 days ago24 May 17, 4:10am -

ILM’s Scott Farrar has worked on each one of the Transformers films, and for The Last Knight, I asked him about Bumblebee’s newest kind of transformation. Check it out at Cartoon Brew.
- 1 day ago26 Jun 17, 8:42pm -

One of the key visual effects components of Alex Kurtzman’s The Mummy was the Mummy herself – Princess Ahmanet – seen in 5 various stages as she re-generates from her entombed and emaciated state into a more human-esque appearance. Some shots o…
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In one incredible action scene in Alex Kurtzman’s The Mummy, Tom Cruise and Annabelle Wallis’ characters take control of an ambulance while being pursued by several undead and Princess Ahmanet (Sofia Boutella). The high-octane chase sees Nick Mor…
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Perhaps taking inspiration from The Tale of the Three Brothers animation in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1, Wonder Woman has its own animated sequence. This is seen early in the film when the history of the Amazon women warriors, and…
- 7 days ago21 Jun 17, 12:59am -

Neill Blomkamp has started an experimental studio and their first released short film is Rakka. VFX supe Chris Harvey kindly sat down with me for an interview, at Cartoon Brew.
- 7 days ago20 Jun 17, 11:09pm -

Take it from me, if you want to get a handle on some of the best visual effects, animation, games and VR content being produced right now, come to Turin, Italy in October for the VIEW Conference. Some big, big projects will be the subject of discussi…
- 8 days ago19 Jun 17, 11:10pm -

For Cartoon Brew, I found out about how the war scenes were orchestrated by the vfx teams in Wonder Woman. Check out the article here.
- 8 days ago19 Jun 17, 11:03pm -

The film might have a notorious place in the history of comic book adaptations, but Joel Schumacher’s Batman & Robin, released in 1997, is notable for some innovative visual effects work. In particular, the ‘frozen in time’ moments arising fro…
- 9 days ago18 Jun 17, 11:15pm -

3D Artist magazine asked me to dive into the expert game cinematics approaches by Blur, Plastic Wax and Realtime UK – check out the newest issue with the resulting article here.
- 10 days ago18 Jun 17, 6:31am -

John McTiernan’s Predator is perhaps most fondly remembered for Arnold Schwarzenegger’s line, ‘Get to the chopper!’ But it also featured some incredibly memorable optical effects, crafted by R/Greenberg Associates and overseen by visual effec…
- 15 days ago12 Jun 17, 10:42pm -

The Chicago-based design house rose to the challenge of creating both an animated, custom typeface and a bold main title sequence logo for the return of Peter Quill, Rocket, Baby Groot, Gamora and Drax the Destroyer in 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.…
- 1 hour ago28 Jun 17, 4:03am -

Digital content creation and delivery leader Deluxe Entertainment Group deploys its VFX workflow The Portal for STARZ’s original series adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s ‘American Gods.’
- 4 hours ago28 Jun 17, 1:01am -

HALON Entertainment founder Daniel Gregoire set as chairman of the board.
- 10 hours ago27 Jun 17, 7:12pm -

Produced alongside creative studio Mighty Nice, ‘The Story of An Idea’ builds from hand-drawn 2D black-and white-animation to a full CG VFX-heavy grand finale.
- 1 day ago26 Jun 17, 11:14pm -

Supervisor James Baker leads the studio’s previs, techvis and postvis efforts on their second ‘Guardians’ and 11th Marvel film collaboration.
- 1 day ago26 Jun 17, 9:50pm -

The renderer update introduces CPU-GPU hybrid rendering and improves compositing output and compatibility with Autodesk 3ds Max 2018.
- 1 day ago26 Jun 17, 9:04pm -

The software developer and R&D company work to boost the CG ecosystem with seamless and fast data transfer of layouts and geometry between 3D applications, as well as look to address wider industry problems, such as proper motion blur render of varyi…
- 1 day ago26 Jun 17, 8:35pm -

Michael Bay’s ‘Transformers: The Last Knight’ tops the box office both at home and abroad; director Patty Jenkins’ ‘Wonder Woman’ becomes top-grossing woman-directed live-action film of all time.
- 1 day ago26 Jun 17, 6:35pm -

Ten Virtual Reality experiences and 22 features, short films, commercials and game trailers are selected for the 2017 SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival.
- 4 days ago24 Jun 17, 12:02am -

The former executive producer of TV & streaming at mOcean brings extensive experience in marketing, brand strategy, design and TV and film production to his new role spearheading business development at Laundry.
- 4 days ago23 Jun 17, 11:38pm -

Both the actor and the Academy Award-winning VFX supervisor for WETA Digital, respectively, will sit on the keynote panel and host an exclusive Q&A following an early screening of ‘War for the Planet of the Apes,’ their recent collaboration.
- 4 days ago23 Jun 17, 11:09pm -

Director of immersive platforms storytelling for ‘The New York Times’ Graham Roberts will present a 40-minute talk about the organization’s VR expertise and integration of the new medium into the media outlet’s news reporting through NYT VR,…
- 5 days ago22 Jun 17, 11:29pm -

These original screen-printed posters will be exhibited at Somerset House for Film4’s annual summer outdoor film screenings (and you can buy them too)
- 16 hours ago27 Jun 17, 1:11pm -

The next Corel Painter is here – which adds to the digital painting software.
- 17 hours ago27 Jun 17, 12:35pm -

These artworks from Jason Freeny, Joe Simpson and others show how artists can have both fun and create serious pieces from toys.
- 2 days ago26 Jun 17, 10:31am -

ManvsMachine is the only UK design studio to win gold at the Cannes Lions International Festival for its stunning visuals for Air Max trainers.
- 5 days ago23 Jun 17, 1:24pm -

See stories of love from the LGBT+ community illustrated by Supermundane, Pete Fowler, Craig & Karl, Cachetejack and loads more.
- 5 days ago23 Jun 17, 11:27am -

Designers working in very tight spaces who need solid processing power have a new contender to check out: the new ThinkStation P320 Tiny.
- 6 days ago22 Jun 17, 10:45am -

Camille’s bold colours and patterns will occupy the main exhibition space of NOW Gallery, offering a playful immersive experience.
- 8 days ago20 Jun 17, 11:36am -

Plus see wonderful new illustration work from their roster including Alec Doherty and Owen Gildersleeve.
- 8 days ago20 Jun 17, 11:05am -

Adobe has digitally recreated seven of Edvard Munch’s paintbrushes, which are now available for existing Photoshop and Sketch users.
- 11 days ago17 Jun 17, 7:59am -

5 incredible illustrators we saw at Middlesex University's School of Art and Design grad show last night, with work including comics, risograph prints and a lot of cats.
- 12 days ago16 Jun 17, 10:39am -

11 talented illustrators and designers that stood out at London College of Communication’s (LCC) Design School degree show.
- 13 days ago15 Jun 17, 1:18pm -

Rich Roat from House Industries also attempts to answer that most asked question, “Where do you find inspiration?”
- 13 days ago15 Jun 17, 11:30am -

Business InsiderThe first 'Harry Potter' book came out 20 years ago — here are 28 incredible things you never knew about how the ...Business InsiderQuiddich was the work of the special effects and visual effects teams. Brooms were mounted in front…
- 11 hours ago27 Jun 17, 5:57pm -

The Globe and MailWelcome to Mount PixelThe Globe and MailVancouver, already a hub for Hollywood shoots, has quietly become a global powerhouse for the one thing every blockbuster now requires: visual effects. Ian Bailey reports on the VFX boom that…
- 5 days ago22 Jun 17, 7:29pm -

/FILM'War for the Planet of the Apes' Featurette Highlights Weta's Breathtaking Visual Effects/FILMA new War for the Planet of the Apes visual effects featurette shows off the absolutely breathtaking work done by the New Zealand company who gives Ind…
- 7 days ago21 Jun 17, 4:30pm -

FirstpostOkja review round-up: A deeply humane film with great visual effectsFirstpostTime Out really liked the visual effects of the film. "The creature effects are charming: Okja herself sits just on the right side of cute, and the sight of a whole…
- 7 days ago21 Jun 17, 2:24pm -

Startups.co.ukVisual effects company behind Ex-Machina and Sherlock secures £2mStartups.co.ukMilk Visual Effects, an Academy Award-winning start-up which creates visual effects for feature films and high-end television, has joined the Business Growt…
- 8 days ago20 Jun 17, 2:06pm -

WalesOnlineNew growth plans for Oscar winning company that did visual effects for Doctor Who and SherlockWalesOnlineA company responsible for visual effects for programmes including Sherlock and Doctor Who is planning further expansion after having r…
- 10 days ago18 Jun 17, 10:54am -

NME.comThis Game of Thrones special effects video is hinting at what's in store for season 7NME.comA new video has taken Game of Thrones fans behind the scenes of the HBO fantasy show to reveal how some of the standout visual effects are created. In…
- 15 days ago13 Jun 17, 11:57am -

Mashable'Orphan Black' has revolutionized TV visual effects, and you probably haven't noticed half of themMashableVisual Effects Supervisor Geoff Scott and his team at Intelligent Creatures have been in charge of bringing Clone Club to life across th…
- 19 days ago9 Jun 17, 3:15pm -

GizmodoGaze in Awe at Logan's Beautifully Gruesome Visual EffectsGizmodoRising Sun Pictures, the visual effects team behind Logan, has released a behind-the-scenes look at their work on the critically and commercial successful X-Men film. According t…
- 24 days ago3 Jun 17, 9:50pm -

VarietyVisual Effects Are on the Rise in TVVarietyYou could call it the “Game of Thrones” effect. In the years since the HBO show premiered feature-quality visual effects, pushing the standards and expectations for television, other shows have ai…
- 27 days ago1 Jun 17, 2:15pm -

Swedish actor Michael Nyqvist has died at age 56 following a battle with lung cancer. Nyqvist is survived by his wife and two children. Making a name for himself on 1997 Swedish cop drama series “Beck,” Nyqvist followed that up with a notable fil…
- 7 hours ago27 Jun 17, 10:21pm -

Hugh Jackman is set to take on the role of former Senator Gary Hart in Jason Reitman’s biopic about Hart titled “The Frontrunner”. Hart served as a U.S. senator from Colorado from 1975 to 1987, but is most famous for his two bids for the presid…
- 7 hours ago27 Jun 17, 10:19pm -

New set photos have been popping up from Marvel Studios’ “Avengers: Infinity War” in Atlanta. The photos see Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) joining forces with Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch), Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo), and Wong (Benedi…
- 9 hours ago27 Jun 17, 7:41pm -

Lizzy Caplan (“Masters of Sex”) and August Wittgenstein (“The Crown”) will join Rick Okon (“Tatort”) in cable broadcaster Sky’s $28 million event series sequel to the 1981 film classic “Das Boot” and its source novel by Lothar-Gunth…
- 10 hours ago27 Jun 17, 7:38pm -

It’s not clear if it’s still being pursued, but a social media conversation has led to the reveal that Warner Bros. Pictures has been looking into a live-action feature film adaptation of the iconic comic “Superman: Red Son”. The comic was a…
- 10 hours ago27 Jun 17, 7:34pm -

Riker himself, actor/director Jonathan Frakes, has been revealed as a director of an upcoming episode of CBS All Access’ “Star Trek: Discovery”. Frakes has directed plenty of “Star Trek” episodes in the past, along with two films (“Star T…
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YouTube has given a series order to “Impulse,” a series adaptation of the third novel in Steven Gould’s “Jumper” series. Maddie Hasson plays Henry, a rebellious 16-year-old girl who has always felt different from her peers and has longed to…
- 10 hours ago27 Jun 17, 7:28pm -

Int he wake of the glowing reviews from early press screenings, 20th Century Fox has released one last international trailer for Matt Reeves’ “War For The Planet Of The Apes” which opens next month around the world. The third chapter sees Caesa…
- 10 hours ago27 Jun 17, 7:26pm -

“Baby Driver” star Ansel Elgort has been set to play a young John F. Kennedy Jr., before his days as U.S. President, in “Mayday 109” for Thunder Road Pictures and FlynnPictureCo. The true story drama deals with young JFK’s feats of heroism…
- 10 hours ago27 Jun 17, 7:25pm -

AMC has renewed the “Breaking Bad” prequel series “Better Call Saul” for a fourth season. The Bob Odenkirk-led series was nominated for seven Primetime Emmy Awards and is the third most watched scripted cable drama so far this year among view…
- 10 hours ago27 Jun 17, 7:21pm -

And the teasers for trailers just keep coming today. Along with “The Greatest Showman” trailer tomorrow and the “Inhumans” trailer on Thursday, the first trailer for the Dwayne Johnson-led “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle” is also coming t…
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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…
- 25 days ago3 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…
- 14 Apr 15, 8:41pm -

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…
- 23 Mar 15, 10:57pm -

VFX artist Francis L. Camacho recently passed away in Montreal. His family has created a memorial fund that you can donate to. http://www.youcaring.com/memorial-fundraiser/francis-l-camacho-memorial-fund-/304803#.VNo083–X00.facebook While I didn’…
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