Action packed trailer for ROBIN HOOD: The VFX are made by: Cinesite (VFX Supervisor: Aleksandar Pejic) BlueBolt (VFX Supervisors: Angela Barson and Henry Badgett) Goodbye Kansas Studios Peerless Camera Company (VFX Supervisor: Marc Hutchings) Lola Vi…
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Really cool new trailer for BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY: The VFX are made by: DNEG (VFX Supervisor: Paul Norris) Directors: Dexter Fletcher & Bryan Singer Release Date: 2 November 2018 (USA) © Vincent Frei – The Art of VFX – 2018The post BOHEMIAN RHAPSOD…
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Overall VFX Supervisor Stephane Ceretti explains the VFX work on some sequences of ANT-MAN AND THE WASP in these two videos by Marvel: © Vincent Frei – The Art of VFX – 2018The post ANT-MAN AND THE WASP: VFX work by Stephane Ceretti appeared fi…
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Brand new trailer for THE DARKEST MINDS: The VFX are made by: MPC BUF (VFX Supervisor: Rémy Normand) Crafty Apes The Production VFX Supervisor is Björn Mayer. Director: Jennifer Yuh Nelson Release Date: 3 August 2018 (USA) © Vincent Frei – The A…
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Earlier this year, Salvador Zalvidea explained the work of Cinesite on MUTE. He talks to us today about his work on ADRIFT.The post ADRIFT: Salvador Zalvidea – VFX Supervisor – Cinesite appeared first on The Art of VFX.
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Worldwide FX presents their VFX work on LOVING PABLO: WANT TO KNOW MORE? Worldwide FX: Dedicated page about LOVING PABLO on WWFX website. © Vincent Frei – The Art of VFX – 2018The post LOVING PABLO: VFX Breakdown by Worldwide FX appeared first…
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Pietro Ponti started his career in visual effects in 2004. He has worked on many films like 10’000 BC, THE DARK KNIGHT, TERMINATOR GENISYS and FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM. What is your background? I started working for a small italian v…
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Russell Bowen, CG Supervisor at DNEG, talks about the environment work on PACIFIC RIM – UPRISING: WANT TO KNOW MORE? DNEG: Dedicated page about PACIFIC RIM: UPRISING on DNEG website. Peter Chiang: My interview of Peter Chiang, Overall VFX Superviso…
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Here is a brand new trailer for CHRISTOPHER ROBIN: The VFX are made by: Framestore (VFX Supervisor: Carlos Monzon) Method Studios (VFX Supervisor: Glenn Melenhorst) The Production VFX Supervisor is Chris Lawrence. Director: Marc Forster Release Date:…
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In 2013, David Vickery explained the work of DNEG on FAST & FURIOUS 6. He then worked on JUPITER ASCENDING and MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: ROGUE NATION. He joined Industrial Light & Magic in 2016.Last year, Alex Wuttke told us about the DNEG's work on WONDE…
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The panel is cloned for our look at the VFX in the latest Jurassic World film.
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Ant-Man and the Wasp: We go behind the scenes with DNEG, LolaVFX, Luma and Method.
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One of the world's greatest lenses makers has new owners.
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Along with the new MacBook Pro released today is a powerful new external box from Blackmagic Design
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Huge congrats to all the artists on this year's Emmy Nominations.
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Overall VFX Sup., David Vickery and ILM's VFX Sup., Alex Wuttke discuss balancing the needs and history of the Jurassic World.
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Disney Animation research has released production assets for anyone to download.
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Doesn't look like anything to us: Westworld VFXShow
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A preview of Adobe's new mobile editor.
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The team make the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs, and discuss at the VFX behind Solo.
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Doesn't look like anything to us: Westworld VFXShow
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The drop in on the vfx of Deadpool 2
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Nice trailer for e.d. films’ Giant Bear – it was enough to make me want to ask them more about how they’re using real-time tech in their animated work, for Cartoon Brew.
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Ant-Man and the Wasp utilises the latest in visual effects tech to bring its story to the big screen. But some of the most fun shots in the film also have some of the most low-tech effects solutions. These are where Ant-Man (Paul Rudd) visits his dau…
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For Thrillist, I talked to Method Studios about their neat Quantum Realm work for Ant-Man and the Wasp.
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There’s so much to take in at SIGGRAPH these days, but a couple of events are becoming absolute ‘must-sees’. One of those is Real-Time Live! which is an evening of on-stage presentations of real-time tech – ie. it’s live, and anything can h…
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In Ant-Man and the Wasp, a new character introduced in the film is Ava Starr, aka Ghost, played by Hannah John-Kamen. An accident has caused Starr to suffer from molecular instability, giving her the ability to phase through objects. She uses these p…
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It’s basically psychotic. It doesn’t have a mother. It has no sense of right or wrong and it’s a bit unhinged. – Alex Wuttke, visual effects supervisor, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom The genetically engineered Indoraptor is a new kind of din…
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A look at animating three of the characters from Hotel Transylvania 3 with animation supervisor Alan Hawkins, at Cartoon Brew.
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Before things start ramping up in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, audiences get a taste of what’s to come thanks to a dramatic prologue sequence. Here, mercenaries visit Isla Nublar and quickly encounter the infamous T. Rex in the main street, and…
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For the latest 3D World magazine, I wrote about Ziva Dynamics and its creature work, plus a special ‘Fractals’ round-up with Framestore, Method Studios, Weta Digital and Imageworks.
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For VFX Voice, I talked to Framestore’s Russell Dodgson about their work on the Black Mirror USS Callister episode. That whole series 4 of the show has such impressive VFX work.
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Research group releases paper detailing a new way to art direct hair animation and provide greater artistic control.
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Spearheaded by the new WIA Vancouver chapter, first-ever regional summit follows a successful Women in Animation World Summit held this past June at Annecy 2018.
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Alibaba-backed $113 million VFX spectacle becomes one of China’s biggest movie flops of all time. 
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Studio behind ‘Stranger Things’ Upside Down visual effects creates live-action proof of concept inspired by ‘Black Hawk Down’ and the Cloverfield franchise.
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Autodesk-sponsored international student awards received 9,971 digital projects created by 2,914 students from more than 87 countries worldwide.
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Led by VFX supervisor Andrew Hellen, Method artists visualize the unimaginable for the new Marvel Studios feature directed by Peyton Reed.
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Latest Sony Pictures Animation ‘Hotel Transylvania’ franchise pic scares up $44 million in strong domestic debut.
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Events includes presentations from restoration and preservation experts from Fotokem, MTI Film, Roundabout Entertainment, Sony Pictures Entertainment, The Walt Disney Studios and the UCLA Film and Television Archive.
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Animal Logic and Lucasfilm Singapore alum has long list of credits including ‘Kong: Skull Island, Rogue One,’ ‘Jurassic World’ and ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron.’
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First American exhibition to survey a full range of artworks, dating from 1838 to the present, that produce the illusion of three dimensions runs July 15, 2018 through March 31, 2019.
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‘Big Hero 6: The Series,’ ‘Bob’s Burgers,’ ‘Rick and Morty,’ ‘The Simpsons’ and ‘South Park’ receive nominations for Outstanding Animated Program.
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Studio 8 plans franchise for Image Comics DNA enhanced super-soldier.
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The industrial designer has created a brand new take on the lager glass for Camden Town Brewery.
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The Sony visual development artist tell us what it would take to move away from her Mac and Cintiq.
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We’ve combed the thousands of today-only deals on Amazon’s UK and US sites to find big savings on Adobe software, Corel Painter, storage, VR headsets and more.
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In an interview with Bloomberg, the Creative Cloud developer said its bringing a number of apps to Apple’s tablet.
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These diverse, inspiring football-related projects range from a well-designed wallchart to animated tapestry, and from illustrated fan chants to an unofficial England anthem based on our current favourite kids animated show.
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A VFX breakdown of a pivotal moment from Westworld's latest finale that nails the fine art of portraying realistic injuries without tipping the scales.
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The first workstations using the chips are due in August from Dell and Lenovo.
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The new MacBook Pro is all about performance. That's the story we heard again and again at an exclusive Apple showcase in New York - from artists and designers including the team between the world's most popular music video.
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New tools in Procreate 4.1 includes a new Liquify filter and drawing guides.
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Serif’s Affinity Designer for iPad has all the features of a desktop vector art tool – but you can draw directly on it with the Apple Pencil for the most natural way of creating.
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This full-spec vector art and graphics app is the latest iPad app from Serif that aims to not just match desktop software, but be better.
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You may soon benefit from this world-first machine learning method, which has been trained by simply looking at examples of grainy photos.
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nwitimes.comMTV VMAs 2018 Nominees: Who Should Win? (POLL)nwitimes.comNoticeably missing from the main categories is Taylor Swift who only received nods for editing, visual effects, and art direction. The awards show, set to take place Monday, August…
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Hollywood ReporterMayfair Makes Majority Investment in 'Game of Thrones' VFX House PixomondoHollywood ReporterMayfair Equity Partners has completed a majority investment in Pixomondo, the VFX house behind Emmy-winning series Game of Thrones and Oscar…
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TV Technology (blog)Red Giant Universe Motion Graphics and Visual Effects Plugins Now 30% OffTV Technology (blog)Portland, OR – July 17, 2018 – For the next two weeks, Red Giant is offering 30% off the annual subscription price for Red Giant Univ…
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ThrillistHow 'Ant-Man and the Wasp' Created Its Stunning Quantum RealmThrillistTo help bring the Quantum Realm to life, director Peyton Reed turned to visual effects vendor Method Studios to imagine life at that subatomic level. As is often the case…
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Cinema BlendJames Wan Clarifies How Much Practical And Visual Effects Are Used In AquamanCinema BlendDigital effects have come a long way in recent years, and filmmakers can do quite a lot in post-production. That said, for many fans and industry ins…
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GameSpotTerminator 2's Visual Effects Get An Unofficial Update - GameSpotGameSpotAvengers: Infinity War effects studio reimagines Terminator 2 visuals.Classic Sci-Fi Meets Today's Tech: Reimagining Terminator 2's AR ...Digital Trendsall 6 news articl…
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Cosmopolitan.comHow I got my first job in: Visual Effects - CosmopolitanCosmopolitan.comLooking for jobs in visual effects? It's not an easy industry to break into, which is why we asked Laura to share her advice on how she broke into a competitive …
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The Times'Healthy paranoia' keeps visual effects magic realThe TimesHaving just won a third Oscar to join the three Baftas on the company mantelpiece, and with 32 years as co-founder and chief executive of Framestore, a visual effects specialist base…
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BroadcastRachel Matchett to head up Technicolor Visual EffectsBroadcastHer divisions at MPC Film carried out visual effects on films including The Jungle Book and Blade Runner 2049. Technicolor Visual Effects has studios in Los Angeles, Toronto, and…
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VarietyRachel Matchett to Head Technicolor Visual Effects – VarietyVarietyTechnicolor Hires Rachel Matchett to head its Technicolor Visual Effects unit.Technicolor VFX Kicks Off, Led by Rachel Matchett | Hollywood ...Hollywood Reporterall 2 news ar…
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The subject of toxic fandoms has become a hot one as of late, especially in regards to certain films and genres including “Star Wars” and Marvel/DC films. The issue doesn’t apply to those critical of the work itself, but rather those fans who g…
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Movie ticketing service MoviePass has rolled out its previously announced ‘peak pricing’ surcharge which will apply to the most popular titles at the most popular showtimes available. The service warned subscribers in late June that ‘peak prici…
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A recent report in The Economist indicates that streaming service is expected to spend between $12-13 billion on content this year, easily outspending rivals like other major studios. It’s also a much higher number than the report a few months ago…
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Facebook is in talks for what might be their biggest original series to date – a reality doco series about global soccer legend and Real Madrid player Cristiano Ronaldo. Matador Content and Religion of Sports will produce the thirteen episode serie…
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The “Child’s Play” franchise is undergoing a resurgence with both a new movie and TV series on the way. While the movie is effectively a reboot of the franchise, the series is reportedly a continuation of the previous seven films. So it makes u…
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In the wake of the disappointing results for “Mass Effect: Andromeda,” BioWare’s new game “Anthem” needs to succeed and so the company is going all out on it. Today they’ve released a nearly 20-minute video offering a look at a bunch of g…
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Netflix has hopped onboard German-language period crime thriller series “Freud” from producers Satel Film/Bavaria Fiction. The project, the streaming service’s first Austrian original, follows a young Sigmund Freud in Vienna in 1886 whose revol…
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Idris Elba is in final negotiations to play the main villain in “Hobbs and Shaw,” the upcoming spin-off of the “Fast and Furious” franchise starring Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham. Johnson and Statham reprise their roles of special agent Lu…
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Following its strong success when it launched in April, Netflix is proceeding with the second season of its sci-fi series reboot “Lost in Space” with filming dates for the new episodes set. The modern reimagining of the 1960’s classic is set 30…
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Henry Cavill’s mustache may have left us after the Superman actor shaved it off, but the iconic facial fuzz is going explode back into the public consciousness in a big way when “Mission: Impossible – Fallout” hits screens later this month. O…
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With the failure of “Alien Covenant” and the messiness of the Disney & FOX deal putting some of the latter’s franchises into limbo, the “Alien” franchise is now adrift – awaiting a chance to properly come back. A new report at Omega Under…
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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…
- 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…
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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…
- 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…
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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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