I’ve just launched a brand new VFX publication called befores & afters.
Announcing ‘befores & afters’
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A new VR animation tool, for first-timers
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At Cartoon Brew, I wrote about Ollie VR, a new animation in VR tool that’s designed for beginners.
LEGO Movie 2 at 3D Artist
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I wrote the cover feature for the latest 3D Artist magazine, on Animal Logic’s work for The LEGO Movie 2. Lots of fun doing this one.
Inside the fx of Bird Box
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For VFX Voice, I covered the invisible vfx of Bird Box. Some stunning work!
New 3D World has Alita, DNEG and more
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Check out the new 3D World magazine with features I’ve contributed on Alita: Battle Angel, DNEG’s environments and Stephan Fleet’s VFX tips.
Dean DeBlois on the tech of the ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ series
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Had a blast chatting to Dean about the latest film, and the tech over the entire series. Read my interview at Cartoon Brew.
3D Artist and Alita
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For 3D Artist magazine, I talked to Weta Digital about their work on Alita: Battle Angel.
The state of play with digital actors
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For Cartoon Brew, I jumped into the recent slurry of cg humans / digital actors in all sorts of places – in film, tv, commercials, real-time and even live venues.
The VFX of Mary Poppins Returns
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For VFX Voice, I asked Mary Poppins Returns vfx supervisor Matt Johnson about practical fx, combining 2D animated characters with live-action, and other work in the film.
New VirtuCamera app to make your films
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For Cartoon Brew, I covered this Gremlin short, which used a new VirtuCamera iPhone to Maya app to help block scenes.
I’m pretty sure you can’t pack much more into this crazy weekend of visual effects in Vancouver
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Did you see Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and want to know how it was made? Did you see Mary Poppins Returns and wonder how they combined 2D animation and live action? Did you see Roma and not realise there were any visual effects in it at all? All those projects – and a lot more…
Outlaw King’s invisible fx
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For VFX Voice, a chat with the team behind the visual effects of Outlaw King.
A seriously fantastic beast
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A look at Framestore’s work for The Crimes of Grindelwald, at VFX Voice.
Marwen’s digital dolls (which still utilised live action)
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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.
Isle of Dogs and VFX
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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.
Dive deep into the visdev on animated shorts
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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.
Industrial Light and Transformer Magic
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I am still obsessed with Transformer transformations. So I talked to ILM about Bumblebee for Cartoon Brew.
New stunning ‘First Man’ VFX featurette
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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 effects supervisor Paul Lambert from DNEG and miniatures effects supervisor Ian…
The CG hair of Aquaman, a surprisingly tough effect
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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.
A whole new 3D World
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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.