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  • Announcing ‘befores & afters’
  • A new VR animation tool, for first-timers
  • LEGO Movie 2 at 3D Artist
  • Inside the fx of Bird Box
  • New 3D World has Alita, DNEG and more

Retro VFX: The tech of Terminator 2

An oral history with ILMers behind the CGI.

The social (VFX) lives of Hollywood

Behind the scenes vfx pics posted by the stars

Retro VFX: Contact

The famous mirror shot in ‘Contact’ was almost something else entirely

Retro VFX: Men in Black

‘Men in Black’ and its crazy collection of real and CG creatures

Retro VFX: Batman & Robin

The forgotten freeze-frame moments from the film

Retro VFX: Predator

Optical compositing, thermal cameras and *that* red suit

Retro VFX: The Mummy

Re-visit the digital make-up, mocap and other VFX innovations from the 1999 film

RETRO VFX: The Lost World

Animation director Randal M. Dutra reflects on those early days of the digital age

Retro VFX: The Fifth Element

Multi pass and motion control: re-visiting the VFX of 'The Fifth Element'

Retro VFX: Terminator 2

Full liquid metal, now in 3D: re-visiting the freakin’ T-1000 walking out of the fiery truck crash
Full liquid metal, now in 3D: re-visiting the freakin’ T-1000 walking out of the fiery truck crash

Retro VFX: Dante’s Peak

The race to finish Dante’s Peak...20 years ago

Retro VFX: CG Jabba

You’re a wonderful human being: re-visiting CG Jabba 20 years later

Retro VFX: Mars Attacks!

Behind the ILM Mars Attacks! tests that convinced Tim Burton to go CG

Retro VFX: Twister

It’s been 20 years since ‘Twister’ brought us that flying cow

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Announcing ‘befores & afters’

Announcing ‘befores & afters’

I’ve just launched a brand new VFX publication called befores & afters. Check it out at https://beforesandafters.com.

Posted on March 19, 2019Categories Freelance
A new VR animation tool, for first-timers

A new VR animation tool, for first-timers

At Cartoon Brew, I wrote about Ollie VR, a new animation in VR tool that’s designed for beginners.

Posted on March 15, 2019Categories FreelanceTags CartoonBrew
LEGO Movie 2 at 3D Artist

LEGO Movie 2 at 3D Artist

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.

Posted on March 12, 2019Categories FreelanceTags 3DArtist

Inside the fx of Bird Box

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For VFX Voice, I covered the invisible vfx of Bird Box. Some stunning work!

Posted on February 28, 2019Categories FreelanceTags vfxvoice

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.

Posted on February 26, 2019Categories FreelanceTags 3dworld

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.

Posted on February 18, 2019Categories FreelanceTags CartoonBrew

3D Artist and Alita

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For 3D Artist magazine, I talked to Weta Digital about their work on Alita: Battle Angel.

Posted on February 13, 2019Categories FreelanceTags 3DArtist

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.

Posted on February 8, 2019Categories FreelanceTags CartoonBrew

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.

Posted on January 29, 2019Categories FreelanceTags vfxvoice

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.

Posted on January 28, 2019Categories FreelanceTags CartoonBrew

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