Author: Ian Failes
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Announcing ‘befores & afters’
I’ve just launched a brand new VFX publication called befores & afters.
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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.
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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.
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Inside the fx of Bird Box
For VFX Voice, I covered the invisible vfx of Bird Box. Some stunning work!
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New 3D World has Alita, DNEG and more
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.
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Dean DeBlois on the tech of the ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ series
Had a blast chatting to Dean about the latest film, and the tech over the entire series. Read my interview at Cartoon Brew.
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3D Artist and Alita
For 3D Artist magazine, I talked to Weta Digital about their work on Alita: Battle Angel.
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The state of play with digital actors
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.
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The VFX of Mary Poppins Returns
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.
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New VirtuCamera app to make your films
For Cartoon Brew, I covered this Gremlin short, which used a new VirtuCamera iPhone to Maya app to help block scenes.
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