Category: Freelance

Outlaw King’s invisible fx

For VFX Voice, a chat with the team behind the visual effects of Outlaw King.

January 23, 2019
A seriously fantastic beast

A look at Framestore’s work for The Crimes of Grindelwald, at VFX Voice.

January 16, 2019
Marwen’s digital dolls (which still utilised live action)

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.

January 13, 2019
Isle of Dogs and VFX

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.

January 9, 2019
Dive deep into the visdev on animated shorts

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.

January 8, 2019
Industrial Light and Transformer Magic

I am still obsessed with Transformer transformations. So I talked to ILM about Bumblebee for Cartoon Brew.

January 7, 2019
The CG hair of Aquaman, a surprisingly tough effect

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.

December 30, 2018
A whole new 3D World

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.

December 29, 2018
How to animate a city

Here’s how Weta Digital did it for Mortal Engines.

December 20, 2018
3D Artist and breaking the Internet

For 3D Artist magazine, I talked to Disney Animation about Ralph Breaks the Internet. And they did a stunning special cover for the issue.

December 18, 2018