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Visual effects and animation journalist Ian Failes

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Outlaw King’s invisible fx

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

Ian Failes Freelance January 23, 2019 1 Minute

A seriously fantastic beast

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

 

Ian Failes Freelance January 16, 2019 1 Minute

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.

Ian Failes Freelance January 13, 2019 1 Minute

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.

Ian Failes Freelance January 9, 2019 1 Minute

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.

Ian Failes Freelance January 8, 2019 1 Minute

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.

Ian Failes Freelance January 7, 2019 1 Minute

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.

Ian Failes Freelance December 30, 2018 1 Minute

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.

Ian Failes Freelance December 29, 2018 1 Minute

How to animate a city

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

Ian Failes Freelance December 20, 2018 1 Minute

3D Artist and breaking the Internet

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

Ian Failes Freelance December 18, 2018 1 Minute

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