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Inside the mind of Pacific Rim: Uprising’s animation director
Pacific Rim: Uprising might just be an animator’s dream project; giant Jaeger robots fighting giant alien Kaiju. Whenever I watch a film like that, I always wonder, where do the animators start? Notwithstanding the fact that there’s already a Pacific Rim film out there, and perhaps plenty of other giant fighting robot films, something about…
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The art of the VFX breakdown
Image Engine gave me some great breakdown pics to go with this VFX Voice story on the art of VFX breakdowns.
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Animating characters…with your hands
For Cartoon Brew, I talked to The Mill about their new Real-time Animation System. Seems really promising.
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Willow is morfing is Willow
There are actually sooo many great effects shots in Willow, but for me it was ILM’s use of ‘morfing’ that made that project so memorable. It’s now 30 years old, and here’s the VFX Voice piece I was able to do on the film.
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A frank chat with Isle of Dogs DOP Tristan Oliver
Isle of Dogs is simply incredible. And much of that has to do with the work of DOP Tristan Oliver and his team. Check out our chat at Cartoon Brew.
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Early Man and the art of Aardman
I talked to Aardman for this story at VFX Voice about their newest stop motion effort, Early Man. Some really nice behind the scenes pics here.
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Spring VFX Voice is out!
The latest issue of VFX Voice is now out, with Wrinkle in Time on the cover, and has a bunch of content I was able to contribute. I’ll post some links to some of those stories in the coming days.
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Phil Tippett is speaking at FMX: a look back at his visual effects highlights
Star Wars, RoboCop, Jurassic Park and Starship Troopers are just some of the projects Phil Tippett has left his indelible mark on. The visual effects supervisor famously navigated a major transition in the visual effects industry from practical effects – in which he had specialised in stop-motion animation – to the digital world we are…
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2001: a 50 year space odyssey
When I wrote Masters of FX, one of the many highlights was speaking to visual effects supervisor Doug Trumbull. He, of course, was the pioneer behind several of the effects sequences in Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, which celebrates its 50th anniversary today. 2001 is still one of those films effects practitioners refer to…
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Toys, mocap and some killer anim
Giant robots! Here’s a new piece on Pacific Rim Uprising I wrote for Cartoon Brew, about Double Negative’s work on the film.
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