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Visual effects and animation journalist Ian Failes



    • MPC’s creature tales

      Go behind the scenes of MPC’s Creature Lab in this new – and very practical piece – in 3D World magazine.

      September 6, 2018
    • Puppet time

      For VFX Voice, I asked Stargate Studios VFX supe Sam Nicholson about the crazy work involved in making The Happytime Murders possible.

      September 4, 2018
    • 25 years of Nightmare Before Christmas

      I talked to director Henry Selick about his film, The Nightmare Before Christmas, which is celebrating its 25th (!) anniversary this year. Check it out at Cartoon Brew.

      September 4, 2018
    • 2D tools and what they let you do in 3D

      For Cartoon Brew, I wrote about the 3D and 2D cross-over in some of the top animation tools. It’s amazing what can be done nowadays.

      August 30, 2018
    • 5 talks you have to see at VIEW

      One of the great things about the VIEW Conference – taking place 22-26 October in Turin, Italy – is that you can basically sit down in the morning and stay all day to watch wall-to-wall incredible VFX and animation talks. And you can do that all week. It’s basically one inspiring speaker after another. This…

      August 29, 2018
    • Aardman, digital make-up, for latest 3D Artist

      For the latest 3D Artist magazine, I talked to Aardman’s David Sproxton and also dived into digital make-up with MPC, Mr. X, Outpost VFX, MASTERS FX and vfx artist Johnny Banta.

      August 28, 2018
    • Planes, Paris, Masks and Mirrors

      My newest piece for VFX Voice on Mission: Impossible – Fallout. I also love the headline.

      August 28, 2018
    • Adrift: what is real and what isn’t

      Milk VFX recently delivered visual effects for the film Adrift, including several shots of a yacht at sea as it is caught in a devastating storm. The studio’s breakdown video reveals the extent to which they took plate photography and realised the ocean and storm effects with some fantastic CG and water sims.

      August 22, 2018
    • Kraken good animation

      I talked to Imageworks vfx supe Mike Ford about the Kraken in Hotel Transylvania 3, and broke down the technical challenges, for VFX Voice.

      August 21, 2018
    • A round-up of animation and vfx tech from SIGGRAPH

      Head over to Cartoon Brew for a look at the big vfx and anim announcements made this year at SIGGRAPH.

      August 20, 2018
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