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Three character challenges from Hotel T 3
A look at animating three of the characters from Hotel Transylvania 3 with animation supervisor Alan Hawkins, at Cartoon Brew.
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Fallen Kingdom: the film before the film
Before things start ramping up in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, audiences get a taste of what’s to come thanks to a dramatic prologue sequence. Here, mercenaries visit Isla Nublar and quickly encounter the infamous T. Rex in the main street, and then later a leaping Mosasaurus. The sequence includes both a submarine arrival and an…
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Fractals and Ziva in latest 3D World
For the latest 3D World magazine, I wrote about Ziva Dynamics and its creature work, plus a special ‘Fractals’ round-up with Framestore, Method Studios, Weta Digital and Imageworks.
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Black Mirror’s USS Callister and the Framestore factor
For VFX Voice, I talked to Framestore’s Russell Dodgson about their work on the Black Mirror USS Callister episode. That whole series 4 of the show has such impressive VFX work.
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The saddest moment in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom was also one of the most beautiful
The sight of a brachiosaurus being enveloped in an ash cloud after the volcanic eruption of Isla Nublar – as several characters and other dinosaurs leave the island by boat – was a powerful moment in J.A. Bayona’s Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. vfxblog asked ILM animation supervisor Jance Rubinchik about the approach to that touching…
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A lion and a Mosasaurus: how those fun end moments of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom came to be
The final scenes of Fallen Kingdom, in which several dinos have escaped captivity and are now out in the ‘human world’, hint at exciting times to come. Two moments in particular stand-out: the sight of a giant Mosasaurus coming through a wave amidst a group of surfers, and a T. Rex roaring at a lion…
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Cat litter and other unexpected fx solutions derived for Fallen Kingdom
For Thrillist, I wrote about some of the awesome ways effects were used in unusual ways to help make Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, including cat litter, a roller coaster and inflatable puppets.
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The best of both Jurassic worlds: practical and digital
“We gave Neal a 200 million polygon file from the T. rex at one-to-one scale. He started printing it but two days later he rang me panicking, going, ‘David, David. I can see poly faces! I can see the polygons in my 3D print! We need more resolution!’” – David Vickery, visual effects supervisor, Jurassic…
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New 3D Artist shines light on Incredibles 2 and RenderMan
I talked to Pixar for this issue of 3D Artist – it’s a pretty special one.
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New VFX Voice is…incredible
The latest VFX Voice magazine with Incredibles 2 on the cover is an issue I loved writing for – it includes a chat with Pixar producers for that film, plus VFX supes on ‘what’s in their kit’, coverage of Black Panther, Infinity War and Stranger Things 2.
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