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A new VR animation tool, for first-timers

At Cartoon Brew, I wrote about Ollie VR, a new animation in VR tool that’s designed for beginners.

Ian Failes Freelance March 15, 2019 1 Minute

Dean DeBlois on the tech of the ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ series

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Had a blast chatting to Dean about the latest film, and the tech over the entire series. Read my interview at Cartoon Brew.

Ian Failes Freelance February 18, 2019 1 Minute

The state of play with digital actors

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For Cartoon Brew, I jumped into the recent slurry of cg humans / digital actors in all sorts of places – in film, tv, commercials, real-time and even live venues.

Ian Failes Freelance February 8, 2019 1 Minute

New VirtuCamera app to make your films

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For Cartoon Brew, I covered this Gremlin short, which used a new VirtuCamera iPhone to Maya app to help block scenes.

Ian Failes Freelance January 28, 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

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

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

Into a new realm of animated filmmaking

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I love the new Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. And here’s my coverage at Cartoon Brew. Go and see this film.

Ian Failes Freelance December 13, 2018 1 Minute

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