Tag: CartoonBrew
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I literally cannot wait for SIGGRAPH
…but luckily it’s only 2 days away! Here’s my preview for Cartoon Brew.
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What happens when it all ends?
According to director Sam Southward: the above. A new article for Cartoon Brew and the online premiere of the short.
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Matzo crackers and cereal
Here’s my in-depth Cartoon Brew story on 4Ward’s visual effects for the amazing nuclear nightmare sequence in Terminator 2, which is now 25 years old. Talking to Robert Skotak was such a great experience.
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Photogrammetizing Phil Tippett’s very awesome stop-mo puppets
It was announced a short while ago that Phil Tippett and his studio were contributing to an AR game called HoloGrid: Monster Battle. Then they had a successful Kickstarter for the game, so it’s definitely happening! Also, they used photogrammetry to capture Phil’s various stop motion puppets for use in the game – here’s my…
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‘A Surreal Lucid Nightmare’
That’s a great way to describe anything, let alone a cinematic launch trailer. So when Axis Animation followed the idea for the new Dawn of War III, I had to to talk them – here’s the final piece for Cartoon Brew, with LOTS of behind the scenes.
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Bebop & Rocksteady together again
ILM’s vfx work in the new TMNT film is top-notch. I especially liked the comedy duo Bebop and Rocksteady so I found out more from vfx supe Pablo Helman in this article for Cartoon Brew.
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‘The scene’ from X-Men: Apocalypse
And that scene is Quicksilver’s rescue mission at the mansion, with vfx by Rising Sun Pictures. Check out my breakdown for Cartoon Brew.
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The making of ILM’s caricature
For Dragonheart (released in 1996), ILM needed a facial animation system. So they made one and called it Caricature (they almost called it ‘Fanny’). Here’s a new retro vfx piece at Cartoon Brew.
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When 3D and anime meet
Love this new short film from Valere Amirault called Symphony of Two Minds. My piece also has the exclusive premiere at Cartoon Brew.
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Translating ‘Angry Birds’ from app to film
Here’s a new story in Cartoon Brew which looks at Imageworks’ animation for Angry Birds – a tough film to make to keep the characters simple and play homage to the mobile game app.
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