Chris Landreth told me all about the making of Bingo, made with Maya 1.0 (and even earlier incarnations of the software), for Cartoon Brew.
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Q&A with the directors of Bilby
Head over to Cartoon Brew for my interview with the directors of DreamWorks Animation’s new short, Bilby. Plus an exclusive clip.
How E.d. Films Is Using Real-time To Help Make Their Animated Films
Nice trailer for e.d. films’ Giant Bear – it was enough to make me want to ask them more about how they’re using real-time tech in their animated work, for Cartoon Brew.
Optical craziness
If you just think for a second that all the compositing for Who Framed Roger Rabbit was done optically, it blows your mind. Check out my interview with ILM’s then optical photography supervisor Ed Jones about how that was done, on the 30th anniversary of the film, at Cartoon Brew.
Mighty Mike from TeamTO
A look at some new animation software made for TeamTO’s new project, Mighty Mike & the Wild Bunch, at Cartoon Brew.
Behind the scenes of the DIY minisodes
For Cartoon Brew, I talked to Encyclopedia Pictura about their neat DIY minisodes for Cartoon Network.
Meet Piggy
If you get a chance to see Google Spotlight Stories’ latest VR experience, Piggy, do it. Or you can read about it in my piece at Cartoon Brew after I had a go of the short at Annecy and then spoke to director Jan Pinkava.
Animation tools of the future?
SIGGRAPH’s tech papers often herald new features in vfx and animation tools. I highlighted a few for Cartoon Brew.
Colossus rides again
For Cartoon Brew, I asked Framestore how they completed the CG Colosuss for Deadpool 2.
Thanos, by Digital Domain and Weta Digital
I was particularly impressed at how both DD and Weta Digital made Thanos for Infinity War. Here’s my Cartoon Brew coverage.
What’s it really like to be a VFX vendor on a big TV show?
I asked Image Engine, who worked on Lost in Space.
FMX is here, and so are Chris Wedge and Phil Tippett
I’m on the program board this year for FMX, and helped organise the ‘Then & Now’ track which is featuring Phil Tippett and Chris Wedge. Here’s a rundown at Cartoon Brew.
The virtual production side of Ready Player One
A look at the work with ILM and Digital Domain, at Cartoon Brew.
ILM’s Scott Farrar on those A Quiet Place creatures
…and how they had to be re-designed with only 2 months to go! Read the article at Cartoon Brew.
Animating characters…with your hands
For Cartoon Brew, I talked to The Mill about their new Real-time Animation System. Seems really promising.
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.
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.
How to animate a Wes Anderson film
Isle of Dogs. Isle of Dogs. It’s here. And so is my first piece on the film for Cartoon Brew, with animation director Mark Waring.
The Tick and the CG human
Have you been watching The Tick? It’s a really zany superhero show with some pretty great VFX work, including a fully CG human giant made by FuseFX. Check out Cartoon Brew for the story.
7 Weeks, 917 Frames, Glass Beads, Hair Wax, And Vaseline
…and don’t forget a power drill for motion blur, and that time Nick Park massaged Tom Hiddleston. Check out how it was done for Early Man in my Cartoon Brew story.