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I’ve been to a couple of amazing SIGGRAPH conferences now, and I’m the first to admit that most of the research presented in the Technical Papers is way beyond me. But I always remain fascinated by this part of the proceedings, and every now and then something you see at SIGGRAPH finds it way into…

Phil Tippett’s stop motion passion project, Mad GOD, is getting its VR release via Wevr. The virtual reality experience made by Kaleidoscope and Wevr puts you among the hand-crafted puppets of this crazy Tippett world. It will be released on the Wevr Transport platform on the Samsung Gear VR. And you can also watch the behind…

I’ll soon be in Turin, Italy for the VIEW Conference – hope to catch up with people there – it starts on 24 October. Please come say hi! And it’s not too late to get tickets, either. Getting to Turin is easy, there’s flights from all over Europe and also of course from Rome. I’ll…

Some of the most intensive work for visual effects artists on any project can be when they are asked to design characters, environments and even shots – often from scratch. That creative process is a mix of concept design, devising a shooting methodology and technical R&D. All of those things were required on director James…

Check out who’s talking at VIEW conference (starting on 24 October) with this guide to the keynotes.

You might know Ben West from his incredible short FUGU & TAKO. He’s now creative director at Framestore in LA and he’s back with a new short film called OtherHalf, about a man whose legs have a different idea to living their lives than the rest of its body. Check out the film below and…

One of the big drawcards of VIEW Conference in Turin, Italy is its workshops. These include masterclasses from big Hollywood directors, animators and visual effects artists and from specialized training bodies and industry players. The workshops take place between 24 October and 28 October at VIEW. Check out the list below and find out more…

In the design world, it’s pretty easy to look new projects up, watch the latest pieces of advertising and check out making ofs. But it’s not always as simple to hear from the people – the creatives – behind the work. Luckily, there’s a Design Conference in New York on 7th and 8th November called…

Rob Legato has won two visual effects Oscars (for Titanic and Hugo). He also got nominated for Apollo 13 and he’s won a couple of Emmys for his work on two Star Trek TV series. You most recently saw his vfx supervision in The Jungle Book, an almost all-CG film. But Legato is one of…

Doug Chiang didn’t go to art school. But as many readers would know, he worked his way up at places like Rhythm & Hues, Robert Abel and Associates and ILM, landing the role as the head of the Lucasfilm art department on the Star Wars prequels starting in 1995. Here he worked with George Lucas on…