Eye candy: Pixar's RenderMan 21 feature reel
See the renderer's new features illustrated via a series of beautiful clips from Piper and FInding Dory.
Monday, October 24th, 2016
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Discover how Legend put Stan Lee in VR
See a special making-of session on Stan Lee's Cosmic Crusaders at Gnomon's LA HQ on Thursday 28 July. Watch free online.
Monday, July 18th, 2016
Come to an evening with ILM's Grzegorz Jonkajtys
See the award-winning animator explain his workflow at a free event at Gnomon's LA HQ on 19 March. Watch free online.
Monday, March 14th, 2016
How to create an undersea digital matte painting
Aaron Sims Company lead digital matte painter Didier Konings explains how he created this real production asset.
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2015
Download this model from the Semi-Permanent titles
Get the astronaut model from Emmy Award-winner Raoul Marks' beautiful CG intro to the design conference.
Friday, May 29th, 2015
VFX breakdowns of the month: February 2015
Check out the month's best tech demos, including some stunning work from The Mill and Blur Studio.
Saturday, February 28th, 2015
VFX breakdowns of the month: January 2015
Check out the month's best tech demos, including Tippett Studio, Unit Image and RealtimeUK.
Saturday, January 31st, 2015
Eye candy: Next Limit's RealFlow 2014 showreel
Watch drips, drizzles and splashes created with the fluid simulator, plus a couple of larger VFX shots.
Tuesday, August 19th, 2014
Eye candy: Auroras
Niles Heckman tells us how he made his labour-of-love FX short, rendered over three years on a single PC.
Monday, July 7th, 2014
Gnomon to host free Making Of Frozen talk on 20 March
Visit the school's Hollywood HQ to see eight of Disney's key CG staff discuss the Oscar-winning film.
Thursday, March 13th, 2014
Eye candy: Framestore's Gravity VFX show and tell
Nice new breakdown video gives a glimpse into the movie's CG environments and simulation work.
Tuesday, February 25th, 2014
Eye candy: Decepticon Truck Crawl
Watch Digital Domain animator Kiel Figgins' ace Transformers homage, then check out the VFX breakdowns.
Monday, February 10th, 2014
Eye candy: Whiskytree's ultra-detailed Elysium VFX
Watch a breakdown showing the CG space station's "trillions of surfaces" - all created on prosumer hardware.
Friday, February 7th, 2014