Eye candy: the visual effects of Our Lady of Lourdes
VFX supervisor Peter Szewyczk explains how he created the hallucinatory FX on a laptop in the Arnold renderer.
Friday, March 8th, 2013
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Videos: How Weta created the creatures of The Hobbit
Updated: New video shows the environment work, along with Gollum, Azog and the Goblin King.
Monday, February 18th, 2013
VFX breakdown: the making of Little Kaiju
Animation director Nick Losq runs through the pipeline for this cute but gritty anime-inspired VFX short.
Wednesday, February 13th, 2013
Five great VFX spots from Super Bowl 2013
Discover how the effects for our own fave five ads and teasers from Sunday's big game were created.
Wednesday, February 6th, 2013
Eye candy: Disney's Paperman VFX breakdown
Updated: See the whole of Disney's charming fake-2D short here, along with a detailed making-of video.
Thursday, January 31st, 2013
Eye candy: ILM's epic Avengers shot breakdown
Updated: Watch breakdowns of the movie's most memorable VFX shots - now including the creation of Hulk.
Friday, January 18th, 2013
Eye candy: behind the scenes on The Hobbit
Get one last making-of fix with Peter Jackson and the post-production team before the movie opens.
Wednesday, December 12th, 2012
Project focus: the making of Exoids
Director Meni Tsirbas talks us through his post-apocalyptic short, created with an all-student team.
Friday, July 6th, 2012
Eye candy: Ambrosia
One man, $17k, 280 FX shots: how Chris Herrick created high-power visuals for this low-budget thriller.
Saturday, June 30th, 2012
Gnomon releases five-hour DVD on making 'Archetype'
'Archetype' VFX Breakdown dissects a real shot from Aaron Sims' gritty science-fiction short stage by stage.
Thursday, June 21st, 2012
Videos: the making of Pixar's Brave
Possibly-not-strictly-official tech featurettes have popped up on YouTube. Watch 'em while you can.
Monday, June 4th, 2012
Video: 'we made Prometheus like an insect'
See production designer Arthur Max on building spacecraft for Ridley Scott's messy-but-fun Alien prequel.
Friday, June 1st, 2012
FMX 2012: The Hugo shot that nearly killed us
Off-the-cuff decisions during previz can come back to haunt you later, warns VFX supervisor Rob Legato.
Saturday, May 12th, 2012