Eye candy: the making of God of War 'From Ashes'
Allan McKay's neat 30-minute video explains how the ash effects from the Super Bowl spot were created.
Monday, March 10th, 2014
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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
Watch five great VES Award-winning student shorts
It's five wins in a row for Germany's Filmakademie. See them all here, including 2014 winner Rugbybugs.
Friday, February 14th, 2014
Eye candy: Kometh
Discover the alien life pulsating at the heart of a comet in Erik Ferguson's unnerving Houdini short.
Thursday, February 13th, 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
Eye candy: Scanline VFX's Iron Man 3 shot breakdowns
Check out the making-of, then see the studio's impressive fluid effects work from The Wolf of Wall Street.
Monday, January 27th, 2014
New Damon Albarn video is basically a ZBrush tutorial
Aitor Throup's ZSpheres-and-all Everyday Robots promo celebrates the tools of the 3D artist's trade.
Wednesday, January 22nd, 2014
Watch the nominees for the 2014 VES Awards
A lot of them, at least. See all 15 nominees for short-form work in their entirety here, along with making-ofs.
Thursday, January 16th, 2014
Eye candy: ILM's VFX breakdown for Pacific Rim
New making-of video lifts the lid on big environments, big simulations - and even bigger CG creatures.
Thursday, January 9th, 2014
Eye candy: Blur Studio's 'A Twist of Fate' FX breakdown
FX artist Dan Chamberlin's video deconstructs the fire effects from the League of Legends trailer's best shot.
Monday, January 6th, 2014
Eye candy: Main Road|Post's Stalingrad VFX reel
Check out eight minutes of beautiful Houdini effects breakdowns from the epic Russian war movie.
Tuesday, December 17th, 2013
Video: water effects in Unreal Engine 4
See how Epic Games set up the fluid and particle effects for its UE4 Infiltrator tech demo.
Monday, December 9th, 2013