March 8, 2013
VFX supervisor Peter Szewyczk explains how he created the hallucinatory FX on a laptop in the Arnold renderer. Read More »
February 15, 2013
Could Mark Nelson's one-man, five-year labour of love be the best short that Aardman never produced? Read More »
February 13, 2013
Animation director Nick Losq runs through the pipeline for this cute but gritty anime-inspired VFX short. Read More »
February 6, 2013
Watch the edited version and making-of video for last night's VES Award-winning student short. Read More »
January 31, 2013
Updated: See the whole of Disney's charming fake-2D short here, along with a detailed making-of video. Read More »
January 17, 2013
It's aliens vs Skynet in Kaleb Lechowski's incredible one-man short, created in seven months in Blender and Maya. Read More »
January 17, 2013
Watch i09's run-down of indie shorts slated to become complete features, from Archetype to True Skin. Read More »
January 16, 2013 | 3 comments
Cristóbal Vila's beautiful short, created in modo and Cinema 4D, journeys from distant galaxies to droplets of water. Read More »
January 4, 2013
Directed by Kung Fu Panda's John Stevenson and produced by Ridley Scott, it's Happy Feet, but with bears. Read More »
December 11, 2012
Time flies like a digitally enhanced arrow in this fun short showcasing Red Giant Software's effects tools. Read More »
October 4, 2012
What lives in Tokyo's vending machines? Cute little monsters, if you believe TWiN's new VFX short. Read More »
September 2, 2012
Animator Joe Daniels sets out the Viewport 2.0-based workflow he used on his Starfish Ninja short. Read More »
August 23, 2012
No details yet, but there's an email address where you can preorder the book of the cult photorealistic short. Read More »
July 6, 2012
Director Meni Tsirbas talks us through his post-apocalyptic short, created with an all-student team. Read More »
June 28, 2012
Paprika meets the land of Guinness, in this short, sweet and anime-inspired Annecy festival opener. Read More »
June 21, 2012
'Archetype' VFX Breakdown dissects a real shot from Aaron Sims' gritty science-fiction short stage by stage. Read More »
April 30, 2012
See cyborg slug Gus Nitrous face off against sinister robot insects in the teaser for Meni Tsirbas's new short. Read More »
April 9, 2012
Creature Comforts takes a turn for the dark side in the first 'talkie' from the cult Babioles shorts' creator. Read More »
April 1, 2012
Updated: see the new 15-minute director's cut of Haz Dulull's Platoon-meets-Animal-Farm 'motion comic'. Read More »
March 30, 2012
Archibald finds love beyond the end of the world in Kadavre Exquis' beautifully surreal animated short. Read More »