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
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Eye candy: A la Française
Now available in full, the Siggraph 2013 grand prize winner is one of the best shorts you'll see this year.
Tuesday, February 11th, 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: Caminandes: Gran Dillama
A hapless llama has a fur-raising time in the Blender Institute's latest, Chuck Jones-inspired, open movie.
Friday, November 22nd, 2013
Eye candy: SpyFox
Spot-on '60s student spy parody features world's most adorable minions this side of Despicable Me.
Friday, August 16th, 2013
Watch the Siggraph 2013 animation festival winners
Not all of them can be shown online in full yet, but we've got extended clips and making-ofs for the others.
Tuesday, June 18th, 2013
Eye candy: How to Train Your Robot
Frail human jaw meets giant robotic fist in this neat short from students at the new Platige Academy.
Monday, June 10th, 2013
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
Eye candy: The Jockstrap Raiders
Could Mark Nelson's one-man, five-year labour of love be the best short that Aardman never produced?
Friday, February 15th, 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
Eye candy: Natalis
Watch the edited version and making-of video for last night's VES Award-winning student short.
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: R'ha
It's aliens vs Skynet in Kaleb Lechowski's incredible one-man short, created in seven months in Blender and Maya.
Thursday, January 17th, 2013