Nine shorts that will make amazing VFX movies
Watch i09's run-down of indie shorts slated to become complete features, from Archetype to True Skin.
Thursday, January 17th, 2013
short
Eye candy: Lux Aeterna
Cristóbal Vila's beautiful short, created in modo and Cinema 4D, journeys from distant galaxies to droplets of water.
Wednesday, January 16th, 2013
Eye candy: Animal Logic's new Coca-Cola short
Directed by Kung Fu Panda's John Stevenson and produced by Ridley Scott, it's Happy Feet, but with bears.
Friday, January 4th, 2013
Eye candy: Tempo
Time flies like a digitally enhanced arrow in this fun short showcasing Red Giant Software's effects tools.
Tuesday, December 11th, 2012
Eye candy: Little Kaiju
What lives in Tokyo's vending machines? Cute little monsters, if you believe TWiN's new VFX short.
Thursday, October 4th, 2012
Discover the secrets of real-time rendering in Maya
Animator Joe Daniels sets out the Viewport 2.0-based workflow he used on his Starfish Ninja short.
Sunday, September 2nd, 2012
Alex Roman at work on book of The Third & The Seventh
No details yet, but there's an email address where you can preorder the book of the cult photorealistic short.
Thursday, August 23rd, 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: Beyond the Sea
Paprika meets the land of Guinness, in this short, sweet and anime-inspired Annecy festival opener.
Thursday, June 28th, 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
Eye candy: Exoids
See cyborg slug Gus Nitrous face off against sinister robot insects in the teaser for Meni Tsirbas's new short.
Monday, April 30th, 2012
Eye candy: Franssiss
Creature Comforts takes a turn for the dark side in the first 'talkie' from the cult Babioles shorts' creator.
Monday, April 9th, 2012
Eye candy: Fubar Redux
Updated: see the new 15-minute director's cut of Haz Dulull's Platoon-meets-Animal-Farm 'motion comic'.
Sunday, April 1st, 2012