Eye candy: Auroras
Niles Heckman tells us how he made his labour-of-love FX short, rendered over three years on a single PC.
Monday, July 7th, 2014
CG Theatre
Eye candy: Gnomon's new Best of Term awards
See great student work from the US CG school, including a rather smug vampire and a bit of cross-dressing.
Friday, July 4th, 2014
Eye candy: best of E3 2014
Watch our pick of the best five cinematics - and one honorable mention - from last week's games industry show.
Sunday, June 15th, 2014
Eye candy: the world's best student CG art
Six Gnomon graduates won prizes at this year's CG Student Awards. See all of their winning work here.
Friday, June 6th, 2014
Eye candy: Miarmy's cool VFX crowds reel
See some amazing shots created in the Maya crowd-simulation system from studios all over the world.
Thursday, June 5th, 2014
Eye candy: Blender's Cycles demo reel
Check out cool work rendered using the GPU-based raytracing engine, from cartoon shorts to commercials.
Thursday, April 24th, 2014
Eye candy: The Foundry's 2014 showreel
Watch a kaleidoscopic three-minute burst of CG created using Foundry tools, from Gravity to Smaug.
Thursday, April 10th, 2014
Eye candy: Departures
Check out the Kickstarter campaign for ILM matte painter Jorik Dozy's atmospheric short.
Wednesday, April 9th, 2014
Eye candy: Gnomon's new Best of Term student reels
Check out eight new compilation videos showing the best new work from students at the top CG school.
Tuesday, March 11th, 2014
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
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