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
Eye candy: Departures
Check out the Kickstarter campaign for ILM matte painter Jorik Dozy's atmospheric short.
Wednesday, April 9th, 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
Eye candy: the Gnomon School 2014 Student Reel
Watch a ten-minute compilation of the best new work created at the top American CG school.
Wednesday, February 12th, 2014
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: 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: the Transformers Super Bowl spot
Optimus Prime and Dinobots beat off Captain America and Spidey in our pick of yesterday's movie trailers.
Monday, February 3rd, 2014
See every VFX Oscar winner in under five minutes
While you wait for this year's winner, relive VFX history from Star Wars to Life of Pi with this video montage.
Friday, January 31st, 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
PS3 versus PS4 graphics: the new Tomb Raider trailer
Teaser for Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition details the effects of those drip maps, SSS and hair physics.
Wednesday, January 22nd, 2014