See the world premiere of David Levy's PLUG for free
See the top concept artist's sci-fi short at Gnomon on 25 October, followed by a making-of session.
Thursday, October 9th, 2014
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The Making of Transformers: Age of Extinction
Free two-hour event at Gnomon's Hollywood HQ on 11 October reveals how the movie's FX were created.
Thursday, October 2nd, 2014
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
Download two free timelapse HDRI sky domes
Updated with new timelapse: get two 1,024 x 512 sample timelapse skies from Hyperfocal Design.
Tuesday, April 29th, 2014
Q&A: Titanfall lead artist Joel Emslie
The games veteran discusses his concept workflow, and the art of building bitchin' maquettes of mechs.
Tuesday, April 29th, 2014
Gnomon Gallery to host free Art of Titanfall exhibition
See behind-the-scenes images of men and mechs from Respawn Entertainment's online shooter.
Wednesday, April 9th, 2014
See an R&D preview of V-Ray RT for MotionBuilder
See real-time path tracing in the MotionBuilder viewport on the set of Kevin Margo's short, Grounded.
Wednesday, April 2nd, 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
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