VFX artist Miguel Ortega on the hunt for The Ningyo
The Digital Domain veteran tells us about his Faustian tale of obsession and underwater monster-hunting.
Wednesday, June 26th, 2013
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Fabric Engine unveils Creation: Splice for Maya
Write multi-threaded VFX tools that perform like C++ inside Maya using a simpler, JavaScript-like language.
Tuesday, June 25th, 2013
Eye candy: Platige Image's 2013 demo reel
Cult Polish studio's latest work runs the gamut from cyberpunk cinematics to giant city-destroying cats.
Wednesday, June 19th, 2013
Sites to bookmark: the Texturepilot texture library
Browse over 100,000 images tailored to games and VFX at this excellent, straighforward online library.
Thursday, June 13th, 2013
Concept artist Emmanuel Shiu on the art of After Earth
The Iron Man veteran talks us through his world and vehicle designs for M. Night Shyamalan's sci-fi drama.
Thursday, June 13th, 2013
Eye candy: Gnomon's Winter 2013 Best of Term awards
Check out the best student work from the top CG school - including a cool shot of the tricopter from Oblivion.
Monday, June 10th, 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: MPC's Life of Pi VFX breakdown
Check out a four-minute breakdown of the studio's Oscar-winning work, including two key storm sequences.
Monday, June 3rd, 2013
Eye candy: the first Walking with Dinosaurs 3D trailer
The BBC's landmark series gets a movie makeover - but the teaser is more Disney than documentary.
Friday, May 3rd, 2013
See Fabric Engine's Horde do real-time crowd sims
New videos show the work-in-progress previz and VFX tool in use within both Maya and Softimage.
Wednesday, May 1st, 2013
7 things we learned from creating Flight in the cloud
Atomic Fiction was the first studio to render all the VFX for an A-list movie online. Co-founder Ryan Tudhope shares his tips.
Thursday, April 25th, 2013
Can Lagoa drive 3D work into the cloud?
Cult developer Thiago Costa tells us why he believes the future of high-end CG lies online.
Wednesday, April 24th, 2013
Eye candy: the first Thor: The Dark World trailer
Suitably epic teaser for Marvel's mythological sequel shows villainous dark elves, heroic VFX.
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013