Animating the Punchy Electro Beats of 1788-L’s ‘Automaton’
The acclaimed producer’s new music video, animated by FISE and GASOLINE, captures the experimental bass and exciting, Daft Punk-like melody from the track off his new ‘Parallel:S’ EP.
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Surreal and Psychedelic: The Foo Fighters ‘Chasing Birds’ Music Video
Inspired by ‘Yellow Submarine’ and dreamy 60s visuals, Emlyn Davies and Josh Hicks first take viewers to a vibrant euphoria, then a distorted hellscape, in the animated short supporting the ‘Medicine at Midnight’ album.
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Jerome Chen Talks Real-Time Animation with Unreal Engine
The Sony Pictures Imageworks senior VFX supervisor discusses his studio’s integration of Epic’s game engine technology and real-time workflows into its animation production on a new episode of Netflix’s ‘Love, Death & Robots’ anthology series.
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Method Studios Brings VFX ‘Magic’ to Robert Zemeckis’ ‘The Witches’
Using Unreal Engine-based virtual production tools, VFX supervisor Kevin Baillie helps the Oscar-winning director pre-shoot every live-action scene needing digital characters, including mice, chickens, and a cat.
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Gritty, Visceral Noir: The Foo Fighters’ ‘No Son of Mine’ Music Video
Inspired by Frank Miller’s ‘Sin City’ graphic novel, Emlyn Davies takes audiences on a hard and fast ride, charting the spectrum of lusts – blood, money, drugs, and alcohol – while poking fun at self-righteous hypocrisy.
yU+co’s Stylized ‘Justice League’ Teaser Speaks to Diehard Fans
Brand-new fully-CG ‘Mother Box Origins’ trailer, based on Zack Snyder’s own drawings, is packed with clues and symbolic imagery chronicling the long journey to restore the director’s original vision.
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‘Bearly’ Charms as SCAD Animation Studio’s Debut Film
The delightful 2D/3D animated musical short, about a curious bear cub’s attempt to resist hibernation, marks the start of the program’s ambitious plan to produce two new shorts each year.
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GRANT Embraces Dizziness and Disorientation in ‘Vertigo’ Music Video
Berlin-based 3D animator Stacie Ant takes a minimalist approach to capture the Swedish alt-pop star as an avatar in a state of unbalance and overwhelming emotion.
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A Digital Woman Discusses Society’s Perception of Femininity in ‘I.D.A’ CG Short
VFX studio Nu Boyana FX’s first inhouse animated short, based on a spoken word poem, started as an R&D project before blossoming into a film asking fundamental questions about what makes a girl real; the fully keyframed film’s production toolkit included Zbrush, Mari, Maya, and Nuke.
‘The Last Prophecy’ Sci-Fi Short Examines AI as the Savior of Humanity
Romain Demongeot’s new CG animated film explores the role of religion in our world’s future, and whether people can exist without icons and gods.
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The Living Tombstone’s Blistering ‘Chosen’ CG Music Video
Produced during the COVID-19 pandemic, creative studio The-Artery uses remotely produced motion capture to show the anonymous band emerge from stasis and blast onstage for an all CG neon-flooded performance.
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4 Heart Pumping Nike Spots Created in Just 1 Month with Unity Real-Time Tools
Zachary Dixon and IV Studio produced four video game-style versions of top athletes using game engine technology, delivering the first in just two weeks.
Moby Drops Moving ‘My Only Love’ Music Video Depicting Amazon’s Heartbreaking Destruction
Celebrated musician teams with Brazilian studio Zombie on beautifully designed CG animated video chronicling rampant Amazon deforestation.
From Viruses to Parasites: How the CDC Visualizes Invisible Public Health Threats
Biomedical artist Alissa Eckert accurately illustrates the microscopic world through compelling 3D imagery, animation and motion graphics, helping communicate public health information and initiatives.
First Look: Unreal Engine 5 Moving Towards High-End Photorealism
Slated for release in 2021, Epic Game’s next generation game engine looks to achieve photorealism on par with movie CG.
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Maxon Announces Cinema 4D Subscription Release 22
Company’s first subscription-based option offers professional 3D software at a lower price.
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Dive into the Aquatic World of VES Student Award Winner ‘The Beauty’
Filmakademie Baden-Weurttemburg team honored as top up-and-coming filmmakers with annual award sponsored and presented by Autodesk at 18th Annual Visual Effects Society gala.
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MasterVR Releases Masterpiece Studio - 3D Content Creation Suite
New suite combines and builds on Masterpiece Creator and Masterpiece Motion for faster, easier rigging that allows users to create 3D content in minutes.
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Elastic Tackles ‘Gears of War 5’ Multi-Part Launch Campaign
Creative studio collaborates with 215 McCann, XBOX and The Coalition to produce, design and animate three key pieces of game launch content.
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WATCH: Kevin D.A. Kurytnik and Carol Beecher’s Short ‘Skin for Skin’
Award-winning NFB/Fifteen Pound Pink Productions brooding tale of greed and spiritual reckoning now YouTube and Vimeo.
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‘Skin for Skin’: Exploring the Ultimate Cost of Arrogance and Greed
Directors Kevin D.A. Kurytnik and Carol Beecher share the vision and creative process behind their contemporary myth.
‘Garden Party’ Leads to an Oscar Nom for French Students
A team of graduating students from MoPA garner accolades for hyper-realistic animated short with a noir twist.
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Barajoun’s ‘Bilal’ Brings History to Life
Barajoun Entertainment founder Ayman Jamal details his journey to bring the first fully Middle Eastern-funded and produced CG-animated feature to the big screen.
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Wacom Unveils Pro Pen 3D for Intuitive Creating, Sculpting & Designing
Digital pen designed for Wacom MobileStudio Pro, Cintiq Pro or the 2017 Intuos Pro tablet speeds up the design process within 3D software applications like Pixologic ZBrush and Autodesk Maya.
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PipelineFX’s Qube! Means Smooth Sailing for Qvisten
Qvisten Animation made extensive use of PipelineFX’s intelligent render farm manager and Microsoft Azure integration to complete their feature ‘Anchors Up’ on a tight timeline, relying on a shared disk image in the cloud and Qube!’s automatic resource allocation.
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