To accompany our feature on funding independent animations in issue 155, we asked director Hasraf Dulull how he used Kickstarter to gather over $6K to get Fubar Redux Extended going. Watch his passionate Kickstarter campaign film here too
Attention all chocolate lovers – ever fancied designing and making your own chocolates? Well now you can. See the world’s first chocolate printer in action!
Magic Dumpling Entertainment’s Tofu Boy is a model of a modern international co-production. To accompany our feature on funding independent animations in issue 155, we asked CEO Kevin Geiger how the studio found investors willing to put up the movie’s estimated $5 million budget. Read his top tips and the extended interview here…
Find out how these wonderful CG shorts helped to shape future productions as we take a closer look at Neill Blomkamp’s Tetra Vaal and Japanese anime Voices of a Distant Star, by Makoto Shinkai…
Find out how special FX legend Aaron Sims propelled himself from creature designer to Hollywood director with the help of his sci-fi short
Discover how Shane Acker’s student-created short was made into a full-length feature film backed by the mighty Tim Burton
The early work of Douglas Trumbull encouraged Volker Engel to immerse himself into the world of VFX and become a master manipulator himself…
Cinesite has completed 831 VFX shots and converted 87 minutes of film into stereoscopic 3D for Disney’s John Carter, which hit cinemas last week
Weta Digital embarked on a new quest with The Adventures of Tintin, complete with crashing waves, pirate battles and an extremely stylish wardrobe. Renee Dunlop takes us behind the scenes
Do you remember the original Transformers-style Citroën C4 spot? Five years ago it became a worldwide cult hit and we asked The Embassy’s CG team to reveal some of the ad’s technical secrets. Catch up as Transformers week continues…
Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen blasts your eyes with thousands of hard metal parts, spinning and sliding gears, wheels, crankshafts, pistons and headlamps as nearly 60 jaw-dropping robots fight to the bitter end. Read how Industrial Light & Magic rose to the challenge of animating the Transformers sequel
If you’ve decided working in 3D is for you then check out this article. Our 10-point guide will help you to craft job-landing showreels
They’re 30-foot-high shapeshifters. They’re made out of thousands of moving parts. And they’re out to beat the living cogs out of one another. Transformers might have posed something of a problem for an average VFX studio. Fortunately, ILM is anything but average…
If you want to work in the 3D industry, you’ll need to create an arresting demoreel. Here we show you the showreels and portfolios that led to graduates landing their first jobs in 3D
So you’ve set your sights on a career in 3D, but with the vast variety of roles involved in the industry how will you know what direction to take? Check out our handy guide to help you get started in 3D
