Making of cool CG render Dinner Dream

| Artwork, Showcase | 03/06/2013 13:00pm dinnerdream

UPDATED: Making-of guide to creating Dinner Dream by 3ds Max artist Amir Akbarshahi. Discover more about this joint effort where character modelling skills and environment creation combine to create a fun image

The making of Gollum in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

| Movies, Showcase | 23/01/2013 12:42pm ▲ At double the frame rate, Gollum's unhinged expression is even creepier

Read excerpts from our interview with leading figures at Weta Digital about their work on The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, with a particular focus on the making of Gollum

Meet the 3D Artist Dylan Cole

| Artwork, Features, Showcase | 05/12/2012 14:56pm Dylan Cole. The Otherworldly Adventures of Tyler Washburn

See more artwork from art director, concept artist and matte painter, Dylan Cole, created for his new book, The Otherworldly Adventures of Tyler Washburn. Find out all about the art and artist here…

The making of Pixar’s Brave

| Features, Making of | 13/08/2012 17:06pm TDW159.f_brave.141small

Pixar’s latest movie Brave takes cloth simulation to the next level. Barbara Robertson talks to the team behind the studio’s FizT technology…

Making of Rise of the Planet of the Apes

| Features, Making of | 26/07/2012 21:27pm TDW147.f_apes.main1new

Rise of the Planet of the Apes is just one of the movies up for a VFX Feature Film Award in our CG Awards 2012. Mark Ramshaw speaks to the team responsible for ensuring that Rise of the Planet of the Apes raises the CG bar once again

The making of Wrath of the Titans

| Features, Making of, News | 26/07/2012 14:36pm Find out why Wrath of the Titans with work from Framestore, Method Studios and MPC is up for the CG Awards VFX Feature Film Award

The Moving Picture Company, Framestore and Method Studios employ new techniques and state-of-the-art technology to create fierce creatures, animated environments and a fiery monster for Wrath of the Titans. Barbara Robertson meets the artists behind the effects

The BBC London 2012 Olympic Games titles

| Commercial, Showcase | 03/07/2012 14:39pm olympics

The BBC has unveiled the title sequence for the London 2012 Olympic Games created by Passion Pictures and it looks awesome! Check it out now…

Fuel VFX shares its CG secrets on Avengers Assemble

| Features, Making of | 21/06/2012 12:06pm ▲ Fuel VFX delivered 150 visual effects shots for the blockbuster from Marvel Studios

Fuel VFX delivered 150 visual effects shots for the latest blockbuster from Marvel Studios. We caught up with Fuel VFX’s CG supervisor Mike Bain and executive producer Jason Bath to ask them how they created the Loki-Thor fight sequence and more…

Battle: LA – the making of

| Features, Making of | 12/07/2011 16:25pm TDW142.f_battle.main_thumb

Out on DVD this week, Jonathan Liebesman’s Battle: Los Angeles shows the nightmare of war becoming a reality. Cinesite and SPIN VFX talk about the challenges surrounding the creation of full on combat sequences in a documentary-style film

Double Negative discusses its approach to Paul

| Features, Making of | 12/05/2011 16:00pm Paul-thumb

Several sessions at last week’s FMX conference dealt with creating humanistic characters. Double Negative took the opportunity to discuss the studio’s approach to Paul

The VFX in Clash of the Titans

| Features, Making of | 21/03/2011 16:49pm TDW129.f_clash.cott_153

With little over a week to go before Wrath of the Titans hits the big screen, we take a look at Warner Bros’ 2010 offering, Clash of the Titans, and discover how the stop-motion epic was updated for the CG era

Director invites online world to follow new animated short 850 Meters

| Shorts, Showcase | 11/02/2011 12:34pm 850meters-thumb

Joeri Christiaen, director of upcoming animated short 850 Meters has invited the online community to follow the project through a series of Vimeo-released ‘making-ofs’

How to create a professional CG ad campaign by Happy Finish

| Commercial, Showcase | 10/02/2011 11:08am Mercedes_shot2-thumb

Happy Finish, the London based CGI and effects house, releases a making of video for its latest print campaign for Mercedes

The making of Sintel

| Features, Making of | 09/02/2011 12:48pm TDW135.f_sintel-thumb

Last year 3D World went behind the scenes at the Blender Institute to find out how Sintel, its most ambitious open movie to date, was able to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat