"Vfx" Blogs & Blog Posts

Through the work of talented animators, 2D cartoons have made the jump into live action many a time- just look at Who Framed Roger Rabbit? It's significantly rarer, however, that real life is stylized into something resembling animation. This is prec...

This animation by Alex Z shows how a giant octopus handles it when someone parks like a jerk. The octopus simply climbs atop the car and crushes it in one big squeeze. I can't believe it took me all these years to find out about the solution to a ru...

By far, my favorite thing about Wednesday was… well… Thing. It's amazing that a stitched-up hand that cannot speak could steal a show from so many talented actors. The man behind Thing is Victor Dorobantu. He's not an actor, he's a st...

Alon Zaslavsky says multiple visual-effects houses worked on the same scenes in silos to prevent spoilers: "The NDAs we had to sign were real."...

Holy Hayao Miyazaki, this computer-animated Catbus zoetrope by marvelous media engine is out of this world! Finished another zoetrope. This time I wanted to make a tribute to one of the greatest animators, Hayao Miyazaki. #StudioGhibli #totoro #...

Practically every film production these days needs some kind of visual effects work, but independent creators often lack the cash or expertise to get that top-shelf CG. Wonder Dynamics, founded by VFX engineer Nikola Todorovic and actor Tye Sheridan,...

Cinefex, the bi-monthly magazine dedicated to the the world of visual effects in film and TV, is no more. Citing difficulties due to the COVID-19 pandemic, publisher Gregg Shay announced yesterday that the magazine's recent 40th anniversary i...