Making of the Rider

Artist created a motorbike racing accident scene in Maya for the CGArena challenge and won the first prize

I can Transform Ya – Music Video

Ingenuity engine created a futuristic new music video, VFX-intensive and hyper-stylized world for the video

Interview with Javier Meroño

Technical Supervisor 3mon VFX, a young vfx company which responsible for the effects that make the movie Stigmata.

Mattepainting Toolkit for Maya

It developed from a need to more efficiently model and render scenes that rely heavily on reprojected mattepaintings

Massive layoffs looming over EA

15%-20%. I would guess 1500+, layoffs are coming across the board, from every studio, in every department

1000 posts!

Almost missed the opportunity to highlight the 1000th post on vfxblog.com (I think this is now post 1002!).

Thanks so much for reading. Soon I’ll just be highlighting major VFX articles and work here, but will continue posting other effects news and info through the wonder of Twitter.

Also, don’t forget to check out fxguide.com, where I’m a regular contributor.

Ian

Postmodern Sydney road safety vfx

Postmodern Sydney’s VFX for a Victorian road safety spot, at Inside Film.

Archmodels Vol. 72 is available

Archmodels vol. 72 – CASAMANIA. High detailed models of CASAMANIA design with all textures, shaders and materials.

3D Challenge: Design the Mascot

You need to create a 3D mascot which represents CGArena in the graphical world, this can be realistic or toony mascot

Making of Portrait of a Magic Warrior

Its all start from a doodle sketch which become a finished piece and there are no references or planning in this work.