vfxblog – Visual effects and animation journalist Ian Failes

Announcing ‘befores & afters’

I’ve just launched a brand new VFX publication called befores & afters.

March 19, 2019
A new VR animation tool, for first-timers

At Cartoon Brew, I wrote about Ollie VR, a new animation in VR tool that’s designed for beginners.

March 15, 2019
LEGO Movie 2 at 3D Artist

I wrote the cover feature for the latest 3D Artist magazine, on Animal Logic’s work for The LEGO Movie 2. Lots of fun doing this one.

March 12, 2019
Inside the fx of Bird Box

For VFX Voice, I covered the invisible vfx of Bird Box. Some stunning work!

February 28, 2019
New 3D World has Alita, DNEG and more

Check out the new 3D World magazine with features I’ve contributed on Alita: Battle Angel, DNEG’s environments and Stephan Fleet’s VFX tips.

February 26, 2019
Dean DeBlois on the tech of the ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ series

Had a blast chatting to Dean about the latest film, and the tech over the entire series. Read my interview at Cartoon Brew.

February 18, 2019
3D Artist and Alita

For 3D Artist magazine, I talked to Weta Digital about their work on Alita: Battle Angel.

February 13, 2019
The state of play with digital actors

For Cartoon Brew, I jumped into the recent slurry of cg humans / digital actors in all sorts of places – in film, tv, commercials, real-time and even live venues.

February 8, 2019
The VFX of Mary Poppins Returns

For VFX Voice, I asked Mary Poppins Returns vfx supervisor Matt Johnson about practical fx, combining 2D animated characters with live-action, and other work in the film.

January 29, 2019
New VirtuCamera app to make your films

For Cartoon Brew, I covered this Gremlin short, which used a new VirtuCamera iPhone to Maya app to help block scenes.

January 28, 2019