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April 2008

CGSociety article on Unexpected's vfx for Snickers 'Rugby' spot (includes breakdown images).

AICN visits ILM to check out Iron Man work.

Great Modo podcast interview with ILM vfx supe (and Photoshop co-creator) John Knoll.

The Forbidden Kingdom: VFX and the Chi Energy Effect (with fx breakdowns), at VFXWorld.

Scribbles in the Darkness is vfx designer and supervisor John Van Vleit's look inside the film and post production industry.

Eli Stone: Pushing the Craft of Immersive Greenscreen, at VFXWorld.

Duckling's vfx for Carlsberg Sport Squirrel, at IT'S ART Magazine. (via CGTalk)

Blue Sky animator Jeff Gabor's comparison reel from Horton Hears a Who! (via Cartoon Brew).

VFXTalk interviews Zoic Studios on The Chronicles of Sarah Connor

Lengthy Variety interview with James Cameron on 3-D.

Motionographer interviews film title design studio yU+co's Garson Yu.

LA Times on the visual effects in Leatherheads.

Updated: A longer article with more pics at Film & Video magazine.

Interview with The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep vfx supe Joe Letteri, at MovieWeb.

The March/April 2008 issue of millimeter magazine has coverage of the vfx nominees (Transformers, Golden Compass, Pirates 3), a step by step on Madame Tutli-Putli, water and the Sci-Tech Awards and the VES Awards.

Also, check out this step by step article on Fuel VFX's BMW Hydrogen spot.

VFXWorld's Nim's Island coverage, including how to make a CG pelican and lizard.

Nim's Island: A CG Menagerie That Kept Growing

VFXWorld article on Rising Sun Pictures' fx for The Ruins, with cool break-down clips.

The Ruins: Rigging Up a Scary Vine

fxguidetv interview with Iloura about their Bluebirds Foods 'Chips Are Down' TVC animation work.

The making of Iloura's visual effects for The Bank Job.

The March 2008 issue of Computer Graphics World covers 10,000 B.C. and Horton Hears a Who.

Pacific Title & Design Studio has launched a new website. The visual effects section features break-downs from Pirates of the Caribbean, The Bucket List, Disturbia, Hairspray, The Hills Have Eyes 2, Shooter and others.

Larry Cuba on his 1977 computer graphics Death Star animation for Star Wars Episode IV A New Hope. (via Motionographer)

updated: check out the original Motionographer post for some background info provided by Cuba.

The making of Björk's Wanderlust music video.