Zoic Studios, one of my favorite VFX studios in the bizzzzzz, has recently launched a new blog called “I Design Your Eyes“! Where a couple days ago they profiled their work on ABC’s newest series “V”. And as always, the work Andrew Kramer and Co., have done on the show is absolutely amazing. Read more about [...]

Check out this amazing animation done for the BBC called ‘Tree of Life’. It aired during the ‘Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life’ special in Feburary and it has a really awesome ‘Jurassic Park’ vibe to it. Mostly because the narrator sounds spot on to John Hammond. But besides the awesome narration, the concept [...]

So what did everyone do on their long weekend? Mine was spent cleaning up my office filing cabinet (long overdue), seeing “Extract” with Jess to cleanse the horribleness that was “Inglourius Bastards”, and finishing “Batman: Arkham Asylum”. Which was pretty much the best superhero video game I’ve ever played. But now that’s it’s all over, [...]

Today I got in the mail an AWESOME prize for my entry into the “Battlestar Galactica Orchestra Web Design Contest“. Check it out! A signed limited edition best of BSG season 1-4 soundtrack, that was only given to the cast and crew of the series! This is seriously one of the coolest pieces of mail [...]

Check out this amazing music video using old school Praxinoscopes that production company Blinkink did for musician Moray McLaren. 2D Animation done by director David Wilson. Using both praxinoscopes and the technique of matching up the frame rate of the spinning record to that of the camera, no computer super-imposing was used; what you see [...]

MPC just recently completed work on a new Wrigleys 5 Gum campaign, and posted a bunch of great behind the scenes material on how the spots were done on their site. What I love most about the Zing and Solstice campaign is how MPC used tried and true bluescreen compositing techniques, mixed with some nice [...]

I came across these really beautiful car commercials today that the New York based VFX studio Stardust turned out for Shell. I really love the organic feel of these spots, and also the simplicity. But you really have to marvel at the technical skill that went into this too, because ink blot effects are surprisingly [...]

Today’s the day that marks the end of  the SciFi channel as we know it, and begins their new identity as SyFy. I’ve got mixed feelings about this rebranding to be honest. But time is the only thing that will really tell if this new branding, signaling a new focus for the channel, will be [...]

‘G-Force’ is just a couple weeks from being released, and the coverage over Producer Jerry Bruckheimer’s first foray into stereoscopic film-making is starting to pour in. LINK: G-Force – The Men Behind The Guinea Pigs A young boy told his father that he thought his classroom’s pet guinea pig had a secret life as a [...]

It’s funny, just yesterday I was wondering what babies would look like if they could skate to ‘Rapper’s Delight’ in Central Park. And then this new spot from the French ad agency EURO RSCG for Evian just fell out of the sky! Crazy. Now I pass it along to you for your Friday enjoyment!