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Alien Romulus; a xenomorph

Inside the creation of Alien: Romulus – how the art team brought the terror up to date

By Tanya Combrinck published

Meet the Alien-obsessed concept artists who revived the visual style of the classic films.

Digital Art
Star Wars 212th fan movie; a VFX movie created by Hoplite VFX, a man in sci-fi armour walks away from a spaceship in a desert

Star Wars: The 212th is a new movie I wish was real

By Ian Dean published

New VFX outfit Hoplite Studio celebrates its talented artists with a non-profit short film.

VFX
Best Nintendo Switch games

Link's iconic horse was almost a moose, and other Zelda secrets revealed in unearthed Miyomoto interview

By Paul Hatton published

Zelda secrets revealed in newly translated interview from 1988

Video Game Design
Babiru; a digital illustration depicts a person on a vehicle navigating a wrecked urban landscape.

Mixing Unreal Engine 5 and DaVinci Resolve - how new film Babiru is changing animation

By Paul Hatton published

A showcase of next-gen filmmaking techniques.

VFX
Lion King CGI: Simba

Technicolor's closure takes down MPC, The Mill and Mikros Animation – but is AI the answer?

By Paul Hatton published

A Technicolor tragedy that many saw coming but couldn’t prevent

VFX
Anime characters to draw;A collection of popular anime characters, including Pikachu, Totoro, Sailor Moon, and a character resembling Lupin, are depicted in a vibrant and dynamic image.

The best anime characters to draw, from from Pikachu to Totoro

By Jess Kinghorn published

Anime characters are great fun to draw and can inspire creativity.

Digital Art
An Aardman animator works his magic on set of the Wallace and Gromit stop motion movie

Stop-motion animation: everything you need to know

By Kulsoom Middleton published

Aardman Animations uses claymation, a form of stop motion animation, to create films like Wallace and Gromit

3D Animation
Paddington in Peru VFX; a bear tied in rope steering a boat wheel

Paddington in Peru's use of previz turned a London studio into a jungle

By James Clarke published

Framestore reveals its VFX secrets.

VFX
Making Paddington in Peru's ruined city; An elevated, high-angle view showcases a section of a stone ruin, likely a historical site, with a person navigating the crumbling structures.

"It was one of the most complicated scenes we had to do" – how Paddington in Peru's Citadel was made

By James Clarke published

Framestore reveals how Paddington's Peruvian bear-city was made.

VFX
Cartoons of the 1950s - best animated movies of the 50s; A heartwarming animated scene depicts two canine characters sharing a meal of spaghetti and meatballs at a table outdoors.

Cartoons of the 1950s – the best animated movies from Lady and the Tramp to Animal Farm

By James Clarke published

The best animated movies of the 50s chosen by today's professionals.

2D Animation
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