'Pariah' Review: How Digital Extremes Stays Cutting Edge
Alain Bielik explores how MPC improved its motion capture and crowd simulation toolset for the siege of Jerusalem in Kingdom of Heaven.
Reviews
Gelato 1.2 Review: A Sweet Step for CPU-Accelerated Renderers
Tara DiLullo explores the challenges of mixing practical and visual effects for Photon VFX in updating House of Wax for the Paris Hilton crowd.
Demo Reels, Portfolios and Interviewing
Libby Reed delves into the pages of The Art of Robots to see if the book captures the visual awe of the film.
Animated Encounters 2005: The Bawdy Bristol Affair
Andrew Osmond discusses the fifth Animated Encounters Bristol festival, which may not have had any great shocks or revelations, but was a solidly mounted event, making a welcome return after a hiatus last year when the venue Bristols Watershed arts center underwent refurbishment.
Book Review: 'Living Life Inside the Lines'
The Animation Pimp sets the record straight with sensitive artist doofs who get upset when their films dont make a festival competition, but still make a special screening section.
NAB2005 Overview: Working the Workflow
In this months Digital Eye column, Peter Plantec looks at the nomadic nature of the visual effects industry.
'The Art of Robots' Book Review
Libby Reed delves into the pages of The Art of Robots to see if the book captures the visual awe of the film.
Ray Harryhausen: It Came From the Animation Table
Bob Swain and Ron Diamond traveled to Potsdam for Cartoon Movie 2005 and report back with whats hot in the European feature market.
DELF 2005: Bridging the Cultural Divide in Digital Entertainment
The Animation Pimp talks about seeing angels and JJ Villard s film, Son of Satan.
Combustion 4 Review
Tara DiLullo descends into the seedy underworld of Sin City to see how the filmmakers ripped the images from the graphic novel page and plastered them onto the silver screen.
Cartoon Movie 2005
Bob Swain and Ron Diamond traveled to Potsdam for Cartoon Movie 2005 and report back with whats hot in the European feature market.
Maya 6.5 Review
Mary Ann Skweres examines the connections between the visual effects industry and medical visualization.
Kidscreen Summit Comes of Age
This month the Animation Pimp gets a little queer about the gay hysteria circling around various cartoons.
Houdini 7 Review: Magic Concealed in Special Ops
Anime expert Fred Patten reviews the latest anime releases including Chrono Crusade, Get Backers, Knight Hunters: Eternity, Rave Master and Time Bokan.
'Tekken 5' Review
Mary Ann Skweres sniffs out the 411 on UVPhactorys CG stylings for Pete Misers hip-hop video, Scent of a Robot.
New from Japan: Anime Film Reviews
Anime expert Fred Patten reviews the latest anime releases including Chrono Crusade, Get Backers, Knight Hunters: Eternity, Rave Master and Time Bokan.
Imagina 2005: On the Pulse of Emerging Technologies
Tulay Tetiker presents an overview of the many companies competing in the growing German visual effects industry.
modo 102
Rick DeMott talks with Gregg and Evan Spiridellis of JibJab Media and John Evershed of Mondo Media about how two firms vastly different during the dotcom bubble of 2000 have survived and now thrive on the Net.
'The Art of Oddworld Inhabitants: The First Ten Years 1994-2004'
Peter Plantec contributes to the Digital Eye column this month with a riff on the wizardry of previs.
'Inspired 3D Short Film Production': Storyboarding — Part 2
Taylor Jessen reviews five short films: Gopher Broke by Jeff Fowler, In the Rough by Paul Taylor, Suite for Freedom by Aleksandra Korejwo, Caroline Leaf and Luc Perez, Oedipus by Jason Wishnow and A Bucks Worth by Tatia Rosenthal. Includes QuickTime movie clips!
The Animation Pimp: Frolicking in the Tent
Sean Wagstaff reviews MotionBuilder 6, which remains unmatched at manipulating, re-using and blending animation data from multiple sources, and creating character performances from scratch.
'2046': The Future of Visual Effects Right Now
In Part 2, Christopher Panzner looks at how independent producers have to be a vertically-integrated individual as well as a little of a cowboy to survive in the industry.
MotionBuilder 6 Review: A Creature of Character
Fred Galpern reads Paul Marinos new book The Art of Machinima and writes about what he has learned.
Career Coach: Tips to Thrive in 2005
Scott Shaw! writes about Fat Alberts return to animation within his first venture into live-action.
'The Art of Machinima' Book Review
Ellen Wolff explores how ILMs Stefen Fangmeier mixed cutting edge technology with a bit of old cinema magic to help conjure the retro look of Lemony Snicket.
