special effects
In Real Life

This Amazing GIF Will Show You Why Ray Harryhausen Was So Awesome

Ray Harryhausen passed away yesterday. We lost somebody would could bring fantastical creatures to life with his fingertips.

8 May 2013

News

Ray Harryhausen, The Artist Who Released The Kraken, Dead At 92

The man responsible for the fantastical elements and chilling creatures of film classics like Jason and the Argonauts and Clash of the Titans passed away today. With simple clay and an eye for precision, Ray Harryhausen laid the groundwork for how modern-day special effects look.

8 April 2013

In Real Life

The Special Effects Of The Walking Dead

Unlike other shows which add special effects without you realising, The Walking Dead is so overtly gruesome and bloody and gore-y that we’re completely aware that what we see is being spiced up with visual effects. Warning: Video contains spoilers.

17 May 2012

In Real Life

Chalk Warfare Will Make Your Childhood Feel Incomplete

Where the hell was this when I was a kid? Why did no one tell me about this hardcore spin-off of chalk gameplay?

15 September 2011

In Real Life

The Most Painful Falcon Punch You’ll Ever See

You can’t go blasting your best friend through a wall and not expect a little payback. Remember kids: the Falcon Punch is not a toy.

27 January 2011

In Real Life

New Surgical Special Effects Are All Smoke And Bloody Mirrors

Realistic rendering of smoke and blood isn’t just a game developer problem. Engineers at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York have come up with a novel way to give surgical students the virtual blood and gore they need.

5 January 2011

In Real Life

The Making Of Tron Legacy Goes Beneath The Skin

The Making of Tron: Legacy from Michael Keane on Vimeo.

Disney’s Tron: Legacy may have been about as good as the original—which is to say that it’s exceedingly average—but the 2010 follow-up to the ’80s video game adventure was certainly visually dazzling. Thank Digital Domain for that.

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