Creative projects don’t always begin with ideal conditions. Sometimes they start with a tight deadline, a small room, and a simple question: What can I make with the tools I already have? That was the starting point for SWITCH, a short animation created by Masahiro Yoshida, technical sales for Flow Studio at Autodesk Japan. Designed for an exhibition at…
Flow Studio
AI isn’t the distant, sci-fi concept it used to be. It’s in your phone, your editing tools, your social feeds — and now, it’s showing up in your creative projects. It’s rapidly becoming one of the most powerful tools available to students, whether you’re making a short film for class, designing worlds for a game prototype, creating content for a brand, or just experimenting for fun. …
Flow Studio
On Taylor Sheridan’s Yellowstone prequel series, 1923, the Dutton family and other protagonists are under constant pressure from the encroachments of the modern world. One mistake, and they could end up shot, drowned, frozen to death, or mercifully, arrested. It’s fitting then that when WeFX had to complete 20 VFX shots in about three months…
Visual Effects
New technological challenges are always required at production sites for blockbuster movies released from major film studios. The production of “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” (hereafter “Sonic 3”) was a series of those very challenges for MARZA ANIMATION PLANET INC. (hereafter “MARZA”). When asked about the various makeovers in the pipeline achieved through the project, MARZA…
Visual Effects
AI is unlocking extraordinary new possibilities in media and entertainment. It’s accelerating creative workflows, powering real-time localization, and even suggesting story edits. For producers and production technologists, it’s a game-changer – compressing timelines, cutting costs, and giving artists superhuman creative reach. But with every new capability comes a new question: What’s the risk of that…
Production
Immerse yourself in Digital Domain’s epic 3D creations, discovering how they craft character design and performance to convey emotion and personality. The 2025 Netflix film The Electric State exudes epic vibes from the scope of its story, the expanse of its landscapes, the skill of its performances, and perhaps most notably, the creative vision of…
Visual Effects
In life, and in art, encouraging those around you goes a long way. In the 2025 Student Academy Award-winning animated short film, A Sparrow’s Song, an injured sparrow singing along to a grieving widow’s piano playing in a World War II bomb shelter gives hope to everyone who hears it. On the 50-student team who…
Animation
In this chat with Lemon Sky Studios, the team walks you through how they tackled the creative workflows behind their in-house Metal Genesis game and the Playdate with Winnie the Pooh animated series. They talk about the tools they rely on, why open standards matter to them, and what they think really makes a studio…
Maya
Season 7 of Netflix’s Black Mirror dives back into the tech-driven storytelling the show’s known for, from quantum computers that bend timelines to tools that can recreate vintage films. At No.8, a VFX studio based in the heart of Soho, London, that love of cool, forward-thinking technology really resonates. Together, the 70-strong team thrives on…
Maya
A student film that dares to dream big For Indonesian filmmaker and animator Fadhlan Irsyad, storytelling is like solving a puzzle—one that starts with a single image and grows through curiosity, emotion, and creativity. His short film HOME, made as his final school project, dives deep into themes like life, identity… and death—all wrapped up in stunning visuals. The story?…
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