Digital Production 01/2021: Inside the First Issue of the Year

Digital Production 01/2021 covers character art, creative hardware, high-end CPUs, mobile workstations, Flame and automotive CGI.

Archive republication: This article was originally published on 18 December 2020. It has been translated into English and lightly updated for clarity while preserving the original reporting and context.

Digital Production 01/2021

The first issue of Digital Production carrying the 2021 date arrived in print. Readers could explore the issue online or order it from the Digital Production shop.

L’Artista — a different kind of artist

The cover story, beginning on page 6, examined the creation of “L’Artista” by character artist Can Erduman and VFX artist Andi Wenzel.

Shades of grey for L’Artista: the Renaissance gentleman takes shape through carefully controlled lighting.

A broad range of technology

The hardware section covered filmmaking with Sensel Morph on page 18, the Loupedeck CT control panel on page 22, TourBox on page 25, multi-keyboard and MIDI-keyboard workflows on page 28, and a comparison between Intel Core i9 and AMD Threadripper 3970X systems on page 30. Later articles examined the Lenovo Yoga Chromebook and HP ZBook Firefly.

The flexible Lenovo Yoga Chromebook featured in the issue’s hardware coverage.

More production coverage

The issue also included “Flame Basics Workshop 6” on page 98 and a making-of article about the Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing.

We hope readers enjoy browsing and exploring Digital Production 01/2021.

Lucas Sinewe reconstructs the classic Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing in his making-of feature.