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Fun and Functiotional is the lighter corner of Digital Production: eyecandy, funny stuff, showreels, free downloads, and all the small tidbits that make the industry feel less like a render queue and more like a living place. Low stakes, high signal, occasionally useful, often just fun.
A siren in Paris | VFX-Breakdown
Tom Hanks horrified: French imitate his cult classic Splash.
Alita: Battle Angel | VFX-Breakdown
Weta Digital amazes: realistic facial expressions for the anime character.
The Twilight Zone | VFX-Breakdown
Proud as Sterling: Marble UFO, Monstermade & ghostly apparition.
Amazon’s Utopia | VFX-Breakdown
The aluminium hats go into series production: conspiracy theories, nerd culture and John Cusack.
Snowpiercer | VFX-Breakdown
The sci-fi icebreaker as a word-case scenario for a train journey.
Fantastic Voyage | VFX-Breakdown
The colours of the rainbow pop and burst in the advertising film for Adobe Photoshop.
The Umbrella Academy | VFX-Breakdown
Wellness from the monsters, aliens, robots & zombies: eyeballs instead of moisturiser in the footbath.
The Rise of Skywalker | VFX-Breakdown
What language does Babu Frik actually speak? Can he speak binary, like BB-8 and D-0?
Lost in Space | VFX-Breakdown
Important Looking Pirates share the sea - we share the video with you.
The Mandalorian | VFX-Breakdown
Pixomondo saddles you up with the Blurrg. Don't forget your sun cream: The desert sun is blazing.
The King of Staten Island | VFX-Breakdown
VFX shots in the dramatic comedy by Judd Apatow. And fire(fighters)!
Watchmen | VFX-Breakdown
Unknown, but also familiar, flying objects in the breakdown of the superhero drama.
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | VFX-Breakdown
Digital Domain swings and jazzes through the MCU in Breakdown.
Westworld | VFX-Breakdown
Pixomondo invites you on a city trip through the megacity of the sci-fi future.
Da 5 Bloods | VFX-Breakdown von Mr. X
The latest Spike Lee invites you on a helicopter flight into the heart of darkness.
Doctor Sleep | VFX-Breakdown von Rise
The VFX breakdown of the Stephen King book adaptation invites you to get creeped out.
Westworld Season 3 | VFX-Breakdown
In the visual effects breakdown, Important Looking Pirates help Dolores to become human.
VFX-Breakdown zu Disney’s Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made
In this visual effects breakdown, a polar bear becomes a boy's best friend.
VFX breakdown for the Netflix series Dark
In the latest VFX breakdown for the third season of the German series Dark, things take a dark turn.
Warrior Nun | VFX-Breakdown von The Embassy
The Canadian visual effects house created supernatural creatures for the fantasy drama.
Tales From The Loop: VFX-Breakdown von Rodeo FX
The visual effects breakdown for Amazon Prime's sci-fi series features robot characters.
VFX-Breakdown von Main Road Post
The visual effects breakdown by the Russian Main Road Post company shows the Soviet side of the Space Race.
VFX Breakdown zu I Know This Much is True
In the visual effects breakdown from FuseFX Studios, the focus is on invisible special effects
Rise shows new VFX reel for Stranger Things Season 3
The VFX studio Rise recently published a reel for the third season of Stranger Things on Vimeo.
Rise release new VFX reel for Captain Marvel
The VFX studio Rise recently published a reel for Captain Marvel on Vimeo.
Trixter releases VFX Breakdown for Captain Marvel
The Munich-based VFX studio Trixter recently released a breakdown for Captain Marvel.
4 new free 3D people models from Renderpeople available
Renderpeople has released 4 new and completely free scanned 3D people models.
DNEG Showreel 2019 published
Founded in London in 1998, the visual effects and computer animation studio shows its latest creations in the video.
iClone plugins available free of charge
Reallusion has launched the iClone Plugin Marketplace, a new online library of add-ons for its character animation software iClone.
XMD ToolBox plugin available free of charge
The XMD ToolBox plugin for ZBrush is available to download free of charge from xmdsource.com.
download 3D models free of charge
3D-models.com has released a set of 10 free 3D models for use in architectural visualisation and graphic design.
Visualisation: Twinmotion currently available free of charge
Following the acquisition of the 3D visualisation software Twinmotion by Epic Games, the program is available free of charge until November 2019.
Web tip: Search engine for textures, materials and HDRIs
Textures.one is a new search engine that allows users to find free materials, textures and HDRIs on popular websites.
Free Blender material collection for download
Michael Novelo wanted to give something back to the Blender community and decided to create a free, open-access collection of materials.
113 new Alpha masks
Game artist Dan Rožański has once again put together a new free alpha mask package. The total of 113 alphas can also be used for commercial purposes!
The 10 most valuable Blender hotkeys
Our colleagues at 3dtotal.com have put together 10 hotkeys for Blender that will save you time.
Unreal Engine | Free Assets in June
And this month Epic Games is also giving us the next batch of free assets!
The 100 best Photoshop plugins
Skylum recently launched their new Luminar Flex plugin. In the course of this, the Luminar team did a little research into which Photoshop plugins are currently available on the market.