The History of VFX: How the Morphing Effect Evolved
From the 1980s sci-fi movies to the 2020s Hollywood action films, let’s examine how one of our favorite VFX changed in a few decades.
John is the winner of the Rebelway FX Challenge with his entry ‘Wreak Havoc’. For his project, he used a wide variety of effects, from rigid bodies to FLIP and Pyro simulations to procedural animation. He shared a lot of work in progress posts and videos of how he created the FX for this challenge.
You can check out his full entry with work in progress here.
This was Daniel’s first VFX contest. Here you can see the magical FX that our hero summons and traps the monster with the roots.
You can check out his full entry with work in progress here.
Daniel’s entry has been awarded as a Runner Up of these Challenge. For the challenge, Daniel has created a lava monster fight with Iceman which gave him opportunity to create cool freeze FX with Hot Lava. The VFX Breakdown is included in the video.
You can check out his full entry with work in progress here.
Esala got the inspiration for his shield effect from Scarlet Witch’s Red Magical Power and Tony’s Mark 85 Shield. The entry took over 350 hrs of rendering time.
You can check out his full entry with work in progress here.
Steve’s entry has received a Highly Commended award. His entry includes FX of particle effects, electricity, beam weapon, snow and pyro damage. He created a walkthrough video where he shows all the final effects and how they were created.
You can check out his full entry with work in progress here.
Mearg is a self-taught FX Artist from Ethiopia. For his entry, he was inspired by VFX from movies like Doctor Strange, MIB international, Invasion (Attraction 2) and WandaVision. In this breakdown, he shows the FX for the attack. He rendered each element separately and then layer them back together in Nuke.
You can check out his full entry with work in progress here.
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From the 1980s sci-fi movies to the 2020s Hollywood action films, let’s examine how one of our favorite VFX changed in a few decades.
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