So, just to interrupt Jason’s posting fest, have a laugh with this funny TV ad for the new racing game BLUR. It’s good to be back!

Blur does it again, with an amazing FMV trailer for the new DC Universe Online. Well done!

Watch trailer. Freak out. No need to say more.

When you combine David Fincher, Blur and Dark Horse comics, prepare for some CGI horror yummyness!

The Goon is a comic book series created by Eric Powell in 1999. The story is about the adventures of the Goon, a muscle-bound brawler who claims to be the primary enforcer for the feared mobster Labrazio. The Goon (and his sidekick Franky) often get tied up in other machinations, often in relation to the evil zombie gangs under the command of the Nameless Zombie Priest. The series has a distinctly paranormal slant, with the average story concerning ghosts, ghouls, skunk-apes, extra-dimensional aliens, and mad scientists.

Watch the teaser below!

As always, we at Luma are suckers for a good “behind the scenes.” So check out this AMAZING short film and the incredible amount of work that went into “Something left, Something taken!” Well done!

Behind the scenes here

Lagoa Multiphysics 1.0 – Teaser from Thiago Costa on Vimeo.

Woah, take a look at some of the physics tests done in Softimage XSI with ICE. Wow!!

If I mention the word “Boom Shaka Laka” and an excited chill runs through your body, well then read on my friend from some amazing behind the scenes of this new remake of NBA Jam!

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Luma Animation and Ogilvy Johannesburg teamed up to create one of the first Stereoscopic 3D Cinema commercials in South Africa for the DStv brand. Read on to see behind the scenes!

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So after you have directed Pirates of The Caribbean, what is next? Well Rango of course!

• Rango movie produced by Blind Wink, directed by Gore Verbinski.
• Release date March 18, 2011

More info here

We created these characters for a client, but nothing happened so I thought instead of letting good art go to waste, lets share it with the world!

Luma Arcade has been getting a lot of attention regarding a tech demo that they developed in-house for Microsoft called the Harvest, which was used by Microsoft at GDC and MIX10 in San Francisco and Las Vegas earlier this month to promote the newly announced Windows Phone 7 Series. It was built on Luma’s in-house 3D rendering engine built on the XNA Game Studio 4.0 framework. The Harvest runs on what Microsoft is calling the ”Three Screens”, namely the Xbox360, Windows PC and the new Windows Phone 7 Series. More to come, so watch this space!  Take a look at some of the inside scoop from Slashgear, Engadget and AnandTech.

GENRE: ACTION RPG

In the game world, the player must fight through the decayed remnants of an ancient holy city many years after a vicious alien invasion in order to save what is left of humanity.

More info on the Windows Phone 7 here.

Got this link from Dale – he’s busy putting together a bike of his own (we’re putting pressure on him to post his progress somewhere) – Beautiful graphics beautifully printed. Lovely attention to detail with a touch of sexiness. Check out silencetv.

In this blog we would like to highlight some of the amazing talent found here in South Africa! To start off, we proudly showcase:

Hylton Warburton

Check out his Flickr account for illustration awesomeness or chat to him on Twitter.

Use local!
Peace!

Samurai from Phil Shoebottom on Vimeo.

A piece done by realtimeuk.com‘ during their “downtime”.

Director/ VFX artist Sam O’Hare has finished a short film, The Sandpit using the Tilt-Shift method! Awesome grade too. In true Phew blog style, check out the making of HERE!
More examples can be found on Google Images here.

Bnko showcases a gritty, edgy steampunk aesthetic in his new Fire Munn. So for those that are interested check out his site with more awesome pictures HERE!
If you are into the Vinyl toys, check out this site on the latest news in the industry. Vinylpulse.

So you thought Luma was sitting around and doing nothing!? Well my friends Luma Arcade has come out of the dark to show us something even more disturbing, their showreel! Its just a few selects of the games they have been working on. Visit them at www.lumaarcade.com.

Luma Arcade Showreel 2010

Click to see more!

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Wes Anderson is my favorite director/storyteller. Now he’s spent the last 5 years working on bringing to life Roald Dahl’s book Fantastic Mr. Fox. Now I have a new best movie without ever seeing it! I’m also getting this fine publication on the Making of.

It’s been 3 years in the making, and the two bunees have finally arrived!

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Another great animation from the Goblins school of animation. It’s one from the archives, but good to have a look at again none the less. It’s called “Oktapodi” and is the tale of how two octopuses in love refuse to be separated! :P

Exclusive Pixar short featuring George and AJ, characters from the feature film Up

Hecq Vs Exillion – Spheres Of Fury from Tim.Chris.Film on Vimeo.

Nice side project by Christopher Hewitt and Tim Brown. Shot on a Canon 7D. Liking the end titles!

Here’s another behind the scenes of how we created the global commercial for Standard Bank.

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In maintaining the momentum of our “behind the scenes” series we found an awesome post on District 9 from the team at CGSociety. Now we have a little more pride in this movie as it was created by a local man Neill Blomkamp. So for all you tech freaks out there, check out the brilliant articles. Don’t forget the “making of” is a two part series!

Direct links:

Not only do the Japanese have a Animation Department of Kyoto Seika University’s Faculty of Manga, (phew that is a mouth full), but the Japanese are brilliant when it comes to extreme angles and facial expressions.

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We thought we would share with everyone our behind the scenes process of the new Ford Everest TV spot.

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Step 1: Get hold of Dreamworks

Step 2: Invite the two directors from Lilo and Stitch

Step 3: Watch the trailer

Check out the official website here, or to read more on IMDb

Luma had the freakin’ awesome privilege of Judd Simantov from Naughty Dog dropping in at our offices. Now if you are unfamiliar with Mr Simantov or Naughty Dog, best you read on!!

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With the game that started it all, comes something you may or may not want…THE MOVIE!!!!!!

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