2010
03.01

Samurai from Phil Shoebottom on Vimeo.

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

2010
02.25

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.

2010
02.23

Fire Munn

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.

2010
02.19

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

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2009
11.30

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.

2009
11.30

We are here!!

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

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2009
11.25

OktapodiAnother 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

2009
11.25

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

2009
11.24

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!

2009
11.19

StartUp

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

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2009
11.19

Want to see where Twitter lives? Click the image

Want to see where Twitter lives? Click the image

2009
11.16

District 9

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:

Part1

Part2

2009
11.13

Colour BoardsNot 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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2009
11.11

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

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2009
11.09

How to train your dragon

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

2009
11.05

Judd SimantovLuma 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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2009
11.03

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

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2009
11.02

luma_outsideLots has been happening here at Luma, and one of our big projects has been Luma Arcade. So what does Luma Arcade do? Well if you are a tech freak and want the behind the scenes, take a look at Brett Seyler’s latest post here on his travels to South Africa, as well as what’s going on with iPhone development, and the role Luma has played in it. Read here.

2009
11.02

samjinksOnce again on Phew, we showcase some of the hottest artists out there. Meet Sam Jinks.

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2009
10.29

Andre Wright Jr

Photographer Andre’ Wright Jr has just released his book “Colour of Life”

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