Hollywood Reported has posted an article covering the extensive behind-the-scenes look at Luc Besson's upcoming SciFi movie that kicked off the VFX conference at FMX that's currently underway in Stuttgart, Germany. The movie, a passion project for Luc Besson, is based on a French comic book series and feature 2,355 visual effects shots with the major contributors being ILM, Weta and Rodeo FX. Find out more about what was shown and talked about in the article on Hollywood Reporter's website.

The Story Of Inc is a SciFi story that centers around a man and his robot trying to survive on an almost waterless desert planet. The book was conceived by Neil Blevins, Bill Zahn and Stephan Bugaj, who worked with a team of 9 other artists to create a 184 page book which contains well over 200 paintings, sketches, and 3D renders, plus a whole section of tutorials on how they made the artwork (as well as 2 hours of bonus tutorial videos). Much of the artwork was made using 3DS Max and V-Ray, with finishing in Photoshop. For more information, you can visit the Kickstarter campaign.

Disney Research Hub has posted a video showcasing their approach to enriching facial blendshape rigs with physical simulations. Watch it on YouTube.

Dabarti have released their 2017 GPU rendering reel showcasing their work done with V-Ray RT GPU. Watch it on Vimeo.

Cartoon Brew has published an article looking at how Paris-based studio BUF helped create the Godflesh scenes for the television series American Gods. You can read the full article on the Cartoon Brew website.

Ten24, known for their quality 3D scans, have released their 3D scanned anatomy reference application for artists that allows to rotate, light and shade models exactly the way you want them. Features include: custom lighting setups with a suite of lighting tools, sketch tools allow to view 3D perspective grids and silhouettes from any angle, ability to switch between textured and non-textured models, slice models to reveal the cross section at any particular point, color and grading tools, etc. More on Anatomy360's website. (more...)

Oliver Hotz has released an open source tool that lets you copy and paste geometry between different 3D applications. The current 3D applications supported are Maya, Houdini, Modo, Lightwave and Blender. (more...)