ART… Alan Sutcliffe: a legacy of computer animation. 2019-06-02 12:28:06 PM CDT2020-12-19 07:34:09 PM CST <INTERFACE 2037 READY FOR INQUIRY> This article for io9.com was written back in 2013, but it includes a brief look at the computer displays seen in ALIEN, one in…
ART… SIGGRAPH 2017 2017-07-21 07:13:55 AM CDT2020-12-19 07:49:52 PM CST <INTERFACE 2037 READY FOR INQUIRY> I had a neat treat in my email inbox this morning, from Cinefex magazine, that bi-monthly magazine that has featured motion picture visual effects since…
FILM… “Equatorial orbit nailed”: the story behind the computer animations of ‘Alien’. 2016-05-21 10:51:50 PM CDT2020-12-19 07:50:48 PM CST The retro-futurist design aesthetic of Ridley Scott's Alien lends authenticity to the depiction of the commercial towing vehicle, Nostromo, that veteran of untold ore-processing runs in the service of Weyland-Yutani's…
