How Minimalist VFX Can Be More Powerful Than Over-the-Top CGI Imagine you’re watching a highly animated VFX film. The explosions and action scenes are massive, every monster is grotesquely detailed, and every intense scene is crammed with CGI. At first, it might be impressive–but soon, it starts to feel excessive. Sure, the visuals are stunning, […]
How to Avoid the ‘Uncanny Valley’ in Animation and VFX Psychologists and animators believe that human brains are exceptionally good at recognizing facial expressions and emotions. So, when a character has awkward expressions, unrealistic eyes, or unnatural movements, we humans instinctively sense the unnaturalness. Uncanny valley is the unsettling sensation we experience when a fictional […]