Insights

Behind the scenes with the artists, studios and tech shaping the future of VFX and animation.

Chun Chun Artist Spotlight

Artist Spotlights

Artist Spotlight: Chun Chun Yang

Creating breathtaking texture assets with Chun Chun.

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Golden Monkey His Dark Materials

Studio Stories

How Mari helped create the dæmons of His Dark Materials

Bringing fantasy to life with Framestore.

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Artist Spotlights

Artist Spotlight: Tom Newbury

It's character-building: Tom Newbury on crafting CG characters with Mari.

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Artist Spotlight imagery for Raine Anderson

Artist Spotlights

Artist Spotlight: Raine Anderson

How Mari and Katana pair perfectly for Raine Anderson’s look development efforts.

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The Mill Virtual Turkey

Studio Stories

Cooking up a slow turkey with The Mill, Mari and Nuke

We caught up with The Mill to talk all things turkey and how they perfected their virtual bird

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texturing at framestore

Studio Stories

Unleashing your full potential as a texture artist

Framstore’s Head of Texturing, Michael Borhi, reveals the one skill you need to become a better texture artist.

Into spiderverse

Studio Stories

Look development, lighting and texturing on Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Discover how Sony Pictures Imageworks harnessed the power of Katana and Mari on Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

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Exclusive look at the new Mari Materials System

Product Focus

An exclusive look at the new Mari Materials System in action

We catch up with freelance character-creature artist Gaël Kerchenbaum as he tests out the Mari Materials System in Mari 4.5

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Landscape in Blade Runner 2049

Studio Stories

Texturing the dystopian landscapes of Blade Runner 2049 

We catch up with Framestore about how they used Mari to create the visually arresting aesthetic for the sci-fi sequel.


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Shannara Chronicles spider

Studio Stories

The Shannara Chronicles: creating CG for episodic TV

We catch up with with Toronto-based studio SPIN VFX about how they used Mari and Katana to create the stunning CG for fantasy TV episodic: The Shannara Chronicles