Insights

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

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Studio Stories

The Last of Us S2: Texturing post-apocalyptic Seattle

How DNEG moved the story forward with Mari.

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Studio Stories

Inside Out 2 lighting: Creating the emotion characters

Find out how Pixar brought Anxiety to the screen.

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Studio Stories

The Electric State VFX: Texturing robot characters

Behind the scenes on Netflix’s sci-fi robot adventure movie.

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Product Focus

The Bakery: Inside Mari’s texture-baking engine

No need to interrupt your flow, thanks to built-in map-baking.

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Stand out as a Texture Artist

From Texture Theory to Blend modes: tips, tricks, and best practice to make your CG creations and showreels really shine.

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Artist Spotlights

Artist Spotlight: Tsubasa Arai

Breathing new life into creature VFX with Mari’s toolset.

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Studio Stories

Texturing the Choctaw creation story for Marvel TV’s Echo

Bringing the story’s strong cultural and mythological roots to life.

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Studio Stories

How the UTS Animal Logic Academy created an animated short with Mari

The student team produced the entire film in just 30 weeks.

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Product Focus

The Art of Texturing

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Texturing through time: from miniatures to Mari

Making make-believe as real as possible.

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Artist Spotlights

Artist Spotlight: Allen Grippin

Why a 3D game artist with a passion for VFX switched to Mari for texturing.

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Artist Spotlights

Artist Spotlight: Zak Boxall

Texturing tips, tricks and tutorials from one of ILM Sydney’s talented artists.

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