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Winterishere @thedevilinme (5216) • Northampton, England 24 Mar

Jurassic Park! Brilliant concept for a movie, great cast and special-effects and fantastic soundtrack. Probably the last great cinema experience action sci-fi movie until Marvel poured a truck load of CGI over cinema and ruined...

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Trippy Mountain & Crimson Cloudscape w/Notes

J.N.R Dutton @jnrdutton (3452) • United States 22 Dec

Dear all, Did this up for Mountain Monday. I had a lot of fun with it. I am excited to share it as always. This will probably be my final share until after Christmas, just wanted to let you all know. Thank you as always for...

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Glow Art -Belated For Caturday

J.N.R Dutton @jnrdutton (3452) • United States 23 Nov

Dear all, Here is another of my experimental glow art pieces. This one is cat themed in honor of the internet traditional celebration of Caturday. I am excited to share this as I have been many others, and thanks for taking the...

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New Art & Notes

J.N.R Dutton @jnrdutton (3452) • United States 21 May 25

Dear all, Couldn't sleep so did this art design earlier. I call it "Velvet Electric" Black Heart. Electric because of the lightning special effect. I made the lightning red because that's a favorite color of mine. Excited to...

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Is This The Piece I Should Retire On?

J.N.R Dutton @jnrdutton (3452) • United States 15 Mar 25

Dear all, what do you think? I ask of course because I have no idea how I would top it. One of my absolute favorites of all time. Pulled out many of the things I've learned over the years, from layering to special effects to...

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Tie Dye Heart w/Pyro Effect

J.N.R Dutton @jnrdutton (3452) • United States 26 Dec 24

Dear all, Here is another of my pieces. As most know, I am terrified of real fire, but I absolutely Love it as a special effect. I am thrilled to share it as always. Thanks for checking it out, and more to come as time,life, and...

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New Puppet Cat Art Experiment

J.N.R Dutton @jnrdutton (3452) • United States 28 Aug 24

Dear all, I know it's a few days until Caturday yet, but I recently did this piece (in HiPaint and a special effects suite) and wanted to share it with you all. It's a puppetized cat under a moon with a rainbow type gradient,as...

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Heart & Lightning Art and Notes

J.N.R Dutton @jnrdutton (3452) • United States 28 Aug 24

Dear all, Here is my latest piece,made in HiPaint earlier this morning. Painted the green background first,then added the lightning effect. Finally,made the heart silhouette for the foreground. Pretty basic stuff for me, but I...

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Original Character Art and Notes

J.N.R Dutton @jnrdutton (3452) • United States 16 Aug 24

Dear all, This is my latest design. A dog-like creature (original character) with a heart background. The puppetizing (for lack of a better term) was done in a special effects suite. The rest was done in digital painting...

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Electric Heart Art

J.N.R Dutton @jnrdutton (3452) • United States 9 Aug 24

Dear all, This is my latest graphic design. This is kind of a return to the classics for me. There really is so much that can be done with a heart and a bit of lightning. I had the biggest blast with this. I am thrilled as...

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Rose Art & Notes

J.N.R Dutton @jnrdutton (3452) • United States 25 Jul 24

Dear Ones, I'm back at the art again and thought I'd share this rose design with you all. Some of what you see are special effects. Anyway, as always I'd be grateful for everyone's thoughts and I look forward to them. Genre:...

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I am bored so it is a kiddie´s movie.

marguicha @marguicha (230350) • Chile 30 Nov 23

Here I am, friends, watching Spiderman 2. And even though I would not have dreamed of it, I´m enjoying it. Those movies are mostry special effects. I agree. But this is a lot better than those reality shows shown now on TV. I...

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Light Art (Experimental Design)

J.N.R Dutton @jnrdutton (3452) • United States 2 Nov 23

Another art piece, I had the best fun with this one. I know it may be too early for Christmas, but I've seen over the years people put up decorative lights for other reasons as well. This started out as a sketch, then I used...

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The future of Hollywood contracts CGI likeness in case of aging, deformation accident and death

Your Highness Emperor Albert Whisker @CaptAlbertWhisker (32760) • Calgary, Alberta 6 Jan 17

Before CGI special effects were only used explosions or some fantasy creatures like monsters, aliens or dinosaurs. Now CGI might become a part of contract of celebrities. 2016 is the year of celebrity deaths and because of that...

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Hollywood should start using practical effects again

Your Highness Emperor Albert Whisker @CaptAlbertWhisker (32760) • Calgary, Alberta 18 Aug 16

I decided to have a Star wars marathon. I know the original movies are the older movies but I decided to watch the Prequel trilogy first because in canon order they happened first. After watching the prequels, I watched the...

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Movies: Special Effects No Longer Are

Vincent Summers @KuznVinny (768) • United States 5 Apr 16

Are you as tired of movies that mostly feature special effects as I am? I suppose by that, I refer to the kind of special effects that are impossible for humans to achieve in real life. A "bad guy" is chasing a "good guy" and they...

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Who Needs Special Effects & CGI When We Have Beauty of Nature!

Gudheart @gudheart (12659) 22 Mar 16

I do love watching movies and often left speechless by the special effects and CGI used to make movies look more realistic. However yesterday I was watching a nature show on tv and it was just so mesmerizing to see nature at its...

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Wish Someone Would Remake Some Old Movies

its-logos-plus-logic @flowerchilde (12529) • United States 23 Oct 12

I wish someone would remake some of the old black and white movies, especially some of the science fiction ones, as the special effects have so improved since the originals. Do you have movies you wish someone would do a remake...

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CGI will make actors obsolete?

vkhu123 @vkhu123 (15) • Vietnam 10 Aug 12

I have just seen the amazing spiderman recently (one heck of a film. Check it out if you haven't already) and There were many scenes I couldn't even tell was completely CGI until I got home and saw the vfx breakdown. It's amazing...

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In horror movies which is more important? The Budget or the Story?

moonlitmagikchild @moonlitmagikchild (22181) • United States 27 Nov 10

i love horror movies as most of you know and i like all types.. i have found some that had low budgets but good concepts or stories that i like as much as the ones that have huge budgets but a weaker storyline.. i think...

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