Extract: “Monsters of Hollow Earth” — Godzilla vs Kong Concept Design by ADI

In this exclusive extract from The Illusion Almanac: Creating Godzilla vs Kong, Amalgmated Dynamics, Inc. co-founder Tom Woodruff Jr. discusses the company's concept work for Godzilla vs Kong. Under Woodruff's direction, artists including Xander Smith, Justice Joseph, Ken Barthelmey and Bryan Wynia designed the monstrous denizens inhabiting the subterranean realm of Hollow Earth. Read the full … Continue reading Extract: “Monsters of Hollow Earth” — Godzilla vs Kong Concept Design by ADI

Extract: “Designing Mechagodzilla” — Godzilla vs Kong Concept Design by Legacy Effects

In this exclusive extract from The Illusion Almanac: Creating Godzilla vs Kong, Legacy Effects concept designer Jared Krichevsky discusses the company's design work for Godzilla vs Kong. The production design department brought in Legacy Effects to develop designs for the 2021 iteration of Mechagodzilla, a human construction built by APEX for use as a weapon against … Continue reading Extract: “Designing Mechagodzilla” — Godzilla vs Kong Concept Design by Legacy Effects

Extract: “APEX Aftermath” — Godzilla vs Kong visual effects by Luma Pictures

In this exclusive extract from The Illusion Almanac: Creating Godzilla vs Kong, Luma Pictures visual effects supervisor Brendan Seals discusses the aftermath of Godzilla's attack on APEX Cybernetics in Godzilla vs Kong. While the artists at Luma did not get their hands on the monsters of Godzilla vs Kong, they did however deliver a range of … Continue reading Extract: “APEX Aftermath” — Godzilla vs Kong visual effects by Luma Pictures

Extract: “City as Character” — Godzilla vs Kong visual effects by MPC

In this exclusive extract from The Illusion Almanac: Creating Godzilla vs Kong, MPC visual effects supervisor Pier Lefebvre talks about the construction of a digital Hong Kong environment for Godzilla vs Kong. Having previously discharged third-act duties for the 2014 reboot Godzilla, and after spearheading much of the spectacle in Godzilla: King of the Monsters, MPC … Continue reading Extract: “City as Character” — Godzilla vs Kong visual effects by MPC

Extract: “Animating Kong” — Godzilla vs Kong visual effects by Weta Digital

In this exclusive extract from The Illusion Almanac: Creating Godzilla vs Kong, Weta Digital visual effects supervisor Kevin Smith discusses the methodology used to bring the giant ape Kong to life for Godzilla vs Kong. With its track record creating the expressive simians of King Kong (2005) and the Planet of the Apes trilogy, Weta Digital … Continue reading Extract: “Animating Kong” — Godzilla vs Kong visual effects by Weta Digital

Extract: “Ape in the Rain” — Godzilla vs Kong visual effects by Scanline VFX

In this exclusive extract from The Illusion Almanac: Creating Godzilla vs Kong, the Scanline VFX team discusses the scenes involving Kong on the deck of the transport ship. As lead visual effects vendor for Godzilla vs Kong, Scanline handled the sea battle, the three-way Titan fight in Hong Kong, the attack on the APEX facility … Continue reading Extract: “Ape in the Rain” — Godzilla vs Kong visual effects by Scanline VFX