Revealing the VFX behind Ridley Scott's Napoleon - "he's just an incredible artist"

Ridley Scott's Napoleon is an epic, beautiful film filled with historical detail. It's also a movie that caught the eye of 'VFX haters', those who feel too much CG is ruining movies (it's not) and that debate around the denial of using CG in visual effects continues to be a digital art trend in 2024, which is a shame. 

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Editor, Digital Arts & 3D

Ian Dean is Editor, Digital Arts & 3D at Creative Bloq, and the former editor of many leading magazines. These titles included ImagineFX, 3D World and video game titles Play and Official PlayStation Magazine. Ian launched Xbox magazine X360 and edited PlayStation World. For Creative Bloq, Ian combines his experiences to bring the latest news on digital art, VFX and video games and tech, and in his spare time he doodles in Procreate, ArtRage, and Rebelle while finding time to play Xbox and PS5.

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