Experimental VFX videos push limits of 3D animation

London-based creative production studio and VFX specialist Saddington Baynes has released a batch of inspirational 3D animation videos made by its research and development team, SBLabs. 

Ranging from videos celebrating Pride in London with a cherub doused in a rainbow of CG paint, to a dancer replicating the famous Gangnam Style jig through motion capture, the SBLab artists have created some imaginative videos that are sure to inspire 3D and VFX artists.

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Dom Carter

Dom Carter is a freelance writer who specialises in art and design. Formerly a staff writer for Creative Bloq, his work has also appeared on Creative Boom and in the pages of ImagineFX, Computer Arts, 3D World, and .net. He has been a D&AD New Blood judge, and has a particular interest in picture books.

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