“There’s more than one way to skin a wolf: wolf transformations in “Van Helsing”” by Sumner, Blenkhorn, Aplin, Cawrse, Fulton, et al. …

  • ©Nigel Sumner, Ari Rapkin Blenkhorn, Steve Aplin, Andrew Cawrse, Lee Fulton, Tony Pelle, Philip Peterson, and Eric Wong

  • ©Nigel Sumner, Ari Rapkin Blenkhorn, Steve Aplin, Andrew Cawrse, Lee Fulton, Tony Pelle, Philip Peterson, and Eric Wong

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    There's more than one way to skin a wolf: wolf transformations in "Van Helsing"

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    Numerous characters in “Van Helsing” transform from a human state to a monster or vice versa. Among the most challenging were transitions between werewolf and human, in which the initial character tears off his skin to reveal the final character underneath. These effects employed extensive cloth and hair simulation and a host of rendering and compositing processes


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