Issue 18 (Jan/Feb 2012)

Cover Story: All Work Is Play - VFS Grads on the Current and Future State of Gaming

Plus: Great concepts yet to come | Casual vs. AAA | Are games works of art? Life-changing titles | Bold predictions on the industry | and more

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Issue 17 (Aug/Sept 2011)

Cover Story: Surface Divers - How Animators and Visual Effects Artists See the World

Plus: New Head of Animation & Visual Effects | VFS wins School of the Year | industry speakers inspire students | grad's reel kickstarts career | alumni landscape in Vancouver | and more

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Issue 16 (June/July 2011)

Cover Story: The Killer Script - Grad's Assassin Story Hits the Big Screen

Plus: Feeding the Dragon Age | winning an Ariel in Mexico | Makeup Design grads storm NYC | first-time filmmaker draws acclaim | a new home for Game Design | and more

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Issue 15 (April/May 2011)

Cover Story: Fully Equipped - Building the Complete Filmmaker

Plus: The sounds of squishy meat | VFS joins forces with Hollywood agency | student game lifts off | comic book collaboration | grads on Fox animated sitcom | and more

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Issue 14 (Feb/March 2011)

Cover Story: Welcome to the Next Gen - Game pros give back through teaching

Special Game Design Issue: Game Design Expo at five | students turning tides | pioneer spirit lives on | women in games | and more

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Issue 13 (Nov/Dec 2010)

Cover Story: The Art of Breaking In - Making it as a Film & Television Actor

Plus: Scouting top design talent | Second unit stunt shoots | Grads impress Guggenheim | Monsters need love too | Game Design Expo 2011 | Cthulhu fhtagn | and more

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Issue 12 (August/September 2010)

Cover Story: Alive and Animated - Classical Traditions Make a Big Comeback

Plus: The future is silicone | lunch with an Oscar winner | Emmy calls for grads brewing a coffee giant's ads | School of the Year! | and more

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Issue 11 (April/May 2010)

Cover Story: The Future of Business at VFS - An interview with Jessica Leigh Clark-Bojin

Plus: When Google calls | District 9 at the Oscars | new tech for Sound Design | who gave Dwayne Johnson wings? | back to Cylonville | and more

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Issue 10 (Feb/Mar 2010)

Cover Story: Blood, Guts & Hairpieces - Mentorships in Special Makeup Effects

Plus: Designing Dragon Age | a welcome for Pixar Canada | The Vampire Diaries | from law student to Jedi Master | design to make a difference | and more

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Issue 9 (Oct/Nov 2009)

Cover Story: District 9 - How VFS Alumni Created a Sci-Fi Masterpiece

Plus: "I was making the film I wanted to see" | co-writer breaks silence behind the groundbreaking effects | is this the year of VFS? | and much more

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Issue 8 (Jul/Aug 2009)

Cover Story: Pathfinding - The Inside Scoop on Foundation Visual Art & Design

Plus: A busy sound design life | makeup grad's quantum leap | winning in Whistler | how to be a publicist | space marines attack | and much more

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Issue 7 (Mar/Apr 2009)

Cover Story: Branding the World - From MTV to Pepsi, Digital Design Grad Makes His Mark

Plus: Catastrophic makeup effects | a game artist's path | Mexican cinematography | infographic goes global | filming a Mumbai megastar | and much more

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Issue 6 (Nov/Dec 2008)

Cover Story: Game Careers in Bloom - A VFS Game Design Team One Year Later

Plus: India's radio biz | an amazing makeup demo | prop master in L.A. | Alibi expands | lighting at Lucasfilm | Fable II, Mad Men, and more

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Issue 5 (Aug/Sep 2008)

Cover Story: The Many Faces of Film - Going Beyond the Director's Chair

Plus: The ABCs of typography | a monster slayer premieres | modeling the Dark Knight | werewolf wows 'em | Christopher Guest | Metal Gear, Stargate, and more

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Issue 4 (Jun/Jul 2008)

Cover Story: A Writer's Journey - From Script to Production

Plus: Making babies in 3D | killer bunnies storm MTV | acting in Mexico | filming the immigrant experience | Iron Man, Horton, and more

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Issue 3 (Apr/May 2008)

Cover Story: Two Minds from Sound Design - Two friends, two Sound Design classmates, two paths

Plus: Foundation to Zombie | playing a Hollywood brat | producing Gus Van Sant | the business side of aliens | into the Himalayas | Oscars 2008

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Issue 2 (Feb/Mar 2008)

Cover Story: In the Key of DCA - A digital character animator talks process, from concept to final film

Plus: Voicing Grossology | sound designer takes Manhattan | high-flying films | adapting in design | new home for Makeup | cinematics of Mass Effect

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Issue 1 (Nov/Dec 2007)

Cover Story: The Duelity of Design - How two Digital Design students formed an award-winning motion graphics team

Plus: Acting for television | screenwriter takes Austin | animating Halo | French director's festival homecoming | producing a rap diva | Game Design Expo 2008

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