Baseblack were one of MARI's earliest adopters. Having just completed work on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the team speaks about the reasons behind their purchase and the difference it's making to their workflow.

Having worked on several of the previous films in the Harry Potter franchise, boutique VFX house, Baseblack, were approached to tackle stand alone shots on The Deathly Hallows while larger vendors concentrated on major set pieces. Attracted by the scope and variety of the shots, the team got stuck in and went on to contribute more shots than any other vendor to Deathly Hallows Part 1.

New exhibit steps back in time and into the pages of comics to expose erotic influences on pop culture.

During the Great Depression, before Joe Shuster’s illustration of Superman gave comics a mainstream voice in 1938, many other cartoonists dabbled in the creation of “dirty drawings.” This risqué artwork featured busty women, fetishes, bondage, homosexuality and other explicit sexual encounters. Beginning January 13, the Museum of Sex will flip through the pages of erotic history to reveal how the comic book medium has been used over time to depict sexual fantasy, poke fun at taboo topics and lampoon icons of popular culture. The exhibit, aptly named Comics Stripped, will feature drawings from the Great Depression to the present, all which remind us of the fun, frivolity and impact of sexual expression and innuendo on our lives.