Underwater Explosions

Slo Mo Guys

It doesn't get much better quality than the clips found on The Slo Mo Guys' YouTube Channel. See them all here.


These are my favorites.

Gobelins Students Create Animation FX Tests

Joël Corcia, Noé Lecombre, Corentin Penloup and Thomas Reteuna, have completed a special effects exercise of an explosion, smoke, and electricity.



Title: Raspail
Found on Lineboil

Spilled Oil

Here's a short PSA by MAKE. Displaying some excellent 2D fluids animation:

Kieron Helsdon on Animating Explosions

The aim of this old CG Talk article is to show the variety of explosions that exist and to give a visual framework for animating them. It's in five parts and not bad for FX reference, check it out here.

The Works of Chris Graf

Here's a few more FX samples from Master Effects Animator Chris Graf.

























Here's his final show reel, marvel and drool over the astounding sense of design, timing, color schemes, and fluidity in his work.

The Show Reel of Nicolas Léger

Check out the nice FX work mixed into this animation demo. See his artwork here.

Bring Color To Life

See the Making Of video here.

“The beauty of chance and high speed film come together for this new commercial for Canon’s Pixma printer. Shot over two days with biochemist Linden Gledhill and Award Winning Photographer Jason Tozer.”

The spot entitled ‘Bring Colour to Life’ was directed by the fantastic Christopher Hewitt and is as simple as a concept could be but is absolutely spectacular to watch. You can also take a look at some amazing images from the shoot in Linden Gledhill’s Flickr account, aalong with Christopher Hewitt’s website, and these follow-ups for great FX animation references:

www.dentsulondon.com/blog/2010/09/28/sound-sculptures/ 
Timing and flash triggering by StopShot, see www.cognisys-inc.com