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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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