Illusion Arts
Illusion Arts is a defunct effects studio that mainly specialized in matte paintings. It was established in 1983 by effects artists Syd Dutton and Bill Taylor. The company had a hand in over 150 projects over two decades.
The company folded in 2009 after working on G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. Currently, Taylor has returned to being a freelance artist while Dutton has moved to Zoic Studios[1].
See also Matte World Digital, another matte painting company (albeit one that's still around).
Illusion Arts' Projects include
- G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (last known project)
- Spaceballs
- Star Trek
- The Neverending Story II
- The Addams Family (1991 film)
- Addams Family Values
- Tremors
- Robin Hood: Men in Tights
- The Shadow
- A Few Good Men
- Frankenstein Unbound - Keep in mind that this was directed by Roger Corman
- Double Dragon
- Mortal Kombat
- The Quick and the Dead
- Batman Forever
- Dragonheart
- Dante's Peak
- Six Days Seven Nights
- What Dreams May Come
- Muppets from Space
- Finding Forrester
- X Men
- The Fast and the Furious
- Redline - No relation to the Madhouse film of a similar name.
- Eight Below
- Aeon Flux (Film adaptation)
- Nacho Libre
- Van Helsing
- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
- Son of the Mask
- Blade Runner (2007 Final Cut edition)
Tropes Associated with Illusion Arts
- Conspicuous CG: They have done more than just matte paintings; and it usually falls into this trope when they do.
- Doing It for the Art
- Scenery Porn
- ↑ and through them has done matte paintings for movies and games like Red Riding Hood, Zombieland and Transformers: War for Cybertron