How did Dogma, a relatively low-budget film, manage to have the only good-looking angel wings? Like, even movies with tons of FX dollars tend to fuck them up and they look bad. These are very stylized, and you can tell they’re not real feathers, but they actually look… better than real feathers? They have a balance of curvature and sharp angles that just make for a great silhouette and they move wonderfully. I cannot figure this out!!
e: I looked on The Internet
I don’t know this show but that’s a fucking practical effect??! Better than most cg. Holy shit.
Please go look up the Crooked Feather. They make practical wings! They are so cool. Someday…. Someday I will have a pair 😂
This is great. You can see how much effort it takes Baffleck with his core muscles to keep his posture upright when they wings are moving. Which I love, because having enormous, working wings would put a huge strain on a humanoid body. It’s good when things don’t seem effortless.
MORE PRACTICAL EFFECTS IN EVERYTHING
also incidentally that’s the Hollywood version of how most cosplay wings are made, except ours are usually EVA foam, hot glue, and heavy duty armature wire.
I got a lot of issues with Dogma, but as someone who has studied and painted a lot of wings over the years: I agree. Most movie and TV wings are TERRIBLE. Like ‘Have you even looked at a bird?’ terrible. And these are good. A little small for a creature as large as that, but pretty damn impressive give the weight confines of a practical effect.
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