09th June 2024
Creatures
Creature Design/Art Department
Visual Effects Supervisor

The Creatures of Avatar: The Last Airbender

This week on the Befores & Afters Podcast they are chatting about the VFX in Avatar: The Last Airbender. Executive Producer, Director, and VFX Supervisor Jabbar Ray Saaknee Raisani and VFX Supervisor Marion Spates discuss the creatures featured in the show including Appa, Momo, the badger mole and the ostrich horse.

In the initial season of Netflix's live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender series, the VFX teams in London and New York, under the supervision of VFX Supervisors Ross Wilkinson and Andy Zazzera, utilized their expertise to bring the iconic creatures from the Avatar universe to life. They carefully reimagined characters like Appa, Momo, and Hei Bai for the live-action adaptation, while remaining faithful to the original source material. 

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