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Industrial Light & Magic uses techniques and processes honed in visual eff ects work to create live-action director Gore Verbinski’s fi rst CG feature animation
By Barbara Robertson
ILM based Rango’s CG characters—including (inset, from left to right) Rango leading the posse, Priscilla, and the Mariachi owls—as well as the town of Dirt (above) and the hot, dusty, desert backdrop on artwork from production designer Mark “Crash” McCreery. Priscilla in the middle, and the Mariachi owls at right—the town of Dirt, and the hot, dusty, desert on artwork from production designer Mark ‘Crash’ McCreery.
Images ©2011 Paramount Pictures. 10 March 2011