Gallery: The UFO Is Fake in Animator's YouTube Prank — But So Is Everything Else
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A concept drawing of the small scout ship seen in "UFO Over Santa Clarita."
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This concept art looks like something out of Battlestar Galactica.
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More concept art from "UFO Over Santa Clarita."
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The small UFO was designed by Yuri Blagoveschenskiy.
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Concept art of the massive mothership.
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Final concept art of the mothership.
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The mothership was designed by Leonardo Kradjen.
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"The complex, compound-curved forms of the ships proved to be a challenge when building the CG models," director Tsirbas said.
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A wireframe from "UFO Over Santa Clarita" shows how the car interior was developed.
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Another wireframe of the car's dashboard.
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The CG model of the car interior.
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A wireframe of the car interior with a roughed-in spaceship visible in the sky outside.
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The computer-generated hand models look incredibly lifelike.
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"The hand models are all CGI," said Tsirbas. "Sadly they're very underexposed in the final comp since they're in such a dark section of the car."
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A dissected chicken provided inspiration for the alien ships in "UFO Over Santa Clarita."
