Recreating the Mind Flayer from Stranger Things

Seth Worley shows you how to recreate the scary Mind Flayer from Season 2 of Stranger Things. Below that, check out his previous tutorial for recreating the Upside Down. This is a super fun tutorial that uses Red Giant’s VFX Suite, Trapcode Tao, Magic Bullet Suite, and Universe Camera Shake. There are links to all of these products below the article if you want to learn more.

Creating the “Upside Down” Look (Stranger Things)

Seth Worley walks you through turning a real-world environment into the Upside Down, from STRANGER THINGS.

Download the project file for Seth’s recreation of the opening titles here: http://redgiant.com/strangerdanger

Other Stranger Things Content at Toolfarm.com

Hitfilm v13: Create the Upside Down from Stranger Things | 3D Camera Tracking

Learn how to create the Upside Down with the powerful new 3D camera tracker from Foundry, coming in HitFilm 13.0. With the upcoming Stranger Things season 3 release, we (FXHome) wanted to tackle this iconic effect and show how anyone can recreate it with HitFilm Pro.

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Midweek Motivation: Stranger Things 2: Behind the scenes, VFX Breakdowns

Go behind the scenes of the modern-day cult classic “Stranger Things” to see how the impressive visual effects were conceptualized and created.

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Midweek Motivations: Learn how Dart from Stranger Things 2 Got His Voice

A Sound Effect interviews Emmy-award winners Brad North and Craig Henighan designed the sounds for “Stranger Things,” from pollywogs to Demodogs, and the Upside Down tunnels to that menacing Shadow Monster.

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Midweek Motivations: The Demogorgon in Stranger Things 2 VFX

Today we’re taking a peek at the visual effects behind the Demogorgon and Dart, the world’s most dangerous pollywog, of Stranger Things 2. This is a nice round-up of videos and articles. There’s a lot here! Hopefully, most of you have made it through season 2 by now so there won’t be any spoilers here today.

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