Goodbye Kansas Studios

30/07/2025

Where would we be without Friendship?

💚 The warm hugs after not seeing each other for a while.
💚 The tough love talks that help us grow as humans.
💚 The laughter that makes our bellies hurt.
💚 The memories that last forever.

On this day at Goodbye Kansas, we’re not only grateful for the friendships formed within our team but also those that have grown externally with our clients.

Thank you to each and every one of you who choose and continue to trust us to deliver unforgettable cinematic storytelling.

& remember, we’re always just one conversation away from working more visual magic together.

Happy International Friendship Day! 💚

28/07/2025

📣 HIRING IN MUMBAI! 📣

We are seeking a Senior Build Artist and Senior Character and Creature Artist to join our growing team in .

These are pivotal roles within our global pipeline, working closely with our teams in the UK and Sweden, to help grow the studios' established Build workflows in the newly opened location.

We're looking for a minimum of 5 years of experience, and both roles are !

Sound like you?
Apply here: https://career.goodbyekansas.com/

24/07/2025

What do our Scanning, Environment, Digital Matte Painting, Face Modeling, Character and Creature teams all have in common?

Together, they share a mission of combining technical precision with creative imagination to make the impossible possible at Goodbye Kansas. 🔥

Today, we're beginning our new 'Behind The Teams' initiative, diving deep into the different departments that make up our multifaceted studio.

Whether it's bringing expressions and personalities to life, coordinating the highest-resolution capture at our world-class facilities, or building environments that drive storytelling narratives, our teams continue to push boundaries every day to bring our clients the lifelike worlds and performances their audiences want to see. ✨

Want to make visual magic with us?
Let's talk: [email protected]

What do our Scanning, Environment, Digital Matte Painting, Face Modeling, Character and Creature teams all have in common?Together, they share a mission of c...

22/07/2025

🔥GOODBYE KANSAS: BEHIND THE SCREENS🔥

No roadmap or person is the same, and we think that's awesome and something to celebrate! 🎉

Chris Jestico is our brilliant Managing Director, overseeing our studios in Stockholm, London and Mumbai.

Read all about Chris' journey into the world of VFX, his unique blend of technical understanding alongside creative vision and his three-sentence mantra to keep calm and carry on. 🙏

16/07/2025

Take a peek at the look development process for Jon Snow from the trailer for Game of Thrones: War for Westeros. 🔥

Lead Character Artist Jonas Skoog explains, "Jon Snow was a very complicated character since we had to match his likeness as close as possible without any scan data. We received a fantastic hand-sculpted model from our face supervisor, Jonas Törnqvist. In close collaboration between our teams, we matched the model, worked on the skin shader and tried to come as close to Jon's iconic hair, beard and dirt levels to the show as possible by utilizing photo references both from the show and the internet to our aid."

Special shout-out once again to PlaySide for this amazing collaboration on such an iconic IP. ⚔️

What do you think of the look? Let us know below!

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15/07/2025

Destiny 2: The Edge of Fate is out TODAY! 🎉

Super congratulations to our client Bungie for the release and thank you for trusting us with creating the trailer! 🙌

We had oodles of fun making it with our fantastic team - Watch here and happy gaming!👇

Hunt down the source of our invitation to Kepler and redefine our future.Destiny 2: The Edge of Fate // July 15, 2025🪐 https://bung.ie/teofFOLLOW DESTINY:Fa...

10/07/2025

Amazon Prime Days are here, and we're highlighting the fantastic work our team produced behind the Victorian fantasy world of Carnival Row, season 2!

From his thunderous movements to detailed skin textures, GBK brought mayhem and muscle realism to the 10-foot troll that fights with the character Philo (Orlando Bloom), as well as flying fairies and human-to-wolf transformations.

Enjoy our breakdown! 🔥

09/07/2025

Amazon Prime Days are here, and today we're highlighting the fantastic work our team produced behind the episode, The Company We Keep, for the Secret Level series. 🔥

Based on Obsidian’s game, The Outer Worlds 2, The Company We Keep features a total of 212 shots. Check out our breakdown for an inside look at environment and world-building, motion and performance capture, character modeling, water simulations and the challenges of outsourcing and implementing USD while adopting an entirely new workflow. 💯

What games would you like to see adapted into a TV series next? Share your favourites below!👇

P.S., Check back tomorrow for a breakdown featuring a troll... 🧌

Happy Streaming! Prime Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMjjlNVtxyY

Grab a cup of tea and your favourite cookies, and immerse yourself in this almost 20-minute journey to producing a 15-minute CG animated episode based on The...

07/07/2025

Mocap Monday with Jon Snow! ⚔️

It was amazing to collaborate with PlaySide Studios for the Game of Thrones: War for Westeros trailer. When designing the action between Jon Snow and the Night King, it was paramount for GBK to work with what looked best visually on camera. Therefore, working closely with our stunt supervisor and camera operator was crucial to tailor the action and fight we planned to show.

Director Fredrik Lofberg explains, “Jon's combat style is highly reactive and tactical. He adapts to his opponents and the environment, often using quick thinking to gain an advantage. The choreography for Jon Snow avoids overly flashy or stylized moves. Instead, it focuses on practical and effective techniques that a warrior in his situation would realistically use.”

Watch this reel to see how it was done at our studio in . 🔥

“I want to fight for the side that fights for the living.” - Jon Snow.

Actors: Nicklas Hansson, Robban Follin

03/07/2025

You never forget the moment you meet a legend...especially when that legend invented the future.

Today, we look back on Executive Producer Jörgen Lilja attending Digital Dragons in May and sitting down with none other than Mike Pondsmith - role-playing, board, and video game designer, as well as the creator of the original tabletop version of . 🔥

After exchanging stories about the processes and collaborations we each had with our mutual friends CD Projekt Red, Mike said he was grateful for our contributions to the universe and loved our trailers for Cyberpunk 2077 and Phantom Liberty...We think there's NO greater compliment than that! ❤️

It was an honour to meet you, Mike! 💪

01/07/2025

Wanna see a behind-the-scenes glimpse at how our team brought The Night King’s look to life? ❄️

For the Night King's armour, our CG Supervisor, W***y Fernando Kratochwill, built a procedural setup in hashtag to speed up the process. The undersuit alone consisted of thousands of stitched-together leather strips, and each piece of metal armour had the same number of punched holes, which would have made manual modeling very cumbersome.

We were honoured to produce the Game of Thrones: War for Westeros cinematic trailer with PlaySide Studios. 🔥

Not seen it yet? Get the link in the comments below!👇