SurrealArts Group

09/07/2026

Congratulations to the Emmy-winning teams on Stranger Things and Spider Noir for their respective wins for "Outstanding Special Visual Effects In A Season Or A Movie" and "Outstanding Special Visual Effects In A Single Episode" with our very own Kino Scialabba contributing to the Emmy-winning achievement with his art direction and concept designs for Spider-Noir.

07/21/2026

Our team will be on the floor today at SIGGRAPH.

Executive Producer/VFX Supervisor Mark Nazal and our Art Director/Creative Director Kino Scialabba will be at the convention and at the VES LA afterparty tonight. Want to connect or talk projects? Shoot us an email or DM.

Let’s connect.

07/11/2026

Our teams are heading back to San Diego Comic-Con!

The SurrealArts and Diwata Komiks Teams Return to the World's Premier Pop Culture and Multi-Genre Entertainment Event with New Panels, New Titles, and Exclusive Reveals

This year's presence includes a live audience workshop, an early access preview of Creative Divergence, and an exclusive first look at the trailer for Territorial, a new animated short from Filmmaker/VFX Supervisor Chris Browne, plus new comic releases from our own team.

See the full press release here: https://www.surrealartsgroup.com/news/sdcc2026-panelannouncement

06/19/2026

Production VFX Supervisor Hnedel Maximore gives our Creative/Art Director Kino Scialabba a shoutout in this The Art of VFX interview with Production VFX Producer Brooke Noska — for his character concept work on Spider-Noir, one of the most visually distinctive shows out right now.

https://www.artofvfx.com/spider-noir-hnedel-maximore-vfx-supervisor-with-brooke-noska-vfx-producer

Congrats to Hnedel and the team on an incredible series. Streaming now on Prime Video.

Want to learn more about our SurrealArts Group creative team with Kino? Reach us at [email protected].

Exclusive interview with Production VFX Supervisor Hnedel Maximore and Production VFX Producer Brooke Noska on the visual effects of Spider-Noir, from digital doubles and cityscapes to Sandman, Megawatt, and the series’ iconic characters.

06/11/2026

We're proud to represent OnScreen, a service-oriented and innovative on-set solution for productions filming in Budapest and beyond.

Now Ready for Production after a successful operational debut on Maigret Season 2 (PBS MASTERPIECE). Read the full press release here: https://onscreenplayback.com/press-release-production.html

05/27/2026

Tomorrow find Founder & Executive Producer Mark AJ Nazal at the Texas Production Expo hosted by the Dallas Producers Association presenting a panel with Visual Effects Society - Texas Section on state of Digital Production in the region.

If you're in the Dallas area, come on by and say hello!

May has been a busy month for us in the Texas Section of the VES. Along with the a panel this Sunday at the Houston Comicpalooza, we will also be at the Texas Production Expo hosted by the Dallas Producers Association on May 28th at the Grapevine Convention Center.

In addition to our table in the Community Room, we will be hosting the panel "Digital Production in Texas: From Games to Visual Effects and AI" at 11:00 a.m. in the Texas Film Gear room.

Panelists scheduled to appear:

Jim Gibbs - Principal Lighting Artist at id Software
Erasmo P. Romero - Associate Product Manager/VFX Consultant at Topaz Labs
Laurie Powers-Going - VFX Supervisor/Ind. Filmmaker/Owner at Deacon Finn Films and VFX
Mark A.J. Nazal - Exec. Producer/Founder at SurrealArts Group
Colin Campbell, VES - Comp/DFX Supervisor and Visual Effects Society - Texas Section Chair

So please come out to the Texas Production Expo (It's free!) and stop by the table and say hi!

Register:
https://www.dallasproducers.org/texas-production-expo

05/22/2026

This weekend at Comicpalooza, Houston Convention Center (May 22-24), find Founder/Executive Producer Mark A.J. Nazal and Creative Director/Co-Founder representing our SurrealArts Group teams at Booth 1943 behind the CPU/Sapphire Stage.

Plus panels with the Visual Effects Society-Texas Section

Creating Across Mediums: How Stories Change From Pages to Play
Fri 5/22 | 6:15-7:15 PM

The Visual Effects Professionals Behind the Superhero Movies We Love
Sun 5/24 | 1:00-2:00 PM

Come find us all three days.

04/28/2026

Tomorrow night, Founder & Executive Producer Mark AJ Nazal sits down with a distinguished panel of producers, executives, and industry advocates at State of the Industry 2026 in Virginia Beach — a conversation hosted by the VPA Hampton Roads District on funding, finance, and investment for film, television, branded content, and new media.

It's the kind of conversation that matters now more than ever. As productions continue to scale both nationally and internationally, understanding how the industry funds and finances creative work is essential in a market that never stops evolving.

More event details here: https://www.facebook.com/share/1JQMCESGFf/
📅 April 29 | 6:00 – 9:00 PM 📍 The Space Gallery — 1650 General Booth Blvd, Virginia Beach, VA

04/27/2026

We're proud to welcome hush_vfx to the SurrealArts Group collective.

Founder, Executive Producer, and Digital Makeup Supervisor Daniel Saldivar has built something genuinely distinctive with Hush — a high-end digital makeup studio whose client roster spans platinum recording artists, global brands, and major streaming productions. In just a few years since founding, they've established a standard of work that reflects exactly the kind of specialized, senior-level talent this collective is built around.

Read more: https://www.surrealartsgroup.com/news/sag-hush-pr

03/27/2026

We're thrilled to officially welcome ONER Vfx to our Global Creative & Visual Effects Collective.

Co-founder and VFX Creative Director/Supervisor Rodrigo Tomasso and Co-founder and VFX Executive Producer Marcelo Garcia have built something special with ONER, establishing an exceptional track record with award-winning work across film and television. We're excited to be partnering with them as we expand our collective's footprint to South America and continue to strengthen our position in global production.

Read more: https://www.surrealartsgroup.com/news/sag-onervfx-pr