Symbolic Arts, 9232 Independence Avenue Suite 101, Los Angeles, CA (2025)

08/06/2025

Continuing with long-overdue photos, and wrapping up this trilogy of posts about short films we worked on that are now winning awards on the festival circuit, here are some behind-the-scenes photos of "The Erl King".

We handled both practical effects and vfx, with our primary role being the design and build of the suit and makeup for the eponymous tree character, played by the great Marti Matulis in this dark fantasy (one of our favorite genres).

More long-overdue photo posts from our work on other projects coming soon! :)

07/23/2025

Continuing with long-overdue photos of some of what we've been working on over the past few years, here's an AFI short we worked on: "Fishmonger", for which we created practical FX, most prominently for the lovelorn mermaid(?) Sinead. She ain't exactly Ariel, but by the time the film's over you've fallen for her anyway.

The film has been racking up awards (including for FX) and has screened at over 60 festivals so far, including Slamdance, AFI Fest, Vancouver, Sitges, and Fantastic Fest (and lots more).

07/11/2025

We've been busy, but we'll try to get back on Facebook with some long-overdue photos of some of what we've been working on over the past few years.

First up: meet Ditto, a lovelorn animatronic alien suit we built for the short film "Houston, We Have a Crush".

These shots are from the premiere at Palm Springs ShortFest a couple weeks ago, where Ditto walked the red carpet (kind of).

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