Illusion Arts is a defunct effects studio that mainly specialized in matte paintings. It was established in 1983 by effects artists Syd Dutton and Bill Taylor. The company had a hand in over 150 projects over two decades.
The company folded in 2009 after working on G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. Currently, Taylor has returned to being a freelance artist while Dutton has moved to Zoic Studiosnote .
See also Matte World Digital, another defunct matte painting company.
Illusion Arts' Projects include:
- Æon Flux (Film adaptation)
- The Addams Family (1991 film)
- Addams Family Values
- Batman Forever
- Behind Enemy Lines
- Blade Runner (2007 Final Cut edition)
- Bruce Almighty
- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
- The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)
- Courage Under Fire
- Clue (First project)
- Dante's Peak
- Deep Star Six
- Double Dragon (1994)
- Dragnet (1987 film)
- Dragonheart
- Eight Below
- The Fast and the Furious
- 2 Fast 2 Furious
- The Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift
- A Few Good Men
- Finding Forrester
- Frankenstein Unbound — Keep in mind that this was directed by Roger Corman
- Ghost (1990)
- G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (last known project)
- Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
- John Adams
- Mac and Me
- Miami Vice
- Mortal Kombat: The Movie
- Muppets from Space
- Nacho Libre
- The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter
- The Quick and the Dead
- Redline — No relation to the Madhouse film of a similar name.
- Robin Hood: Men in Tights
- Serenity (2005)
- The Shadow
- Six Days, Seven Nights
- Spaceballs
- Son of the Mask
- Star Trek
- The Thing: Terror Takes Shape (Behind-the-Scenes special of the 1982 film)
- Tremors
- Trial & Error (1997 film)
- Undercover Brother
- Van Helsing
- What Dreams May Come
- Wild Hogs
- X-Men Film Series
