Gallery: The UFO Is Fake in Animator's YouTube Prank — But So Is Everything Else

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    A concept drawing of the small scout ship seen in "UFO Over Santa Clarita."
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    This concept art looks like something out of Battlestar Galactica.
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    More concept art from "UFO Over Santa Clarita."
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    The small UFO was designed by Yuri Blagoveschenskiy.
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    Concept art of the massive mothership.
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    Final concept art of the mothership.
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    The mothership was designed by Leonardo Kradjen.
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    "The complex, compound-curved forms of the ships proved to be a challenge when building the CG models," director Tsirbas said.
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    A wireframe from "UFO Over Santa Clarita" shows how the car interior was developed.
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    Another wireframe of the car's dashboard.
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    The CG model of the car interior.
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    A wireframe of the car interior with a roughed-in spaceship visible in the sky outside.
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    The computer-generated hand models look incredibly lifelike.
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    "The hand models are all CGI," said Tsirbas. "Sadly they're very underexposed in the final comp since they're in such a dark section of the car."
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    A dissected chicken provided inspiration for the alien ships in "UFO Over Santa Clarita."
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