How to Train Your Dragon | Discovering Toothless

It takes a village to raise a dragon. 

Find out how an incredible team of artists, animators, VFX experts, technologists and puppeteers came together to reimagine Toothless for the live-action adaptation of How To Train Your Dragon. 

Bringing Toothless to life and making him a living, breathing creature without sacrificing his essential charm relied on a wide range of practical and digital crafts.

In this short film you’ll hear from Director Dean DeBlois, Production VFX Supervisor Christian Mänz, Production Animation Supervisor Glen McIntosh, VFX Supervisor Andy Kind and Animation Supervisor Kayn Garcia as they explain the development process, from early animation and visual development tests to real-world references and the use of both on-set puppetry and Framestore Pre-production Services’ cutting-edge Farsight Go AR system.