2012 Awards -- Visual Effects Society (VES)

The Visual Effects guild have released their nominees. A few snubs here and there, especially with complete blank sheets for Skyfall, Snow White and the Huntsman, and John Carter...

OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A VISUAL EFFECTS-DRIVEN FILM
Battleship
The Hobbit
Life of Pi 
Marvel's The Avengers
Prometheus

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A FILM
Argo
Flight
The Impossible
Rust and Bone
Zero Dark Thirty

OUTSTANDING ANIMATION IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE
Brave
Hotel Transylvania
ParaNorman
Rise of the Guardians
Wreck-It Ralph 

OUTSTANDING ANIMATED CHARACTER IN A LIVE-ACTION FEATURE
The Hobbit -- (Goblin King)
The Hobbit -- (Gollum)
Life of Pi -- (Richard Parker)
Marvel's The Avengers -- (The Hulk)

OUTSTANDING ANIMATED CHARACTER IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE
Brave -- (Argument)
Hotel Transylvania -- (Dracula)
The Pirates: Band of Misfits
Wreck-It Ralph -- (Vanellope)

OUTSTANDING CREATED ENVIRONMENT IN A LIVE-ACTION FEATURE
The Hobbit -- (Goblin Caverns)
Life of Pi -- (Open Ocean)
Marvel's The Avengers -- (Midtown Manhattan)
Prometheus -- (LV-233)

OUTSTANDING CREATED ENVIRONMENT IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE
Brave -- (The Forest)
ParaNorman -- (Graveyard)
ParaNorman -- (Main Street)
Rise of the Guardians -- (The North Pole)

OUTSTANDING VIRTUAL CINEMATOGRAPHY IN A LIVE-ACTION FEATURE
The Amazing Spider-Man
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Marvel's The Avengers -- (Downtown Manhattan)
Total Recall -- (Hover Car Chase)

OUTSTANDING MODELS IN A FEATURE FILM
The Dark Knight Rises -- (Airplane Heist)
The Impossible -- (Orchid Hotel)
Marvel's The Avengers -- (Helicarrier)
Men in Black 3 -- (Cape Canaveral / Apollo Launch) 

OUTSTANDING FX & SIMULATION ANIMATION IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE
Brave
ParaNorman -- (Angry Aggie Ink-Blot Electricity)
ParaNorman -- (Practical Volumetrics) 
Rise of the Guardians -- (Last Stand)

OUTSTANDING FX & SIMULATION ANIMATION IN A LIVE-ACTION FEATURE
Battleship
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Life of Pi -- (Ocean)
Life of Pi -- (Storm of God) 

OUTSTANDING COMPOSITING IN A FEATURE FILM
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Life of Pi -- (Storm of God)
Marvel's The Avengers -- (Hulk Punch)
Prometheus -- (Engineers & the Orrery)