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Celebrating Adidas Originals “Superstar’s 50th Anniversary” with Device
From Device in Barcelona: “It’s been 50 years since the Adidas Superstar, a streetwear legend, was born. We were invited to participate in this celebration by Hypebeast and The Others, who asked us to...
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Akiva Animated Explainer by Illo and Yes&
Wonderfully low key and earnest explainer video for the Alaskan native-owned Akiva corporation produced and directed by the motion crew at Illo in Turin, Italy through Virginia agency Yes&. From...
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“Everything Is Going To Be OK” by Jon Dunleavy
After untold days of going slightly mad in confinement at home, animation director and illustrator Jon Dunleavy’s “cosmic meditation on the battle between positive and negative forces” seems like the...
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Alkemy X Adds VFX Supervisors Bilali Mack and Erin Nash in NYC
From the release: Alkemy X has hired VFX Supervisors Bilali Mack and Erin Nash in its NYC office. Mack comes to Alkemy X from MPC, where he supervised and executed VFX on spots for top brands including...
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Let’s Go “Roller Skating” with Deanna Reilly!
Deanna Reilly is a Canadian motion designer, animator, and illustrator now based in Dublin, Ireland: “A short looping animation in the theme of one of my favorite past times – roller skating! “I rigged...
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Watch Tasuku Nakagawa’s Animated Short Film “dro:p”
While creating this poetic graduation film at university in Japan, Tasuku Nakagawa could not have known how perfectly his surreal and ambitious full-CG work would reflect the current COVID-19 crisis...
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Bain & Company Anthem Video by Imaginary Forces
From Imaginary Forces: “To communicate Bain’s story, culture and company outlook, we took a photorealistic CG approach that represented the company and its exceptional clients as unique geometric forms...
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Beautiful Minerals Waiting to Be Found
Designer/art director Dan Hoopert, who jumped onto the Stash radar in 2018 with this lovely CG product film, is back with an exquisite personal piece he calls “a short visual exploration into the world...
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UN Issues Global Call to Creatives on COVID-19 Crisis
UN Secretary-General António Guterres: “We are in an unprecedented situation and the normal rules no longer apply. We cannot resort to the usual tools in such unusual times. “The creativity of the...
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“Sex Moves” Short Film by Alex Bernas
LA-based Partizan Studio director Alex Bernas, whose commercial clients include Nike, Apple, Amazon, and Google, takes time off for a personal film exploring the fun (and ridiculous) side of sexual...
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Five New Ways to Greet People (in times of COVID-19)
A few weeks ago, the motion crew at Niceshit Studio in Barcelona set out to “shine a bit of light and joy for a moment while at the same time creating awareness” – we say mission accomplished. Guido...
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Imaginary Forces Welcomes Creative Director Izik Roitman
From the release: Imaginary Forces (IF) is excited to share some good news, Creative Director Izik Roitman is joining their ranks. Roitman is eager to bring his technical eye to a studio that greatly...
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“Film Crew in Quarantine” Short Film by Robertas Nevecka
Director/animator Robertas Nevecka in Vilnius, Lithuania: “The curious routines of film set people killing time in quarantine. Based on daily film set illustrations.” Director/animator: Robertas...
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Squarespace Makes it Real for Brrch and Altrock
The latest work from ManvsMachine for Squarespace pushes the brand’s “Make it Real” campaign forward by highlighting two real-world customers: Brittany Asch of Brrch floral studio and Robin Grasby of...
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Watching Spring “Bloom” with Matt Smithson
Designer/director Matt Smithson (aka one half of Igor + Valentine): “Made for fun to switch the focus from virus things to the beautiful bloomering earth around me. Bloom bloompt blummed, spring has...
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Animated Allegory for “Hunters” Amazon Series by Sun Creature and Psyop
From Sun Creature Studio: “‘The Princess & the Green Knight’ is a fantastical animation sequence appearing in episode 7 (‘Shalom Motherf***er’) of Amazon’s original series Hunters. “In a flashback...
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Answering the Question “How Does Animation Work?”
Animated explanations of animation tend to be either condescending or boring. Sheridan College student Tyler Pacana avoids both in this accomplished and entertaining film made with traditional,...
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“Bad Better Best” COVID-19 Advice from Handymartian
Animator, illustrator, and musician Andy Martin at Handymartian Studio in London: “[This is] A public information film about social distancing and self-isolation to help reduce the spread of COVID-19....
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Obsessed with Perfection, Tools, and “La Table”
Most of us in the design trade harbor obsessions of some flavor – say, your latest pet project, or muse, or regular software updates. That’s why I’m certain you’re going to appreciate Eugene Boitsov’s...
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Optus “Jumpstart” by Sun Creature Studio
Danish animation studio Sun Creature and Sydney agency Bear Meets Eagle on Fire deliver all sorts of feel-good in this swift and ambitious animated film for Australian telecom Optus. Sun Creature: “It...
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