Directing Duo The Kaplans Sign onto Scholar Team
From the release: Some artists use pencils and some use CG, but for the directing duo Sam & Laura Kaplan, their medium of choice is the product itself. For them, the most important aspect of any...
View ArticleAndre de Almeida Can’t Get No “Catisfaction”
Director/animator Andre de Almeida in Lisbon, Portugal: “This is a story about a man and a cat. No sorry… A man, a cat, and a dream. Wait… probably a man, a cat, a dream, and a Vespa! “It’s about...
View ArticleNASA “Solar Sailer” Explainer by Anton Weaver
In this spec film for NASA’s Near-Earth Asteroid Scout, Portland director/animator Anton Weaver combines graphic restraint, careful rendering, and just enough science to create a sense of wonder and...
View ArticleAntibody Updates Westworld Titles for Season 4
In 2016, with his Emmy for Main Title Design on The Man In The High Castle in hand, Patrick Clair set out to redefine what hi-tech horror felt like with his opening for Westworld on HBO. This fourth...
View Article2veinte Joins the Roster at Unlisted
From the release: Known for its bold style, penchant for the surreal, and focus on traditional frame-by-frame 2D cel animation, 2veinte (Buenos Aires) was founded in 2008 by Agustin Valcarenghi and...
View Article“Lilith & Eve” Short Film by Samuel de Ceccatty
Meeting your partner’s ex is seldom easy and as UK director/animator/designer Samuel de Ceccatty points out, that goes double for Eve when Adam’s first wife Lilith happens into the garden for a little...
View ArticleLimitless Space Institute “Go Incredibly Fast” Explainer by Erik Wernquist
Digital artist Erik Wernquist in Stockholm: “If we want to travel beyond our solar system within a human lifetime, we will need to find ways to go incredibly fast. Ultimately, it comes down to our...
View ArticleDoodles2 NFT.NYC 2022 Launch Film by Golden Wolf
Community-driven NFT project Doodles announced their new collection during the NFT.NYC 2022 event with this insanely upbeat film by the design and animation team at Golden Wolf. Golden Wolf EP Tan...
View ArticleUmmet Ozcan “Oblivion” Music Video by Kouhei Nakama
Kouhei Nakama, the director/animator who first stormed into the Best of Stash with his short film Makin’ Moves in 2017, just dropped this music video for EDM producer/DJ Ummet Ozcan that pushes his...
View ArticleBMWi Oasis Brand Films by FutureDeluxe
From the team at FutureDeluxe: “TBWA Shanghai and MOD Group approached FutureDeluxe to imagine six unique oasis environments, each one crafted to represent a key part of the BMWi brand. “From precision...
View ArticleStop Motion Director Will Child Joins Blinkink Roster
From the release: Leeds-born, Bristol-based director and artist Will Child is taking stop motion by storm. After leaving his job as a graphic designer in Leeds, Will moved to Slough to pursue a...
View ArticleChevrolet “Black Bowtie” Spot by Nexthing Director Fu Binbin
Exploring the history and mythology of the color black, Nextthing director Fu Binbin and McCann Shanghai create an enigmatic drama of grand proportions “to convey a palpable sense of power” for...
View Article“Forest in a Bottle Redux” Unreal Engine Tests by Leo Torres
Director/3D artist Leo Torres in Melbourne, Australia: “This is a series of indoor terrarium cinematic scenes that served as my test bench and demo project for Unreal Engine 5 – from early access 2021...
View ArticleStash 154 Turns Up the Summer Heat!
Stash 154 just packed another two hours of brilliance into the Stash Permanent Collection (aka your streaming platform for design, animation, and VFX). Grab a peek at the 2-minute trailer and see which...
View ArticleBeware the “Greens” at Rumpus Animation
From the crew at Rumpus Animation in Bristol, UK: “Over the last couple of years a few members of the Rumpus Team have, slowly but surely, been squirreling away on their very own company idents. “The...
View ArticleImagine Dragons “Sharks” Music Video by Ingenuity Studios
With a nod to title design master Saul Bass, creative director Alex Popkin and the animation team at Ingenuity Studios in LA craft a lyric music video adventure for Imagine Dragons new release...
View ArticleEagle Ottawa “Immersion” Product Film by Lunar North
Creative director Marcus Mullins and the team at Detroit design, animation, and post house Lunar North assemble an elegant and richly tactile product film for premium automotive leather brand Eagle...
View ArticleXeros “The Power of Change” Product Films by Found Studio
From the team at Found Studio in London: “Xeros’ filtration technology captures microplastics and microfibres as water drains out of a washing machine. Using macro lenses and extreme depth-of-field, we...
View Article“Escape Velocity” Short Film by Tamás Rebák
After a stellar run on the festival circuit, Budapest director/animator Tamás Rebák just dropped us his animated grad film Escape Velocity, a space-bound allegory about letting go punctuated by a...
View ArticleApple “Peak Performance” Brand Films by Tomorrow Bureau
From the team at Tomorrow Bureau in London: “Apple work at the vanguard of creativity. We partnered with them to develop an original artwork designed to propel our creative practice forward to new...
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