-M- & Gail Ann Dorsey “À toi” Music Video by Stéphane Berla and Eddy
Eddy director Stéphane Berla, who dropped the emotional Kwoon “King of Sea” music video earlier this year, is back and madly mixing media in this sweeping fantasy for French musician -M- (aka Matthieu...
View ArticleBattersea Power Station Lift 109 Motion Art Installation by Revenant
Kevin McCrae, CD/founder at Revenant in Glasgow: “Revenant was commissioned by agency Squint/Opera to produce a 360° animated film as part of the new Battersea Power Station Lift 109 viewing experience...
View Article“The Very VERY First Christmas” Short Film by Brian O’Donnell and The Mill...
Director Brian O’Donnell at The Mill Design Studio in NY: “‘The Very VERY First Christmas’ is a deep dive into holiday nostalgia – a take on Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer starring a bright-eyed...
View ArticleThe Beatles “Here, There and Everywhere” Music Video by Rok Predin and Trunk
Trunk director Rok Predin walks Stash fans thru the complexities – both technical and creative – of animating the rerelease music video for “Here, There and Everywhere” from The Beatles’ landmark 1966...
View ArticleNoisegraph Studio Puts the Hogo System to Rest
From the design and CG team at Noisegraph in Madrid: “The challenge with this film was to represent in a poetic manner how the Hogo System provides the user with complete and deep rest. “As the general...
View ArticleBest of Stash 2022: 3D Style!
The genre of motion design we call 3D Style (a type of CG magic realism) continues to grow exponentially, but the most exciting work still emerges from a fluid regimen of rigorous R&D, surgical...
View ArticleBest of Stash 2022: Brand Films!
As audiences have slipped away from traditional TV viewing, most marketers have embraced the flexibility of brand films (produced primarily for online, social, and point-of-sale viewing) as their...
View ArticleToros Kose Unleashes Hydra Design Labs Brand Film
Director/designer Toros Kose in New York: “Hydra Design Labs is an automotive design studio based in California. CEO Jon Hull reached out to me about collaborating on a motion design piece that would...
View ArticlePlatige Harnesses Unreal Engine for Space-Bound Christmas Short
Following on their epic 2022 Easter short film, director Damian Misiura and crew at Platige Image in Warsaw return to space (and the Unreal Engine pipeline) for this feel-good Christmas adventure....
View ArticleBest of Stash 2022: Title and Broadcast Design!
The obvious vitality and sheer variety apparent in these projects tell us one thing: 2022 was an exceptional year for designers charged with setting the tone for visual programming in television, film,...
View ArticleBest of Stash 2022: Music Videos!
Music videos selected for the Stash Permanent Collection will always value the director’s design/animation/VFX craft over the popularity/sales of the performer, which makes our year-end list...
View ArticleBest of Stash 2022: Short Films!
Untethered from client briefs and budgets, short films provide a welcome refuge for self-expression and bold experimentation with 2022 delivering an extraordinary variety of fresh work from both...
View ArticleBest of Stash 2022: Explainers!
We don’t know of any other best-of-year lists that recognize explainer videos but Stash has a definite soft spot for designers and animators with the skillset and patience required to distill complex...
View ArticleBest of Stash 2022: Character Animation!
Comic, tragic, or satirical, characters who trigger a meaningful emotional response will always provide the single most reliable way to ensure your narrative, commissioned or personal, resonates with...
View ArticleShed Capture the Magic of Holiday Giving with “Joyeuses Fêtes” Short Film
The animation team at Shed in Montreal, whose 2020 IGA holiday spot caused many a tear, capture the magic of giving with this sweet stop-motion-style CG project directed by François Hogue about a boy...
View ArticleBest of Stash 2022: Game Films!
While nudging forward the art and craft of 3D animation, these eight outstanding game trailers, cinematics, and tournament films also offer deeply considered narratives and a possible peak into the...
View ArticleBest of Stash 2022: Advertising!
To be heard above the constant yammer of consumer marketing, brands need production partners armed with breakthrough creative, polished execution, and the insight to ensure the results resonate...
View ArticleBest of Stash 2022: VFX!
Transforming live-action footage into wondrous, surreal, or outright insane worlds with digital visual effects remained an essential narrative tool in 2022, delivering striking visuals while evolving...
View Article“Intention Art” Outdoor Motion Installation by Radugadesign
From the team at Radugadesign in Moscow: “In a new joint project with Russian media agency Intention, we turn to op art, an abstract art trend of the 20th century, rethinking it in a new, digital...
View ArticleYeti Pictures Enters 2023 at Full Speed
Director/founder Tony Zagoraios and his crew at Yeti Pictures in Athens, Greece say goodbye to 2022 and welcome the new year in badass style with a new Harley-riding mascot. Tony Zagoraios: “Over the...
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