Making of Monster “Telepathy”
You may be surprised to discover just how McGarryBowen London went about putting the monster back in Monster.com for this massive new multi-national campaign. Spoiler: they placed an actor into a...
View ArticleMathieu Libman “Pinky Toe”
Jumping confidently between animation techniques including stop-motion, UPA-influenced 2D, and golden age black and white, 2nd year CalArts student Mathieu Libman ruminates on life, love, and small...
View ArticlePatrick Clair vs “Iron Fist”
Hot on the heels of his nightmarish opening for Neil Gaiman’s “American Gods” on Starz, Patrick Clair kicks open the doors on Marvel’s “Iron Fist” for Netlflix with this energized and inky mocap...
View ArticleSee No Evil Presents Feed Me Light, June 6th
See No Evil Presents Feed Me Light June 6th at Cafe 1001 91 Brick Lane, London. Doors Open 7.00pm. Talk Starts 7.30pm Watch the show live on our Instagram from 7.30pm @seenoevillondon. As usual it’s...
View ArticleBehind the Scenes on CJ Cook’s “Totems”
Los Angeles freelance art director and designer CJ Cook reveals the design and motion process behind “Totems,” his personal experiment with “colors, camera moves, and different kinds of animation.”...
View ArticleThis is What Heat Does to Us – and the Economy
The idea that rising temperatures are bad for business as well as the planet may prove to be one of the most powerful factors revealed by research into climate change – as it directly threatens the...
View ArticleJoseph Kahn: Imagine Dragons “Thunder”
US VFX shop Ingenuity Studios bring the supporting animation, CG, and compositing to Joseph Kahn’s stylish rush of contortionist aliens and replicant Imagine Dragons in “Thunder.” Shot in the Dubai...
View ArticleErnest Desumbila: Snails & Botnek “Waffle House”
In 2015, Barcelona director Ernest Desumbila burst onto the Stash radar showcasing his graphic design roots in a meticulous jaw-dropper for Adidas soccer boots called “There Will be Haters.” With...
View ArticleW+K SP: New Visual Identity
Watch how the Sao Paulo office of Wieden+Kennedy created their striking new visual identity based on a geometric pattern found right under their feet – on the city’s sidewalks. Design/animation:...
View ArticlePsyop Short Film “Sisters”
David Chontos, a director and the head of CG at PSYOP LA, describes his latest short film as “part exercise of passion and part love letter – ‘Sisters’ is a fragment of some lost, tragic opera.” David...
View ArticleCooking up the Geffen Towers in Tel Aviv
Yambo Studio in Tel Aviv nudges the architectural visualization industry out of its comfort zone (of pristinely rendered but often sterile imagery) with this playful retail spot for a residential tower...
View ArticleShort and sweet: Léa Cousty “Sur Ecoute”
Strong character work, wonderful art direction and a brief lesson in listening from Léa Cousty and her short film “Sur Ecoute,” created during her fourth year studying animation at Supinfocom...
View ArticleWinning Hearts and Homes in the Baltics
UK director Kris Hofmann, who charmed us with her gentle call to save Britain’s hedgehogs, is back with another warm and tactile multi-media stop-motion project. Kris Hofmann: “The animation was...
View ArticleDress Code Admits to “Coke Habit”
For their first in-house animated short, New York prodco Dress Code tackles a story of childhood addiction. In production for two years, the film renders a complex issue in a stark palette punctuated...
View ArticleA Caffeinated History of Coffee
US studio Swell.tv and Buenos Aires motion designer Manu Correa Soto apply snappy moves and a stripped down collage treatment to this online film for artisanal San Francisco coffee company Port of...
View ArticleMixtape Club “The Snow Girl”
Inspired by their shared fascination with myths and stories, the directing duo of Chris Lenox Smith and Jesse Casey at Mixtape Club in NYC, teams with children’s author Adam Gidwitz and illustrator R...
View ArticleLA Studio ROYGBIV Signs to Passion Animation Studios
From the release: The Los Angeles based animation studio, ROYGBIV has joined Passion Animation Studios. Founders Evan Viera and Tommy Wooh formed ROYGBIV, a collective creating narrative-driven...
View Article“Endless Space 2” Launch Trailer
The full release of Amplitude Studios’ sci-fi strategy game Endless Space 2 hit PCs last week with the help of this sleek clip created by French director Niels Prayer, ULF Productions, and the...
View ArticleKoo-koo for Kean
Fresh and light animated collage treatments for two fun spots from director Tony Zagoraios and the motion crew at YELL in Athens for Cyprus-based fruit juice brand KEAN thru Ogilvy Pandora. “We were...
View ArticleElton John’s New “Rocket Man”
The winners of Elton John and Bernie Taupin’s The Cut competition were announced today and their videos released for “Tiny Dancer,” “Bennie and the Jets,” and (most importantly) an animated version of...
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