1stAveMachine Launches Talent Management Division, Expands Content Production...
From the release: Multifaceted storytelling production company 1stAveMachine, which has won multiple Cannes Lions and Clio Awards, has launched a talent management division and is expanding its...
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Behold the “Garden Party” (Full Film)
Back in May 2017 we published the trailer for “Garden Party,” one of the most promising student films we’d seen in years. The breadth and height of that promise was confirmed this week with the release...
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FutureDeluxe Releases “Plume” for Wacom
UK CG fiends FutureDeluxe re-team with Twistedpoly (aka designer/motion artist Nejc Polovsak) for another stunning excursion deep into 3D style with “Plume” commissioned by Wacom. FutureDeluxe CD...
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Nightmarish Music Video for Your Halloween Prep: Zhu & Nero “Dreams”
Naked bodies writhe, throb, and collide to unsettling effect in this riveting music video for Zhu & Nero co-directed by Elliott Sellers and Erik Ferguson with Ferguson handling the CG and Sellers...
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Be Happy: Take a Peek at Oneedo Studio’s “Spring Jam”
Director Ned Wenlock and his intrepid crew at Oneedo Studio in Wellington, NZ, craft a carefully structured and beautifully drafted underdog tale in their animated short film “Spring Jam.” An Oneedo...
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Andrew Thomas Huang Invites You to the “Flesh Nest”
Visual innovator Andrew Thomas Huang’s newest video experiment mixes technical deconstruction, motion capture, and Baroque chaos into nine chapters of lush and wonderful weirdness a year in the making....
View ArticleHornet Signs Director Benjy Brooke
From the release: Hornet is pleased to announce the global signing of NY based director, Benjy Brooke. This is an exciting pairing to further Hornet’s goal of developing new and emerging directors. As...
View Article8-Bit Stranger Things: Season One
The second season of Stranger Things went live today on Netflix so to help you catch up on all the upside down action, here’s director David Dutton’s fabulous 8-bit recap of season one. Dutton’s...
View ArticleHalloween Fun with “Vampire of Love”
Alicia Reece and Emory Allen at new Minneapolis animation studio Foreign Fauna: “What happens when all of Halloween’s creepiest monsters join forces? They form the world’s #1 spookybilly rock band! “We...
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The Truth About Nagging and Why it Doesn’t Work
UK animator/art director Steve Kirby: “Sometimes the commissions that are the most fun are ones where you’re given nothing but a script, with the freedom to construct a visual narrative around it....
View ArticleMaxime Bruneel Directs Cabadzi x Blier “Polaroid” (NSFW)
From the release: Today, Eddy releases Polaroid, a music video directed by Maxime Bruneel. The song is from the new album Cabadzi x Blier born from the collaboration between artist Cabadzi and director...
View ArticleJelly London Signs Nice Shit and Everyone’s Favourite to Animation Roster
From the release: Jelly London has recently signed not one but TWO new directors to their animation roster. Nice Shit – the fresh animation collective from Argentina and Italy. Self-confessed...
View ArticleMercedes X-Class “Follow” Making Of
Hamburg VFX powerhouse Infected reveals the immense amount of love, sweat and fur they put into the making of this spectacular mini-epic for the new Mercedes X-Class luxury pickup. Managing director...
View ArticleImaginary Forces Open “Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold”
Imaginary Forces creative director Alan Williams teams with director Griffin Dunne to craft the titles for Dunne’s intimate Netflix documentary portrait of his aunt, literary icon Joan Didion. From IF:...
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Bill Plympton has “Good Advice” for Jackie Greene
New York’s own Oscar-nominated indie animation legend Bill Plympton brings his signature brand of twisted hand-drawn fun to “Good Advice” from former Black Crowe Jackie Greene. Plympton also...
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Have a Mighty Nice Halloween
A fresh bit of Halloween fun from director Darren Price and the crew at Mighty Nice in Sydney, Australia, with Rumble Studios handling sound design. Studio: Mighty Nice Director: Darren Price...
View ArticleWhitelight Motion: Taipei Design City Exhibition Promo 2017
Whitelight Motion Studio in Taipei City, Taiwan, describes themselves as “a hybrid creative studio focusing on expanding the possibilities between motion graphics and video installation.” About the...
View ArticleA Few Thoughts on the ‘Me’ Generation by Bo Burnham
UK motion designer Qais Sarhan: “I watched Bo Burnham’s ‘Make Happy’ special and really enjoyed it! I decided to animate a clip from his poetic rant about our obsession with constantly sharing our...
View ArticleFun New Branding by Fishy Minds for Fishy Minds
Fishy Minds animation studio in Linköping, Sweden “Fishy Mind’s new logo is a combination of nifty type, which manifests boundless imagination and adaptability. “The logo works as a sandbox where users...
View ArticleThree-Time Oscar Winner Jim Rygiel Joins FuseFX as Executive Visual Effects...
From the release: LOS ANGELES – October 31, 2017 – Premier visual effects studio FuseFX today announced the appointment of Jim Rygiel as executive visual effects supervisor. Rygiel is a three-time...
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