It’s World Aids Day: Meet “Karate Dick”
Milan motion studio Antimatter punches out a little martial arts humor to mark World Aids Day 2017 with a safe sex message for UNAIDS, the Joint United Nations Program on HIV and AIDS. Animator/AD...
View ArticleHoliday Tips from Angry AIDS
Boutique animation studio in Helsinki, Finland: “Angry AIDS is back with some helpful holiday tips! What are you going to give your loved ones this Christmas?” Client – Positiiviset ry Agency –...
View ArticleMaking of Volkswagen “Born Confident” with MPC
Born with a full head of horns and lots of attitude, this little black ram doesn’t back down for anyone except Volkswagen’s new T-Roc SUV. Carsten Keller, MPC 3D creative director: “We needed to create...
View ArticleBranding/Marketing Veteran Curt Doty Launches Vertuoso
From the release: Los Angeles, CA, December 1, 2017 – Award-winning entertainment branding and marketing veteran Curt Doty has launched Vertuoso as the industry’s first creative and production agency...
View ArticleMatt Gilligan’s “Toilet in a Gallery”
In 1917, as the horrors of the WWI unfolded, Marcel Duchamp changed the art world forever when he anonymously submitted a urinal entitled “Fountain” to a juried art exhibition in New York City. Now,...
View ArticleAmphibious Love Story: “Croak” by Frida Ek
Animade designer/animator Frida Ek creates plenty of atmosphere and emotion using minimalist characters and clever palettes in this animated tale of a frog’s ill-fated quest for love. Frida Ek: “I...
View ArticleAardman Nathan Love “Winter Refresh” for Nickelodeon
Director Joe Burrascano and the Aardman Nathan Love crew in NYC reference stop motion holiday classics like Bass/Rankin’s “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer” for this ambitious set of seasonal Nickelodeon...
View ArticleTop Management moves at MPC in the US
From the release: MPC, the global visual effects and creative production studio known for its breakthrough work in advertising, feature films, and immersive technology, has announced major leadership...
View ArticleBBC One Christmas Film 2017 by Elliot Dear
Blinkink director Elliot Dear helps the BBC build on the message of the channel’s “oneness” idents with a two-minute holiday tale of a talented teen and her busy dad guaranteed to pluck at your...
View ArticleHello Savants: Style and Sustainability for Tommy Hilfiger
Amsterdam creative collective Hello Savants helps Tommy Hilfiger express the full story behind DCoE, the brand’s innovative and eco-conscious denim lab and production pipeline. Hello Savants: “We tried...
View ArticleNexus Studios and Emmanuelle Walker Explore Orange for CNN Colorscope
From CNN: “Orange is the color of sunsets, budget airlines, traffic cones and protestants, but it can also be toxic…! Emmanuelle Walker: “In my work I draw a lot of patterns, I absolutely love them,...
View ArticleEight VFX Names Abbe Daniel EP in New York
From the release: New hire ushers in a period of expansion for the VFX and design studio, which also names Carolyn Reps to handle East Coast sales. New York, NY – Dec. 7, 2017 – Eight VFX, the New York...
View ArticleVisionist “Value” Music Video by Frederik Heyman
Belgian artist and photogrammetrist Frederik Heyman says he uses the 3D scanning technique “to stage digital worlds out of relics of the past, a means to recycle the present, and an attempt to shape...
View ArticleNostalgic and Cuddly Holiday IDs for CBS
With a 1966 CBS Holiday greeting serving as creative reference, Stockholm studio Brikk and Anchor Point create a warm, retro-flavored suite of holiday idents for CBS revolving around friendship and...
View ArticleJames Merrill’s “OCHRE” Turns Classical Paintings into Fluid Simulations
James Merrill: “Ochre is an exploration into the unique color palette found in classical paintings. Using fluid simulations, these paintings are re-imagined into abstract shapes and forms that resemble...
View ArticleThe Man Who Wished for Lungs of Glitter
Vancouver director/animator Eoin Duffy’s tradition of celebrating the holiday’s with a pinch of dark humor continues with his newest animated short tagged #TheManWhoWishedForLungsOfGlitter. Watch...
View ArticleAdorable Promo for Kids’ Music Composition App BANDIMAL
From YATATOY: “BANDIMAL is your kids’ first music composer. The app is a follow-up to YATATOY’s 2015 award-winning music app LOOPIMAL, and fourth in an acclaimed series of creative and high-quality...
View ArticleManvsMachine Plays with Logitech G
The second film in ManvsMachine’s dark and intricate Play Series campaign for Logitech G, “Our intention was to bridge the gap between product and experience and to create a series of films that...
View ArticleLuiz Stockler’s Sweet and Minimal Music Video for Tom Rosenthal “Quite Short...
Luiz Stockler’s new video for “Quite Short for a Goalkeeper” by English singer/songwriter/composer Tom Rosenthal looks like it could have been animated on Post-It notes with a Sharpie. The disarming...
View ArticleGiant Ant Loops in Disney for the 2017 Holidays
From Giant Ant in Vancouver: “We worked with Disney again this year to produce 32 holiday loops for their social channels. Here’s a supercut of our most-favored bits.” Client: Disney Agency: Giant...
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