“Hey Google, Tell Me Something Good”
Ryan Burke, creative producer at Google’s Creative Lab: “These days we’re consuming more news than ever, and sometimes, it can feel like there are only problems out there. But the fact is, there is a...
View ArticleESPN “Youth Idents” by State
State: “What do you do when you’re given carte-blanche to do whatever the hell you want? We took the money and ran. Specifically, to some seedy back-alleys in Bangkok. Such fun times… “Oh wait – I...
View Article“Catsophrenia” Animated Short by Everfresh
Join German animator Sebastian Pfeifer (aka Everfresh) for a little “half man half cat” animated weirdness. Animation: Everfresh
View ArticleMPC Advertising Boosts Senior Creative Team in New York
From the release: MPC’s New York studio has boosted its creative firepower on a senior level with a major promotion and the relocation of a top talent. Ashley Bernes, previously a VFX/CG Supervisor at...
View Article“Airbnb Cycling Experiences” by Illo
Timed for release with the Tour de France race, the crew at Illo in Turin, Italy designed this jaunty explainer to share some numbers about the growth and importance of cycling experiences among Airbnb...
View ArticleMPC Opens Semi-Permanent 2018 in Auckland
The New Zealand edition of Semi-Permanent 2018 launched in Auckland this summer with refreshingly light-hearted titles directed by Marc Smith out of MPC Creative in New York with support from the MPC...
View ArticleThe Atlantic: “How Parents Should Discipline Children”
From the Atlantic: “In the latest episode of Home School, The Atlantic’s animated video series about parenting, Katherine Reynolds Lewis, author of The Good News About Bad Behavior, explains how...
View ArticleTEDx “Boundaries” by Flatwhite Motion
The TEDx event in China’s port city of Qingdao opened this summer with a rush of layered color and fine detail crafted by the design crew at hometown studio Flatwhite Motion. Client: TEDx QDU...
View ArticleEnter the “Flow” with Nobutaka Kitahara
Tokyo CG artist and visual programmer Nobutaka Kitahara creates a fascinating alien world of floating geometric structures in “Flow,” his captivating 60-second 3D short that I wish was many times...
View ArticleUsing H.R. Giger as a Muse
Kim Gryun, a designer/animator at GIANTSTEP in Seoul, South Korea, responded to the studio’s latest in-house DesignRelay motion study group theme of “H.R. Giger” with this carefully lit and richly...
View ArticleLSD “Thunderclouds” by Ernest Desumbila
Spanish director Ernest Desumbila is back, turning his talent for in-your-face visuals to a dreamier tone in this gauzy music video for LSD (Labrinth, Sia, Diplo) with production and VFX by Sauvage.TV...
View Article“Closed Visit” by Jade Evans
If you’ve experienced any side of the single-parent equation (as a child or parent), this quiet short film from London animator/illustrator Jade Evans will certainly resonate and possibly spring a tear...
View ArticleFramestore Pictures Signs Director (and Former Psyop Partner) Laurent Ledru
From the release: Framestore Pictures is thrilled to announce the signing of director Laurent Ledru to the company for US representation. Laurent, who will be based out of Framestore’s LA office,...
View ArticleGolden Wolf Launches New York Studio
From the release: Sept. 4, 2018, New York, London—Award-winning animation studio Golden Wolf, headquartered in London, is pleased to announce the launch of its first stateside location in New York...
View ArticleRone “Mirapolis” Music Video by Aurélie Castex
French electronic producer/artist Rone (aka Erwan Castex) keeps it all in the family on the video for the title track from his new album “Mirapolis,” collaborating with his sister...
View ArticleBehind the Scenes with Victor Haegelin on “Captain 3D”
Join irrepressible French director Victor Haegelin as he reveals the stop-motion process and unlikely origin behind “Captain 3D,” his superhero adventure starring a girl, a monster, and a guy with no...
View ArticleThe Ultimate Staging of “Bohemian Rhapsody”
Rousing, heartwarming, and nostalgic all in one go, this spectacular grade school take on Queen’s 1975 operatic hit “Bohemian Rhapsody” finds Blink director Dougal Wilson and the MPC VFX crew together...
View Article“Otto” by Job, Joris & Marieke
“Otto,” the lovely new animated short from Oscar-nominated Dutch trio Job Roggeveen, Joris Oprins, and Marieke Blaauw is a great way to end your Friday (or any day, really). The film, about a woman who...
View Article“Waterfall 1.49” by Matthieu Braccini
Paris art director and motion designer Matthieu Braccini pays his respects to M.C. Escher and the British father/son team of Lionel and Roger Penrose by extending their optical paradoxes into playful...
View ArticleHue&Cry Teases “Into The Flame” Short Film
Written and directed by CD Sean McClintock, Hue&Cry’s upcoming animated short follows an overworked, unfulfilled salesman named Floyd Waters who’s life unravels when his wife leaves him to join a...
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