The Loc Studios Expands into 3D and on-set VFX
November 3, 2026
Blinkink directing duo Stevie Gee and Essy May, whose many animated talents we track here, just dropped this stop-motion holiday spot highlighting the Yeti-calming powers of Levi’s sweaters (complete with BTS video). [Watch]
Manchester-based design and creative festival Motion North has announced the line up for Motion North 2027, the two day festival landing March 10-11th at Freight Island, Manchester. [Watch]
The 2026 edition of Down the Rabbit Hole (DTRH), a three-day music festival in The Netherlands, rolled out this summer wrapped in branding rich in organic fantasy courtesy of Utrecht-based artist/illustrator Merijn Hos. [Watch]
The annual UK holiday advertising wars commenced this week with the creature animation team at Electric Theatre Collective and their collaboration with Rogue Films’ director Sam Brown for Sainsbury’s our favorite so far. [Watch]
Working with Spy Films director Henry Scholfield, Toronto motion design studio SAGA conjures an obsessively-detailed, nine-decade, CG journey through Canadian Life for the venerable blended whisky brand Crown Royal. [Watch]
Working with Montreal studio Tonic DNA, British director/artist Em Cooper (whose Beatles video we featured in Stash 157), uses her signature animated oil paintings to amplify the real-life romance in this new spot for Porsche. [Watch]
Nerdo ECD Claus Cibils continues his careful dissection of the creative pitching ecosystem with his latest Stash editorial, looking at the process from the winner’s perspective: what can be learned, what can be improved? [Watch]
Fifty-plus year’s into his animation career, Bill Plympton (the rightfully self-proclaimed King of Indie Animation, who turned 80 in April) just dropped this wonderfully warped music video for California alt pop duo Average Friends. [Watch]
Chilean broadcaster Mega and their family of channels and platforms get an infusion of vibrant, stylish fun in this redesign of their on-air graphics and brand system by the CG motion crew at Lumbre in Buenos Aires. [Watch]
Following up their stand out work on the Hyperboot, Berlin CG stylists someform Studio re-team with Hyperice and Nike for a very calm and comfortable take in this film for the new Air Zoom Hyperslide. [Watch]
Spot Studio in Barcelona, whose stylish 3D exploits we track here, nudge forward the battle lines of the CG eyewear wars with this vibrant and glitchy work merging design and contemporary art. [Watch]
In 2018, League of Legends and animation studio Fortiche broke the internet (and made the cover of Stash 133) with the Pop/Stars music video for virtual band K/DA. The follow-up is finally here, complete with a making-of video. [Watch]
Following up on last year’s emotional spot for The Terry Fox Foundation, Toronto agency Diamond turn to Fela director Adrian Villagomez and the CG animation crew at Mathematic for the next installment of their Finish It campaign. [Watch]
CD Fabrice Le Nezet and the team at Optical Arts in London (whose many CG feats we track here), elevate Dyson’s Clean+Wash Hygiene vacuum-mop by substituting fun and energy for the standard features list and beauty shots. [Watch]
Seoul-based animator/motion designer Kim Soobin makes her Stash debut with Together, a personal film that considers philosophy’s mind-body problem through the style and whimsy of a child’s storybook. [Watch]
