The planet’s only streaming platform dedicated to motion design, animation, and VFX – aka the Stash Permanent Collection – keeps growing with the addition of issue 166, packing in another two full hours of inspiration and insight. [Watch]
Category 3D Style, Advertising, AI, Animation, Brand film, BTS, BTS, CG, Character Animation, Explainer, Featured, Illustration, Motion Design, Music Video, R&D, Short Films, Spec work, Titles, Typography, VFX · Tags Antoine Bardou Jacquet, Balázs Simon, Bark&Bite, BlinkInk, Boris Wilmot, Brikk, Bureau Klaus Alman, Chez Eddy, Clément Soulmagnon, Clim Studio, Electric Theatre Collective, Eoin Duffy, Fabrice Le Nezet, Form Films, Framestore, Illogic, Korb, Kyungrae Yu, Le Cube, le truc, Louve Karnas, ManvsMachine, Mike Drayton, Optical Arts, Psyop, Pulla Studio, Raman Djafari, Romain Chassaing, Romain Loubersanes, Runway Studio, Sailor Productions, Setreset, Studio Belly, Studio Ianus, Studio Mals, Sunny Vfx, The Line, The Mill, Titmouse, TONIC DNA, Trizz, Vallée Duhamel, William Bartlett, Woodblock
The recent uptick in beautifully rendered spec CG product films (here for example) is certainly a welcome trend and this project from Stockholm 3D artist and motion designer Floris Kruger extends the genre with a refreshing touch of comedy. [Watch]
UK director Joseph Wallace brings his stop-motion and puppetry powers to this film shot by Malcolm Hadley (Corpse Bride, Chicken Run 2) thru London prodco Atime Works for a BBC podcast designed to help listeners fall asleep. [Watch]
Nexus Studios’ director Fx Goby, whose wide-ranging character work you can see here and here, captures the passion and pain of 36 athletes in this rousing spot for the BBC’s coverage of the 2024 Paris Olympics. [Watch]
Working with Singapore prodco Six Toes, the CG mavens at Found in London sculpt an elegant and minimalist brand film highlighting the features and finishes of Samsonite’s EVOA-Z carry on and positioning it as a work of art. [Watch]
The Ford Mustang GTD supercar (800+ HP, $325,000) made its IRL debut at Le Mans on the weekend with the ManvsMachine crew providing back-up with this supercharged CG glimpse at the most powerful street-legal Mustang ever. [Watch]