From the team at Lightfarm Studios in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: “For this project in partnership with the agency Kitchen Table for Adidas, the challenge was to create something stylized and original, with a mix of 3D and 2D techniques resembling [contemporary American artist] Hebru Brantley’s artwork. [Watch]
Merging motion capture, live-action, and 3D animation with painterly algorithmic 2D rendering, Blinkink director Balázs Simon conjures an impressionist and surprisingly emotional journey for American electronic music duo ODESZA. [Watch]
Category Animation, CG, Character Animation, Featured, Motion Capture, Music Video · Tags Balázs Simon, BlinkInk, GYAR, Jumpcut, ODESZA, Sunnyside Animation, Umbrella
For the coming reboot of storied rock and roll print magazine CREEM, LOBO directors Mateus de Paula Santos and Thiago Martins resurrect R. Crumb’s Boy Howdy! character who lived on the pages of the publication from 1969 thru 1989. [Watch]
Category Advertising, Animation, Character Animation, Featured · Tags CREEM, fable.works, Human, Lobo, Mateus de Paula Santos, Post Human, Thiago Martins, Uppercut
Director Fabrice Le Nezet and the CG team at Optical Arts in London dig into the task of showcasing the importance of bio-diverse and sustainable soil in the making of Guinness. [Watch]
From the team at Tomorrow Bureau in London: “Apple work at the vanguard of creativity. We partnered with them to develop an original artwork designed to propel our creative practice forward to new levels of complexity and detail.” [Watch]
After a stellar run on the festival circuit, Budapest director/animator Tamás Rebák just dropped us his animated grad film Escape Velocity, a space-bound allegory about letting go punctuated by a sweet-natured plot twist. [Watch]