Italian director, animator, and puppet maker Gianluca Maruotti brings his talent for peculiar and lovable characters to this meticulous stop-motion video for the track “Free to Roam” from Massimo Giangrande’s new album Beauty at Closing Time. [Watch]
Every day during 2018 Italian animator/illustrator/designer Fabio Valesini drew a new character based on something related to that day with the added twist that all the characters fit into a single walk cycle. [Watch]
Four years ago London animation house The Line introduced the world to the “rowdy boy racer, hipster hybrids” Amaro and Walden. Now the cartoon duo is back, selling weed and complaining about their neighborhood’s changing demographics. [Watch]
Markus Magnusson: “‘Freelance Life’ is part of my tutorial on “Secondary Motion inside After Effects” which you’ll find here: patreon.com/posts/secondary-motion-24993164 [Watch]
German director/animator Raman Djafari, who burst onto the Stash radar a year ago with his fearless work for FJAAK “Snow,” returns with another vibrant and dream-like music video, this one for Philadelphia’s Vacationer. [Watch]
Join director Jonatan Schwenk for an insightful and comprehensive look into the challenges of combining stop-motion, CG, 2D, and live action into the short film “Sog,” his multi-award winning animated allegory for tolerance and understanding. [Watch]
