Relax for three minutes and watch as Marcin Jakubowski (art director at The SPA Studios in Madrid) revisits an old sketch and details his step-by-step process to turn it into a feature-quality animated scene layout. [Watch]
Imaginary Forces offers a peek into the process and passion behind three of their top-of-the-food-chain broadcast title projects. [Watch]
Parallel Teeth (aka London director, animator, graphic artist Robert Wallace) dials up his off-beat wit and rhythmic charm in this music video for “Beffy” from New Zealand artist Ladi6, a non-stop delight of loops and whimsical visual treats. [Watch]
In direct contrast to his restrained and tasteful short film “Sins,” Los Angeles director, designer, animator Ariel Costa amps up his signature collage kinetics into a rough-and-ready promo for Green Day’s newest called “Bang Bang.” [Watch]
Commissioned by a not-for-profit Christian ministry to promote a book by Kevin DeYoung, this vibrant and detail-rich sequence from the team of Vancouver animator/CD Jorge Rolando Canedo Estrada (aka Jr.canest) and Seattle illustrator/designer Don Clark will appeal to both believers and heretics alike. [Watch]
Toronto-based Canadian animator/illustrator Howie Shia’s riveting and visceral adaptation of the myth of Hercules tells the story of “a young boxer struggling to negotiate between his shy, bookish nature and a divinely violent temper.” [Watch]
