The animation team at Shed in Montreal, whose 2020 IGA holiday spot caused many a tear, capture the magic of giving with this sweet stop-motion-style CG project directed by François Hogue about a boy and his teddy bear with a missing ear. [Watch]
Comic, tragic, or satirical, characters who trigger a meaningful emotional response will always provide the single most reliable way to ensure your narrative, commissioned or personal, resonates with an audience. [Watch]
We don’t know of any other best-of-year lists that recognize explainer videos but Stash has a definite soft spot for designers and animators with the skillset and patience required to distill complex ideas into engaging content. [Watch]
Untethered from client briefs and budgets, short films provide a welcome refuge for self-expression and bold experimentation with 2022 delivering an extraordinary variety of fresh work from both students and pros. [Watch]
Music videos selected for The Stash Permanent Collection will always value the director’s design/animation/VFX craft over the popularity/sales of the performer, which makes our year-end list refreshingly different than most. [Watch]
The obvious vitality and sheer variety apparent in these projects tell us one thing: 2022 was an exceptional year for designers charged with setting the tone for visual programming in television, film, and games. [Watch]
