With an OCD-level of attention to lighting and rendering, art director Rui Figueiredo and his studio rfvisuals in South Korea elevate YSL’s Rouge Pur Couture lipstick into an objet d’art and a virtual icon of luxury. [Watch]
Plains Of Yonder directors Katrina Crawford and Mark Bashore gather the forces of London prodco Nexus Studios and Barcelona motion house Makmac for a project they call “one giant science experiment.” [Watch]
George Eleftheroglou, motion designer and 3D artist in Athens, Greece: “This is a personal project driven by my love of cars, especially classic cars. The aim was to develop my skills by making an energetic presentation of this beautiful automobile, combining the new dynamic cloth system of C4D, TurbulenceFD for the tire smoke, and rendering in Unreal Engine 5. [Watch]
Stash does not publish many demo reels because most do not coalesce into anything more than the sum of their parts: a series of clips and a music track. Working with Quebec music mavens Supersavant, Montreal’s Gimmick Studio achieves a rare thing, a motion design reel that you wish was longer. [Watch]
EA’s new monster-hunting role-playing game Wild Hearts launches with this spectacular full-throttle CG trailer, a massive effort from Mill+ director Morten Vinther and the animation and creature crews at The Mill studios in Shanghai, Bangalore, London, and LA. [Watch]
London VFX/animation studio Factory Fifteen stages a series of high-octane action tableaux in this single-shot, full-CG sequence showcasing the music and sound design cues available in Spitfire Audio’s Albion Colossus library. [Watch]
