Glen Keane Future of Story Telling | STASH MAGAZINE

“That Doorway to the Imagination Opens a Little Wider”

Posted on September 11, 2015

If you need a kick in butt to start animating again or just want to fall back in love with the craft, Glenn Keane is your guy. After four-decades of character work on animated Disney features, Keane’s passion and excitement remains infectious and then becomes outright visceral as he explores 3D drawing in virtual reality with the HTC Vive headset paired with 3D painting app Tilt Brush. [Watch]

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Ben Hibon Returns with League of Legends: Project Overdrive

Posted on September 11, 2015

It’s been far too long (for my liking) since we last heard from UK director Ben Hibon but the wait was worth it as he re-teams with Axis Animation to push his singular brand of stylized/atmospheric 3D and surgical timing to new levels for Riot Games’ League of Legends: Project Overdrive. [Watch]

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Evaporating Slowly: Sophie Koko Gate on “Half Wet”

Posted on September 10, 2015

Beakus animation director Sophie Koko Gate created her short film “Half Wet” during her studies at the Royal College of Art in London after discovering the water level in the human body decreases as we age, “meaning in a way we evaporate very slowly over time.” [Watch]

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Blinkink_O2 VCCP | Stash Magazine

How to Rally English Rugby Fans: “Make Them Giants”

Posted on September 9, 2015

Blinkink director Elliot Dear (who moved a nation to tears with “The Bear and the Hare”) unites the talents of 37 animators, artists and designers to create a similar effect in this monumental hand-animated call to action for English Rugby Team sponsor O2 in advance of the 2015 Rugby World Cup. [Watch]

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The Secret Lives of Process Colors: Ronda “CMYK”

Posted on September 8, 2015

The character masters at Ronda in Buenos Aires strike again. Their new animated mini-film “CMYK,” populated by three eccentric and translucent men feels like a kids’ primer in color mixing and a handy refresher for those of us trapped in the world of RGB. [Watch]

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Jack Cunningham: “California Inspires Me: Rashida Jones”

Posted on September 4, 2015

Actress, comic book author, film producer, and screenwriter Rashida Jones (Parks and Recreation, Boston Public, The Office) is the latest CA-born celeb to undergo the “California Inspires Me” treatment in the this airy charmer from Jack Cunningham, a director/designer at Nexus in London. [Watch]

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