Director/designer Fabian Aerts, whose CG talents we track here, weaves AI into his 3D pipeline for this latest personal short film, a process he says “allowed the project to evolve beyond predetermined trajectories.” [Watch]
One refreshing result of the rise of AI in production is the push back. Specifically, returning to “craft” or in the case of these fab spots from Uncommon Creative Studio and directing duo Bleu Desert, capturing all the magic in-camera. [Watch]
Working with London animation director/illustrator Natasza Cetner, the crew at BluBlu Studio in Warsaw craft a stripped-down, hand-drawn treatment for WWF powered by a poem written and performed by WWF CEO Carter Roberts. [Watch]
London-based writer/director Richard Paris Wilson teams with animation director Ewa Smyk to assemble thousands of hand-painted frames into an emotional and true tale of a young girl, a rare disease, and plenty of hope. [Watch]
In the second half of her Stash guest editorial, Bianca Redgrave, managing director at Studio Private in London, looks at how AI should be embedded into production pipelines and hiring to future-proof post studios. [Watch]
Artashes Stamboltsyan, lead CD/motion artist at Triada Studio, just dropped us his enigmatic titles (and BTS) for a spec sci-fi series “where memory and consciousness are extracted and preserved like radioactive artifacts.” [Watch]
