New on the Stash radar: Cornel Swoboda, a digital artist from Munich, Germany, living in Melbourne, Australia who spends a goodly amount of his time developing personal projects like this haunting short called “And Then I Vanish.” [Watch]
Self-driving cars garner a lot of press lately but “The Comeback” – from Stinkfilm director Stephan Wever and starring a limb-challenged CG T-Rex from Sehsucht – announcing Audi’s new piloted driving system, maybe the first ad for the genre that deserves media space itself. [Watch]
Melbourne director/illustrator/game-maker Julian Frost (aka the “Dumb Ways to Die” guy), just released this nutritious 2D animated confection called “Bananas” which we think pairs rather nicely with this 3D confection called “Bananas” by Xander Marritt and Elias Freiberger at FutureDeluxe. [Watch]
Think about high-end CG work and the Detroit suburbs probably don’t jump to mind, but over the last 20 years Armstrong White has evolved from a retouching service into a 3D force of nature for some of the planet’s biggest brands. [Watch]
If you pine for the glory days of blood-soaked side-scrolling brawler games, Mother Russia Bleeds from indie Paris developer Le Cartel may be your thing. Either way, French directing collective CRCR has fun packing this trailer with plenty of atmosphere as well as the old ultra-violence. [Watch]
Michel Gondry’s fifth video for The White Stripes, called “City Lights,” reaffirms the director’s standing (IMO) as a fearless and generous story-teller whose connection to the creative well is both childlike and constant. [Watch]
