Real-life Canadian animation legend Cordell Barker – creator of Oscar-nominated shorts “The Cat Came Back” and “Strange Invaders” plus hundreds of commercials – takes on the “the difficult gateway between childhood and adolescence” in his latest opus “If I Was God…” [Watch]
I have very good news for all of you who ever had this conversation: “Dude! What if Encyclopedia Pictura made a video game with Kanye!” To which came the reply, “I’m so in. But PROMISE me I get to play as Kanye’s mom flying through the gates of heaven.” [Watch]
London design and motion studio Art&Graft take on the challenge of conveying a character’s emotions without the benefit of facial features in this 3D animated charmer for Costa Sunglasses thru agency McGarrah Jessee. [Watch]
There are only so many Dumb Ways to Die but infinite applications for cute animated characters singing a cheeky and hook-filled tune for an unglamorous product. Witness “Make a Nappy Happy” for Docusol (mini-enemas for pediatric constipation) from McCann Humancare in London with production by Kilogramme.
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In the summer of 2014 Vancouver VFX veterans The Embassy released the spectacular “Ultimate Racetrack” for BMW Canada directed and edited in-house by Ozan Biron. Almost two years later the making-of video finally drops and the wait was worth it. [Watch]
Turin, Italy design and animation studio NERDO turns to audacious typography and bold, clean compositions in this set of three striking broadcast IDs designed to help La Effe stand out among the many offerings on SKY Italy. [Watch]
