CDs Bianca Sangalli Moretti and Gianluca Patti, who met at art school in Italy, just dropped us the launch film for their Florence-based animation/illustration studio NORA, an energized flurry of design styles designed to showcase their “desire for discovery”. [Watch]
CD Fernando Marcilla and the team at Madrid motion design studio MonoGrafo, whose versatile talent for title sequences can be witnessed here and here, sets a gritty and menacing tone for the Netflix Spanish crime thriller series Iron Reign. [Watch]
In their latest opening titles for the SXSW Film & TV Festival, the design and animation crew at West Virginia studio Coat of Arms wrangle a collage of materials and techniques into a playful motion style they call Western Pop. [Watch]
Continuing their quest to conquer projects beyond commissioned client work, the animation team at MAKE in Minneapolis just dropped us the trailer for their latest animated micro-short, a retro-styled action-comedy exploring “the duality of power and the thin line between good and evil.” [Watch]
South Korean motion designer Shin Hansol’s latest personal project casts the elegant bottle of Dior’s Homme Eau de Toilette Cologne as a type of elusive talisman in this carefully choreographed and lovingly lit CG work. [Watch]
Acclaimed Japanese filmmaker Takashi Yamazaki, who just took home the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for Godzilla Minus One, introduces a new kaiju named Foodlosslla in this spot for Japanese food and biotech brand Ajinomoto. [Watch]
