Blinkink director Nicos Livesey, whose range of animation techniques stretches from embroidery to Plasticine, pours his passion as a lifelong Iron Maiden fan into this six-minute epic for the band’s latest single. [Watch]
Category Animation, CG, Character Animation, Featured, Music Video · Tags BlinkInk, BMG, Iron Maiden, Lucky 7, Nicos Livesey, Parlophone Records, Sound Lab, Warner Music Group
Few environments provide insights into the depths of human behavior like the crucible of crowded late-night public transit – a fact Scottish director/animator Ross Hogg takes full advantage of in his latest animated short. [Watch]
Category Animation, Character Animation, Featured, Short Films · Tags Andy Monaghan, BBC, Keith Duncan, LUX Scotland, Now & Next, Ross Hogg, Sean Mulvenna, Simon Liddell
Tom Allen, co-founder and CD at design and animation studio Buff Motion in Brighton, England: “We were approached by the in-house creative team at online retailer Grommet to produce an animated promo to launch their new brand identity.” [Watch]
Producer Katie Johnston-Smith at Demo Duck in Chicago: “We had the honor of bringing a young refugee’s story to life for World Refugee Day 2021. Meet Abdallah, an EMT on the frontlines of the pandemic who was resettled in the U.S. as a teen. [Watch]
Producer Daniel Behnken at Taylor James in New York: “This project was 100% about social impact for us. Gun reform in the United States is long overdue, and we’re honored to be working with Sandy Hook Promise and to be a part of a project that is going to help shape society for the better.” [Watch]
Director Bjørn-Erik Aschim, who opened the Ciclop Festival a few years back with this inspirational sequence, rallies The Line crew in London to conjure a near-future utopian landscape for US food brand Chobani. [Watch]