Three years after signing with Passion Animation Studio for UK and US representation, Stockholm-based duo againstallodds (aka Niklas Rissler and Derek Picken) have become the go-to directors for heart-tugging CG narratives. [Watch]
The TV adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s Hugo and Nebula Award-winning novel American Gods launches on Starz April 30 with this dense and enigmatic sequence by Elastic director Patrick Clair. [Watch]
Executive Creative Director Ben Smith and The Mill crew take the CG tableau technique to a new level in this spot for the United States Marine Corps, cramming pivotal historical battles with grit and painstaking detail. [Watch]
Adult Swim reinvigorates the exquisite corpse genre with a three-minute avalanche of style and action featuring the talents of 28 animators and centered on TOM 5.0 the current host of Toonami, the channel’s adult animation block. [Watch]
Category Animation, Broadcast Design, CG, Character Animation, Featured, Illustration, Stop Motion · Tags Adult Swim, Alex Grigg, Alicja Jasina, Brian Smee, David Reilly, Edward Artinian, Einar Baldvin, Grace Mi, Grace Nayoon Rhee, Guilherme Marcondes, Henrique Barone, Jeanette Bonds, Jesse James Dean, Joseph Bennett, Katie Tamboer, Katrina Ruzics, Kris Merc, Lee Hardcastle, Louis Morton, Miguel Jiron, Peter Millard, Quique Rivera, Robertino Zambrano, Ryan Gillis, Sean Buckelew, Sean Glaze, Shoko Hara, Toonami, Yawen Zheng
Turns out life inside a Virgin Media fibre optic connection is just one big rampaging extravaganza of characters and chaos – according to Rogue director Sam Brown and the VFX crew at The Mill in London. [Watch]
They weren’t the first virtual animated band but they were the coolest. Sorry, ARE the coolest. After seven years, 2D, Murdoc Niccals, Noodle and Russel Hobbs (aka Gorillaz) are back with a new album and most importantly a new video. [Watch]