Director Simlynn and Pixel Workshop in Chengdu City, China take CG characters to their happy place in this grand fantasy for 52TOYS, a company that specializes in collectible blind box figures. [Watch]
Director/animator Serafima Serafimova in London: “Women live with outdated, binary societal pressures, dictating the way we look, where we go, and even how we procreate.” [Watch]
From the team at Giant Ant in Vancouver: “We’ve been toiling away for the better part of a year on a broadcast package for Cartoon Network’s newly launched preschool block: Cartoonito.” [Watch]
Director Jacob Kurek and the design and animation team at BluBlu craft a prismatic explainer for Natural Atlas, an interactive app designed to connect users with nature and a community of fellow naturalists. [Watch]
The South by Southwest Festival announces its first international edition will go live in Sydney in October 2023 with this multi-technique animated film by hometown directors Danny Stern and Jonathan Pui thru Present Company. [Watch]
Category Animation, Brand film, CG, Character Animation, Featured, Motion Design · Tags Cheekbone, Danny Stern, Jonathan Pui, Present Company, SXSW, SXSW Sydney
Polyester Studio in Toronto just dropped their latest in-house short film called Passage, a surreal mix of cel and 3D animation they describe as “a man’s journey inward as he strives for peace in the moments after death.” [Watch]