CD Marcus Dryden and the MPC crew combine deepfake AI/machine learning, a real-time game engine, and hands-on VFX work to clone American artist Eliza Douglas and wrap her in every look from Balenciaga’s Spring ’22 collection. [Watch]
Category Animation, Brand film, CG, Character Animation, Featured, VFX · Tags Balenciaga, BFRND, Marcus Dryden, Mikros Image, MPC, Quentin Deronzier
Over the last 12 months, more than 200 artists helped mark the 20th anniversary of animation news site Catsuka and paid tribute to founder Marc Aguesse by reinterpreting the brand’s three mascots: Capsuka, Badsuka, and P3. [Watch]
Director/animator Shihao, part of the IC-United team behind the spectacular PATTERN short, just released his graduation film – reimagining a Greek myth as future sci-fi fantasy with loads of style and obsessive detail. [Watch]
The creative team at Buenos Aires agency Mercado McCann lets loose with a flurry of techniques and styles in these irreverent spots, the anchors of a new global campaign for Coca-Cola Zero Sugar. [Watch]
Director/animator Russ Murphy in London: “Early this year London producer Eahwee asked me if I’d be up for making a video for “Shame” off the upcoming Solitude EP. I loved the rawness of the track and saw it as a chance to try out an idea I recently had but not yet executed.” [Watch]
UK charity Bloody Good Period takes on period shame for Menstrual Hygiene Day 2021 with a no-holds-barred animated film directed by Strange Beast roster-mates Anna Ginsburg and Caitlin McCarthy thru Mother London. [Watch]