Veteran director James Larese at London Alley in LA adds to his vast canon of music videos with this trippy hybrid of live-action, animation, and comic art that gives a smokey nod to Gorillaz, The Spider-Verse, and Bored Apes. [Watch]
Powered by a track from Diana Ross and Tame Impala, the animation teams at Laundry Studios and Illumination Entertainment join forces to transport the Minions back to the 70s in this music video promo for the release of Minions: The Rise of Gru. [Watch]
Category Animation, CG, Character Animation, Feature Film, Featured, Music Video · Tags Decca, Illumination, Laundry, NBC Universal, PJ Richardson, Universal Music
With a background in CGI and 10+ years experience in live-action and mixed media commercials, French director Joris Bacquet changes course to immerse himself in Disco Diffusion, a free tool for generating AI imagery. [Watch]
Eddy director Stéphane Berla and Paris studio Brunch animated this music video for “King of Sea” by French post-rock project Kwoon by combining VR illustration/animation tool Quill and Blender 3D software into a dramatic maritime narrative with a stop-motion feel. [Watch]
Trevor Conrad at Psyop and Patrick Coffey at Tendril co-directed this fluid and frenetic anthem film from Riot Games for the 2022 global championships of their League of Legends: Wild Rift multiplayer mobile game. [Watch]
Category Animation, CG, Character Animation, Featured, Music Video · Tags League of Legends, Patrick Coffey, Psyop, Riot Games, Tendril, Trevor Conrad, Wild Rift
Inspired in part by the avant-garde conceptual energy of Dada, French studio Temple Caché stirs collage, animation, and 3D camera techniques into a psychedelic experiment for Barcelona-based music duo O’o. [Watch]
Category Animation, Featured, Illustration, Motion Design, Music Video · Tags Chloé Guillemet, Clara Liu, InFiné, Kelzang Ravach, Marion Castéra, O'o, Temple Caché