Formed in 1998, Gorillaz were not the first virtual band (see Alvin and the Chipmunks, 1958) but certainly the coolest and now, almost 25 years later, the quartet moves into a new phase with this mix of 3D and live-action directed by co-founder Jamie Hewlett and Nexus Studios’ Fx Goby. [Watch]
Working in tandem with Somesuch directing duo Cliqua as CDs, animation director Jocelyn Charles creates a sinister, genre-bending music video for The Weeknd that pulls influences from horror, fantasy, and disaster films. [Watch]
Category Animation, Character Animation, Featured, Music Video · Tags Cliqua, Jocelyn Charles, Raphaël Ajuelos, Remembers, Republic Records, Somesuch LA, The Weeknd, UMG Recordings
Ilia Anufrienko, founder/creative director at Bickerstaff in Kyiv: “To call on the crypto community to keep supporting Ukraine, Everstake cooperated with the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine and Bickerstaff.734 to create our very first rap video. [Watch]
Merging motion capture, live-action, and 3D animation with painterly algorithmic 2D rendering, Blinkink director Balázs Simon conjures an impressionist and surprisingly emotional journey for American electronic music duo ODESZA. [Watch]
Category Animation, CG, Character Animation, Featured, Motion Capture, Music Video · Tags Balázs Simon, BlinkInk, GYAR, Jumpcut, ODESZA, Sunnyside Animation, Umbrella
With a nod to title design master Saul Bass, creative director Alex Popkin and the animation team at Ingenuity Studios in LA craft a lyric music video adventure for Imagine Dragons new release “Sharks”. [Watch]
Stash 154 just packed another two hours of brilliance into the Stash Permanent Collection (aka your streaming platform for design, animation, and VFX). Grab a peek at the 2-minute trailer and see which projects made the cut. [Watch]
Category 3D Style, Advertising, AI, Animation, Brand film, Broadcast Design, BTS, CG, Character Animation, Compositing, Explainer, Featured, Games, Generative, Graphic Design, Illustration, Machine Learning, Motion Capture, Motion Design, Music Video, Short Films, Student Work, Titles, Typography, VFX, Zoetrope · Tags Alisha Liu, Ambient Press, Beetroot Design, BlinkMyBrain, Brume, Brunch Studio, Chez Eddy, Chiu, Colossal, Division, Electric Theatre Collective, Elefante, Erin Sarofsky, Framestore, Francois Rousselet, Ginny Jones, Glassworks, Henrique Bueno, Igor Sordokhonov, Imaginary Forces, Impactist, Jake Wegesin, Joris Bacquet, Kim Taylor, Ksawery Kirklewski, ManvsMachine, Media.Work, Nexus Studios, okean, Panoply, Persistent Peril, Psyop, Robert Sethi, Ronnie Koff, Sarofsky, Simon Robson, Smith & Foulkes, SOMEI, Stéphane Berla, Temple Caché, Tendril, The Mill, The Panics, Tomas Jonsgarden, Tosh Kodama, Wonderlust, WOUQ