It’s a tough fact of production life that some design jobs – usually ones you’ve invested with a lot of love – wither and die on the vine. The team at Ordinary Folk in Vancouver decided this was not one of those projects. [Watch]
Director/animator Hanul Jeon at VDAS (Visual Design & Art School) in Seoul, South Korea: “Salomon is a French outdoor sports brand. In order to emphasize the durability of Salomon hiking boots that can withstand rough environments, I developed a brand video focusing on the environment of rock walls and ice sheets.” [Watch]
JVG, the Madrid CG boutique whose skills we witnessed here and here, pays homage to the Audi R8 high-performance coupe in this passionate in-house project full of both atmosphere and obsessive detail. [Watch]
Fifteen years into his career, Montreal freelance 3D artist/motion designer Guillaume Combeaud continues to declare his love for the medium with a series of passion projects. This sleek, near-future Nike spec spot is his latest. [Watch]
Paperman Studios, a motion design house in Kochi, India, just popped onto the Stash radar with this in-house spec spot for an eponymous smart speaker that looks and feels a lot like a full-budget, commissioned product film. [Watch]
The best spec and portfolio-building projects experiment with creative and production angles the actual brand is unlikely to explore. And that is exactly what LA director/3D artist George Moïse pushes to the limit in this bit of CG insanity. [Watch]
