Director and CG artist Ajiao Weiye: “This is a film I thought about together with my good friend Yeio Yangfei during the Chinese New Year this year. We strive to set up a project on a topic we like every year to relieve the pressure of daily work and fulfill our creative desires.
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Clayton Welham, CD at Found: “This project enabled us to cross the age-old tradition of capturing a person’s likeness with contemporary imaging technologies to investigate the point at which we see something familiar in an image.” [Watch]
Vadim Epstein, director and media artist in Turkey: “[This film is a] visual allegory, illustrating concepts and ideas of the natural sciences on the micro and macro scales, depicting it as an abstract pseudo-realistic fantasy rather than mundane scenery. [Watch]
From the crew at Animation.Monks (the animation department at Media.Monks) in Amsterdam: “Deep Thoughts is a bimonthly animated series brought to life by the animators at Animation.Monks. It’s a creative outlet, an opportunity to experiment with new styles and techniques, and just a way to have some fun!” [Watch]
Category Animation, Character Animation, Short Films, The Inbox · Tags Andrés Grosso, Animation.Monks, Ankita Panda, Ariel Pistillo, Bas Krol, Bas Wijers, Bharat Kumar, Declan Byrne, Digbejoy Ghosh, Diwakar Chary, Felipe Galindez, Lalson Ngaihte, Maya Perotti, Michiel Schellekens, Nahuel García, Paula Glickman, Rika Guite, Syed Ali, Taranveer Singh
Tony Zagoraios, director/founder at Yeti Pictures: “This is our annual animation homage to summer vacations, where we dont give a fuck about deadlines, feedback, and crazy requests. Sit back, relax and enjoy this crazy holiday ride along
with Yeti.” [Watch]
From the release: NOMINT welcomes celebrated studio Rocketpanda to its roster of 2D directors for US/UK representation. Rocketpanda is an animation studio based in Verona, northern Italy. Celebrated for their beautiful 2D technique, the studio creates emotive and surprising films for brands around the world. [Watch]