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March 31, 2025
Veteran CG innovators FutureDeluxe have been bending pixels to their will since 2008 and on many groundbreaking projects (see here and here for two of their many hits), their latest is a lovely twist on Heineken’s iconic green bottle. [Watch]
3D artist Vitaly Grossmann: “Back in the day, Alex Schlegel and I studied at the same university. Despite the fact we work in the same industry and even for the same studios we never had the chance to realize a project together. Until now.” [Watch]
Director Fabrice Le Nezet and friends at London studio Optical Arts rework codes from noir fiction in their new short film The Cliff, an artful rendering of a dog’s dream-like return from the dead. [Watch]
Quirky minimalist robots and note-perfect sound design snap together into a delightful CG short film called Microbots from Brighton-based 3D motion designer Arran Bish and the audio talents at BXFTYS. [Watch]
Paris studio Temple Caché (led by Kelzang Ravach and Marion Castera) and director Valentin Guiod tap a flow of pop imagery to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of The Royal Oak, the flagship timepiece in Audemars Piguet’s line of luxury watches. [Watch]
Expanding on a visual direction explored in his spec 2020 title sequence “We Were Young”, CG artist Fabian Aerts releases the striking and introspective short film Pieces built around the concept “You are your worst enemy”. [Watch]
São Paulo VFX house Nash provides all the fun and fantasy required in this feel-good IKEA romp from Iconoclast directing duo Alaska highlighting the positive impact play has on your wellbeing. [Watch]
Following on his previous adventures in visual hypnosis including this music video for Beatsoffreen and this one for Canigou, Hideki Inaba’s new short film “FLOW” allows stylized animals to briefly coalesce out of pure organic abstraction. [Watch]
Art Director Michał Niewiara at Platige Image in Warsaw: “The era of Aston Martin’s V12 engines is leaning towards the sunset but that doesn’t mean it will go away quietly. [Watch]
Builders Club, whose recent work ranges from this sleek product launch for Omega to this radical film for Nike, drops a sensual CG compilation for Italian luxury brand Bulgari and their Le Gemme fragrance collection.
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A fresh new set of fast and furious IDs designed to attract younger viewers to Canadian broadcaster Sportsnet just arrived courtesy of the Rogers Creative crew in Toronto and Argentinian animation studio Blirp. [Watch]
Guido Ponzini, a Houdini and real-time technical artist who also holds a Master’s Degree in electronic music, just dropped this powerful personal project in support of Ukraine – rendered in Unreal Engine and post-processed in Photoshop using AI. [Watch]
From the team at VFX and post powerhouse Platige Image in Warsaw, Poland: “They say we were born too late to discover new lands and too early to explore new worlds. We’d rather believe that it all depends on our imagination.” [Watch]
The Barcelona branch of VFX and post force Glassworks provides all the comic fantasy needed by Canada director Miguel Campaña in this spot for Carlsberg starring Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen. [Watch]
