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Buck Helps Casper “Sleep Better”

ECD Ryan Honey and the Buck crew re-team with illustrator Tomi Um for their second Casper animation, upping the flag-waving squirrel from the first spot to a mystical and diminutive Sannyasa spokes-creature. [Watch]

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ZOIC OPENS NEW YORK STUDIO, ADDS EP COLLEEN BACHMAN

From the release: Los Angeles, CA, February 8th, 2016: Emmy-winning visual effects house Zoic Studios has opened its new New York studio, led by veteran VFX producer Colleen Bachman as Executive Producer. The 3,000 square foot Hell’s Kitchen facility will handle VFX and flame finishing for projects across TV, commercials, films, games and experiential. The […] [Watch]

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Sean Pecknold Brings His Immersive Animated Worlds to Strange Beast

From the release: Sean Pecknold, acclaimed director and stop-motion animator, has joined creative studio Strange Beast. Sean, who has directed music videos for Grizzly Bear, Beach House and Fleet Foxes, brings his award winning animation skills and whimsical craftsmanship to the Soho-based creative studio. Sean says “Strange Beast seems like a really fun family” and […] [Watch]

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The Chemical Brothers “Wide Open” (feat. Beck)

British-Japanese actress, model and ballerina Sonoya Mizuno transforms into a 3D-printed structure inspired by procedural cellular structures in this meticulous video for The Chemical Brothers from Outsider directors Dom & Nic with VFX by The Mill. [Watch]

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Top Talent joins the CG Department at The Mill Los Angeles

From the release: 2015 was a time of remarkable work for the CG department at The Mill in Los Angeles. High profile projects included Google Spotlight Stories – Help, Coca-Cola – Torch Bear, and the Game of War campaign. In response to this, Heads of 3D John Leonti and Robert Sethi have grown the award-winning […] [Watch]

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“Branded Dreams: The Future of Advertising”

Ton Meijdam, Thom Snels and Béla Zsigmond (aka Studio Smack in the Netherlands), who brought us this piece of low-budget magic, are back with an in-house animated short to ask what would happen if brands could place their advertising in our dreams. [Watch]