Good Times Signs Director Ayse Altinok for US Representation
November 12, 2024
Art director Ignacio Osorio and the team at CNN Motion apply a gentle, compassionate touch to the story of Mark Tedesco, a young priest trying to reconcile his faith and sexuality in the latest episode of CNN’s “Life After” series. [Watch]
During his virtual keynote at the 2020 edition of NVIDIA’s GPU Technology Conference, CEO/founder Jensen Huang illustrated the company’s work the edge of real-time 3D with this jaw-dropper, a riveting peek at the future of moving images. [Watch]
Starting with 3D animation and archival footage as reference, NYC studio Art Camp merges the talents of 18 artists hunkered down in insolation to create 2,200 hand-illustrated ink paintings for “Mariana Trench” by US indie rockers Bright Eyes. [Watch]
Director Carl Addy at The Mill: “We busted out all the re-appropriation tricks for this: gameplay, archival footage, hand-animated, stuff we shot before, shot at home, shot on holiday. I think it turned into a fine piece of eyeball bullying.” [Watch]
Hot on the heels of their striking “Utopia” short film released earlier this month, Optical Arts in London craft an intricate and obsessively detailed ode to British textile designer and Arts and Crafts icon William Morris. [Watch]
Motion designer/CD Kota Iguchi at Tokyo prodco CEKAI pulls together multiple styles and techniques in this showcase for the latest from Nike’s customizable N. 354 line and the work of Japanese graphic designer Macciu. [Watch]
Director/animator Ben Collier-Marsh at WeCanMake in London brings his talent for abstract motion collage to this enigmatic music video for “Haunted Soul” from UK musician Handclap and vocalist Arabella. [Watch]
Untold Studios, who nailed the VFX on the 2019 John Lewis holiday spot, joins Blink director Nick Ball to rustle up a new mascot called the Money Calm Bull in this blockbuster for UK financial services website MoneySuperMarket. [Watch]
Based on Erika Lee’s 2019 book “America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the United States”, this seven-minute film was commissioned by Seattle non-profit Densho for a new American history curriculum in middle schools [Watch]
Completed from start to finish in lockdown, this high-flying spot was crafted by a remote team of 20+ artists and animators lead by Nexus directors Smith & Foulkes for HP printers thru Goodby Silverstein & Partners. [Watch]
Mexico City director, designer, and animator Rodrigo Miguel (aka Numecaniq) reveals the labor-intensive, multi-layered hand-painted process he used to create the latest Rick and Morty madness for Adult Swim. [Watch]
From The Mill: “Starting in LA and spearheaded by The Mill’s Anastasia Skrebneva, the mission of Artists for Black Lives is simple: to make and sell art to raise money for organizations supporting the Black Lives Matter movement. [Watch]
A lead designer at BMW Group Designworks in Munich, Evgeny Maslov found inspiration in the constraints of COVID lockdown, deciding “to act and put all my knowledge to use.” The first result is the foldable cardboard BUMASK. [Watch]
French director Hervé de Crécy (who shared the Best Animated Short Film Oscar for “Logorama” in 2010), teams remotely with the VFX crew at Platige Image to create a massive urban Candyland complete with mini cheese superheroes. [Watch]
