Polymath Motion Rebrands Studio as OddBeast
September 17, 2024
Danish director Mads Broni, who hit the Stash radar in late 2017 with his atmospheric animated short “7th Aeon”, ramps up the sci-fi thriller action here in new work for Respawn’s Apex Legends thru Passion Pictures. [Watch]
The School of Motion crew recently interviewed 1,000+ working motion designers from 95 countries to “identify and dissect key trends” in the industry including income differences based on gender, experience, education, and employment type. [Watch]
London digital agency Waste and its new design and animation studio This Thing of Ours created the base animation for this rollicking Brawl Stars spot then invited the Reddit community to have at it. [Watch]
Toronto video artist Nick DenBoer smears his talent for the silly and surreal all over these titles for the Playgrounds the Art Department festival in The Netherlands, creating both the CG and the music. [Watch]
Director Kenneth Kegley and the crew at Current in LA team with fashion label Art Comes First to push the Mexican folk sculptures of fantasy/mythical creatures called Alebrijes into new and darker territory for Mezcal El Silencio. [Watch]
CDs Milton Gonzalez, Valeria Moreiro, and their NotReal motion crew in Buenos Aires help escalate the enterprise cloud computing wars with this snappy and confident volley for IBM’s offering. [Watch]
Almir Nago, a Paris-based art director, motion designer, and member of the eka.studio collective, takes us into a glitchy, enigmatic, and unpredictable virtual world via his new passion project called “Press Enter.” [Watch]
Creative director Gareth O’Brien and the Buck crew build a compelling case for the power of Google’s Cloud services by turning a client testimonial and dry facts into an abstracted and surprisingly emotional brand film. [Watch]
New Jersey animator Jaime Rodriguez (aka JaimeR) just unleashed his newest trip to the weird side with this seismic 2D slap to your frontal cortex he describes as “A simple lil toon about two small birds sharing a kiss.” [Watch]
French director/animator Julien Leconte updates the classic man-and-his-dog narrative by moving it to a homestead in space, adding a horde of ominous tentacle creatures, then animating it all with heart, humor, and fine attention to craft. [Watch]
Director/animators Valère Amirault and Lili Des Bellons shatter the convention of rendering future dystopias in depressing tones in this vivid and dynamic CG sci-fi/fantasy for “5th Season” by French artists La Fine Equipe and Fakear. [Watch]
Here’s your inspiration break for the day: a two-minute preview of STASH 137 – the latest compilation of 31 energizing motion design, animation, and VFX projects inducted into the Stash Permanent Collection. [Watch]
This enchanting parade of eccentric characters opened the 2019 edition of the wildly popular Blend Fest motion conference on September 20 courtesy of Detroit animation/illustration studio Gunner and friends. [Watch]
After 185 festival screenings and 49 awards, this action/thriller CG short called “Overrun” – directed and animated by a team of six students at French animation school Supinfocom RUBIKA – is now available for your viewing pleasure. [Watch]
