Polymath Motion Rebrands Studio as OddBeast
September 17, 2024
Funny is just not a word I associate with safety advertising so this pair of spots for electric utility Southern California Edison starring a fast-talking, no-nonsense CG squirrel is a welcome change. [Watch]
3D stylists Ditroit in Milan and Yambo Studio in Tel Aviv bring an appropriately glossy all-CG edge to this brand video for high tech beauty brand Hydraink. [Watch]
Team Tumult, a collective of five animators/illustrators/storytellers based in Zurich, take time out from their commissioned work for a light-hearted poke at death and mourning called “Interdimensional Melancholy.” [Watch]
Combining live action, stop motion animation, and VFX is certainly not new but Furlined director Dougal Wilson makes the mix feel fresh as well as fun in this shotgun wedding of Western and preschool movie genres. [Watch]
Sydney director/animator Robertino Zambrano responds to Denice Frohman’s forceful performance of her poem “Accents” with a stark, fevered animation style seemingly scratched into the inky distance. [Watch]
London VFX mavens Time Based Arts and star French directing collective Megaforce (Leo Berne, Clement Gallet, Charles Brisgand and Raphaël Rodriguez) tear apart life on several levels for French fashion brand Lacoste. [Watch]
London VFX and animation crew Coffee & TV shift the tale of Jack & the Beanstalk into reverse with the latest animated spot in Vauxhall’s “Backwards Stories” campaign thru McCann Velocity.
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One of our biggest issues ever, STASH 135 packs two and half hours of new motion brilliance (including behind the scenes features and exclusive interviews) into The Stash Permanent Collection – the planet’s premier online video archive of design, animation, and VFX. [Watch]
NYC art director/animator/illustrator Damien Bastelica channels his first-hand experience of bullying in the workplace (during his first job as an intern in France) into a comedic story of revenge gone wild in “Hell Of A Week.”
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Artist and technologist Amir B Jahanbin powers up his signature low-fi 3D charm for producer/musician and fellow Brooklynite brz on the track “Daylight” which Jahanbin says is all about “The meeting of the sun and the moon.” [Watch]
Spanish motion man Albert Oriol animates the work of 36 designers and illustrators (each rendering a letter or number) to create this joyful and vibrant contribution to the sixth edition of the 36 Days of Type project. [Watch]
Detroit motion studio First Fight keep the energy high and visuals fun to nail this walk thru of the finer points of buying and selling sneakers via online resale site StockX. [Watch]
Best known for his anime series including Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo, director Shinichiro Watanabe brings his multi-genre style to this stranger-in-a-stranger-land video for LA producer/musician/rapper Flying Lotus. [Watch]
UK child protection charity NSPCC continues their string of heartfelt animated brand films with “Tipping the Scales,” an assured and elegant explainer from London design and animation agency Fred & Eric. [Watch]
