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November 12, 2024
CG iconoclast Mike Winkelmann (aka Beeple) harnesses the talents of a group of 3D and 2D friends to showcase the stellar line up at the FITC Toronto 2019 conference with this fun and frenzied sequence. [Watch]
The 2019 edition of the venerable OFFF Barcelona conference opened with this brooding meditation on the creative process by the omni-talented San Francisco director, designer, and concept artist Chris Bjerre [Watch]
Mark Lindner, director at Panoply in London: “Through hypnotically crafted anthesis, Tide is an ever-evolving composition that challenges us to visually retain the present moment, while simultaneously creating anticipation for the next. [Watch]
Hungarian director Balázs Simon fuses a variety of animation techniques (including 3D, 2D, and hand-rendered) into a surreal and cinematic music video for “Wurlitzer” by London multi-instrumentalist Leifur James. [Watch]
Seoul branding and motion studio BICTURE adds a fresh spin to local election coverage on South Korea’s SBS network by constructing light-hearted geometric interpretations of cities across the country. [Watch]
Scott Wenner, CD at motion504 in Minneapolis, marks Earth Day 2019 with a quiet animated short to both celebrate wild animals and imagine their possible dark future. [Watch]
Directors Nigel Tierney and Federico Heller rally a feature film-sized crew at Buenos Aires studio 3dar to create the most ambitious and star-studded animated music video you may ever witness. [Watch]
The latest in a long line of remarkable films created by students at French digital animation school Supinfocom, “Twin Islands” tells the tale of sister kingdoms where every facet of life must submit to the tyranny of symmetry. [Watch]
Melancholy is not a feeling I associate with pop music but this video for Chinese singer/songwriter Cai Xukun, powered by meditative animation from VCRWORKS in Seoul, takes us deep into sorrow and pulls off an unlikely emotional coup along the way. [Watch]
One of the most delightfully strange music videos we’ve seen in a decade, “Hesperius Draco” was crafted by Seattle CG artist and director Richard Lord for Brussell’s based musician Alessandro Parisi.
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Paris design studio ELMØ conjures a fresh mix of hand-drawn typography and 3D style in this effervescent teaser for the 2019 edition of Motion Motion, which bills itself as “The only French motion design festival for a wide audience.” [Watch]
Creative director John Likens and the MethodMade crew transport viewers to 19th century San Francisco Chinatown in this 90-second, full CG sequence exploring “cultural identity, hard-boiled crime, and martial arts mastery.” [Watch]
The formidable 3D team of Alexa Sirbu and Lukas Vojir are back with an intricate and abstract piece for the London Symphony Orchestra driven by motion capture of the LSO’s music director Sir Simon Rattle. [Watch]
Director Jesper Ericstam and 22-year-old Norwegian data detective (and Tae Kwon Do champion) Mia Landsem celebrate personal freedom and non-conformity as they storm into the dark corners of the web and real life. [Watch]
