Life Up Close: Death-Cap Mushrooms The Atlantic Elyse Kelly | STASH MAGAZINE

Death-Cap Mushrooms are Terrifying and Unstoppable!

Yes, the title sounds like clickbait but this explainer (the first in The Atlantic’s new four-part series called “Life Up Close”) directed by Washington DC’s Elyse Kelly backs up the hype with science and intricate graphics. [Watch]

Proud & Punch “Treat Me Good” by Mighty Nice

Co-directors Softly Dunstan and Darren Price at Mighty Nice in Sydney use a smart mix of 3D and watercolor illustration to leverage the package designs of Proud & Punch frozen treats into a series of short and charming animated spots. [Watch]

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“‘88” Honors Basquiat at the Barbican

Ruffmercy, the UK animator/director (and Stash regular) best known for his music video work, lets loose with a magnum opus called “’88,” a gloriously chaotic 11-minute film made for The Barbican’s Jean-Michel Basquiat retrospective in London. [Watch]

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“WRC 2018” Broadcast Promo by Onesal

A very fresh visual treatment for a motorsports broadcast promo here from Tokyo 3D masters Onesal for coverage of the World Rally Championship 2018 on the Japanese channel J Sports. [Watch]

Stash 134 Drops: Staying Inspired Just Got Easier

Grab a look at the preview for STASH 134 , the brilliant new addition to The Stash Permanent Collection – the unrivalled online library of motion design for advertising, music videos, broadcast and title design, brand films, game cinematics, and short films. [Watch]

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Exploring “Perception” with Celia Hsu

Taiwanese motion graphic designer and SCAD graduate student Celia Hsu contemplates the effects of environment on our emotions in her introspective yet dynamic animated short film “Perception.” [Watch]

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“Wet City” by Nate Sherman and Nick Vokey

Nate Sherman and Nick Vokey, the creative duo behind “Fired on Mars” (one of my favorite animated shorts of the decade) are back with another fabulous look at social norms/weirdness in the lowkey black comedy “Wet City.” [Watch]

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“Girl in the Spider’s Web” Main Title Sequence

Elastic creative directors Lisa Bolan and Nadia Tzuo opened Sony Pictures’ “Girl in the Spider’s Web” with inky, sinister CG to create “metaphor and abstract visual language to hint at the main character’s untold history.” [Watch]

Time to Play “MTL Pinball”

Fourteen Montréal motion designers indulge their “desire to play together instead of just working together” with this kinetic and freeflowing celebration of the world of pinball. [Watch]

“Pizza Forever” music video by Impactist | STASH MAGAZINE

“Pizza Forever” Music Video by Impactist

In their latest adventure merging in-house musical and visual delights, Kelly Meador and Daniel Elwing (aka Impactist) explore the existential aspects of pizza and its rightful place in the universe. [Watch]

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iQOO “Monster Inside” Trailer

Shanghai director/designer Somei Sun gathers nine artists to create dynamic and disparate logo treatments for VIVO’s powerful new gaming-centric iQOO mobile phone. [Watch]

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A Meditation on the Open Web by Alexis Lloyd

Brooklyn designer/animator Caresse Haaser brings a soft illustrative touch to this visual essay about the nature and direction of today’s online ecosystem written, voiced, and art directed by Alexis Lloyd at Automattic Design. [Watch]

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Meet the Bookmark Characters of World Book Day

In celebration of World Book Day on March 7, 2019, London Studio WeCanMake teams with acclaimed UK author/illustrator Rob Biddulph to create a quirky and charming series of animated bookmark characters. [Watch]

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Sing Along with this “Battle of Balls” Game Promo

Director Doseok Park and the crew at Alfred Imageworks in Seoul, South Korea, cook up a cavity-inducing, Disney musical-inspired CG promo for Giant Interactive’s mobile gaming phenomenon Battle of Balls. [Watch]