Polymath Motion Rebrands Studio as OddBeast
September 17, 2024
Westworld actor Jeffrey Wright transforms into three airline passengers with drastically different views of the world in this brilliant branded film for The Atlantic by O Positive director David Shane with seamless 2D VFX work by The Mill. [Watch]
Peter Tomaszewicz, 3D artist and motion designer in London: “Continuing with my current allure with brutalist architecture and concrete, I felt it was right to explore fashion designers that would enchant the ideal environment. [Watch]
In the latest of The Atlantic’s series of visual essays, writer Matthew Stewart argues, 9.9% of the population comprises America’s new aristocracy, which often “takes wealth out of productive activities and invests it in walls.” [Watch]
Director Luiz Stockler in London: “Short piece [for US chemical maker Chemours] in collaboration with Ogilvy & Mather NYC for National Inventors Month commemorating the lesser known inventors of things we use each day.” [Watch]
Belgian designer/illustrator Robin Velghe and London director/animator Andy Baker convey all the lazy, smoky, fantasy-fueled heat required in the this new music video for “Lyk Dis” by NxWorries (Anderson.Paak & Knxwledge). [Watch]
In May 2016 Blizzard launched a team-based multiplayer first-person shooter called Overwatch with a series of groundbreaking CG trailers. Now, on the game’s second anniversary, Tracer and Reaper get the stop motion treatment. [Watch]
Creative Director Duncan Elms at Elastic in LA: “The series had six episodes with the themes, Alien life, Time Travel, Space Exploration, Dark Futures, Intelligent Machines, and Monsters. [Watch]
Blinkink director Nicos Livesey and The London Embroidery Studio transform 227,000 meters of thread into 600+ frames of animated tapestry in this formidable launch spot for the BBC’s coverage of the 2018 FIFA World Cup from Russia. [Watch]
Melbourne visual artist Alex Popescu, nudges the boundaries of filmmaking forward crafting this enigmatic music video for Seattle artist LEViT∆TE using realtime 3D rendering technology. [Watch]
“Darrel,” the animated black comedy short by Spanish co-directors Marc Briones and Alan Carabantes, chronicles the ill-fated flirtations of two luckless chameleons waiting for the subway. [Watch]
Discover the deeper meanings of young love, meatballs, and the danger of open flames at dinner in “Grandma’s Spaghetti,” a raving piece of CG madness directed Roy Nieterau and Danny Vos at Dutch 3D animation studio Colorbleed. [Watch]
In July 2010, Stash published an 11-minute spec pilot for a kids animated TV series called “Gluko & Lennon” and I remember thinking, “this is way too insane/genius to ever get a green light.” Fortunately, I was wrong. [Watch]
Arts & Sciences director Michael Illick gives pharma ads a much-deserved poke in this bonkers parody for POM Wonderful featuring a practical dolphin with digital VFX support from Carbon. [Watch]
London illustrator and animation director Joseph Melhuish: “VICE invited me to make three short films documenting stories from behind the scenes of some of their most notorious documentaries.” [Watch]
