Director Lea Esmaili Joins Blinkink for UK Representation
November 21, 2024
Exhilarating new in-house work from directors Blvckstance and Nikolay Okolita at Stance studio for Swiss racing brand Suter that demonstrates the power of CG design when motion is restricted almost entirely to the camera and lighting. [Watch]
No stranger to bringing CG excitement to sports brands (see here and here), the motion crew at Bolder Creative in Brighton stitch up a steamy spot for the features and benefits of X-Bionic’s Thermosyphon fabric in this director’s cut. [Watch]
The CLAN Team, a multidisciplinary design collective based in Lisbon, just pounced onto the Stash radar with this frenzied, intricate, and surgically assembled blast of CG motion for Puma’s Velophasis sneakers. [Watch]
3 Body Problem, the Netflix sci-fi series from Game of Thrones creators David Benioff and Dan Weiss, premiered March 21 with these intricate and enigmatic titles from Patrick Clair and Raoul Marks at Anitbody in Sydney. [Watch]
CDs Bianca Sangalli Moretti and Gianluca Patti, who met at art school in Italy, just dropped us the launch film for their Florence-based animation/illustration studio NORA, an energized flurry of design styles designed to showcase their “desire for discovery”. [Watch]
CD Fernando Marcilla and the team at Madrid motion design studio MonoGrafo, whose versatile talent for title sequences can be witnessed here and here, sets a gritty and menacing tone for the Netflix Spanish crime thriller series Iron Reign. [Watch]
In their latest opening titles for the SXSW Film & TV Festival, the design and animation crew at West Virginia studio Coat of Arms wrangle a collage of materials and techniques into a playful motion style they call Western Pop. [Watch]
Continuing their quest to conquer projects beyond commissioned client work, the animation team at MAKE in Minneapolis just dropped us the trailer for their latest animated micro-short, a retro-styled action-comedy exploring “the duality of power and the thin line between good and evil.” [Watch]
South Korean motion designer Shin Hansol’s latest personal project casts the elegant bottle of Dior’s Homme Eau de Toilette Cologne as a type of elusive talisman in this carefully choreographed and lovingly lit CG work. [Watch]
From Golden Wolf: “We teamed up with our mates at agency Homeground, alongside Adidas and Arsenal, to celebrate the legendary footballer Ian Wright’s 60th birthday through a special edition football jersey. [Watch]
Acclaimed Japanese filmmaker Takashi Yamazaki, who just took home the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for Godzilla Minus One, introduces a new kaiju named Foodlosslla in this spot for Japanese food and biotech brand Ajinomoto. [Watch]
Director Maria Leon (aka Diederik Jeangout) at Belgian prodco Fledge leverages generative AI to drive home a powerful message from Amsterdam-based marine conservation NGO Plastic Soup Foundation on the problem of nanoplastics now being detected in unborn children. [Watch]
CG veteran Pierrick Picaut, who currently heads up the character department at French indie game studio Atypique, released this fabulous two-minute animated rampage to rally interest in his latest Blender rigging course. [Watch]
Dublin agency Third Mind teams with South African animation studio Pocket on a dark and dramatic spot evoking a rough woodblock aesthetic for Forged Irish Stout, the beverage brand owned by MMA star Conor McGregor. [Watch]
