Polymath Motion Rebrands Studio as OddBeast
September 17, 2024
Take a quick look at how The Mill Blackbird, a fully adjustable car rig introduced last summer, allowed the Mill+ team to use a 100% CGI vehicle in the reveal spot for the 2018 Chevrolet Equinox and avoid early exposure of the actual vehicle. [Watch]
Four of nine cool and concise branding films From design and animation studio PlusOne in Amsterdam: “An international sports brand approached us to collaborate on a visual identity and animations representing the different consumers they’re focussing on. [Watch]
CG is a risky choice for food brands because the uncanny valley of edibles is deep and wide. ManvsMachine makes bridging that gap look easy, choreographing scores of photogrammetry-scanned ingredients into a frame-perfect spot for Campbell’s thru BBDO New York. [Watch]
Animation director Roy Nieterau and the crew at 3D animation studio Colorbleed in Utrecht, The Netherlands, show off their skills for creating gravitas and atmosphere in this announcement trailer for Redeemer, an action RPG from Gambitious. [Watch]
JN director Luca Finotti, whose clients include Armani, Dolce & Gabbana, and Givenchy, re-teams with fashion design star Riccardo Tisci in this glitchy, sensual and ultimately chaotic spot for Tisci’s sportswear collaboration with Nike called NikeLab x RT. [Watch]
From Animography: Type-36 is a clean, capsule-like and geometric typeface. The animations are applied to the ExtraBold weight and are a highly customizable glitch style reveal. Control color, distortion and secondary elements to tailor Type-36 to your project. [Watch]
The all-Scandinavian team of director/illustrator Hanne berkaak, animator My Eklund, and animation studio Mikrofilm unite to create a solemn but hopeful PSA for RVTS South, the Norwegian human resource development center for psychological trauma. [Watch]
Zurich animator/designer/illustrator Frederic Siegel draws on his own obsessive-compulsive habits to create “Ruben Leaves,” a five minute study of modern neuroses full of dark humor and spectacular visuals wrought in a stripped down palette. [Watch]
Here’s how London VFX hot shop Analog conjured all the frosty magic in the “Create Your Ride” spot for Steep, Ubisoft’s open-world game, where players snowboard, ski, wing suit, or paraglide, through spectacular mountain terrain. [Watch]
Fans of Joan Miró and 20th century surrealism will delight in this frenetic (and wordless) interpretation of “Romance Sonámbulo” by revered Spanish poet Federico García Lorca created by Theodore Ushev a Bulgarian animator/designer/artist based in Montreal.
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A fabulous 95-second collection of clever, bouncy, and carefully animated GIFs guaranteed to brighten your day courtesy of Israeli illustrator/animator and character magician Eran Mendel. [Watch]
Inspired by the concept of “potential,” Turkish motion designer Murat Pak opened the 10th edition of FITC Amsterdam this morning with a stark and elegant sequence of minimalist geometric vignettes set to haunting music by Lustmord (aka Welsh composer Brian Williams). [Watch]
Always a happy morning when new work from Nexus directing legends (and all round decent blokes) Alan Smith and Adam Foulkes arrives – like this animated short designed to make you forget the drudgery of buying insurance. [Watch]
An sharp script from Wieden & Kennedy and seamless 2D VFX work from The Mill powers this riveting Atlantic Magazine short from O Positive director David Shane starring four versions of Michael K. Williams discussing the perils and perqs of his career. [Watch]
