Reel of the Month Club (Dec. 2024): Coat of Arms
December 21, 2024
Moscow artist/illustrator/animator Arina Shabanova whips up a curious romp filled with peculiar characters in this new ID for Russian cable and satellite channel Paramount Comedy, all powered by an infectious track from UK composer/sound designer Max Brodie. [Watch]
If you like the “California Inspires Me” animated series from California Sunday Magazine and Google Play, you’ll love this enchanting new piece from Oscar-nominated Montreal animator/illustrator Patrick Doyon for The Red Bull Music Academy. [Watch]
Just when you thought you were done with pixel art animation (again), veteran illustrator, concept artist and character master Andres Restrepo unleashes this 2D adventure that feels more like a Cartoon Network series pitch than a music video. [Watch]
The Reeperbahn Festival, Hamburg’s massive annual four-day music bacchanal, launches today with these playful titles full of smooth and soothing CG via hometown motion designers Vitaly Grossmann and Vincent Schwenk. [Watch]
New on the Stash radar: Shawn Wang, a CG generalist and motion designer living in Shanghai who completed “Planet Unknown,” his audacious debut 3D short (complete with a sweeping cinematic score from Echoic Audio) during his final year at Communication University of China. [Watch]
Confessed football and sneaker zealots, London studio FutureDeluxe admit they pour too much time and love into jobs like this spot for Nike’s Magista 2 boot. Revealed here for the first time are some of the striking style frames from the pitch that landed the gig. [Watch]
Partizan director Grady Hall, best known as a founding father of Motion Theory, teams with Beck to co-helm “WOW,” a non-linear amalgam of wild west imagery, general randomness, and arresting CG and animation clips sourced from Instagram talent including… [Watch]
Moonbot co-founder – illustrator/designer/sculptor/director/Oscar and Emmy winner – Brandon Oldenburg turns the studio’s many talents to a new in-house 3G animated short called “Taking Flight” inspired by the life of Antonio Pasin, inventor of the Radio Flyer wagon. [Watch]
Follow Munich motion house Aixsponza for three rounds of style frames, feedback and changes with the Global Brand Design team at Nike Sportswear to nail the look and feel of their recent CG opus, a 50-second product film for Nike’s Techfleece line. [Watch]
Less than 60 days to go until New York’s own STYLE FRAMES design conference takes over the SVA Theatre on 23rd street for two days of inspiring speakers, insightful panels, and intense socializing on Nov 7-8. [Watch]
New on the Stash radar: Cornel Swoboda, a digital artist from Munich, Germany, living in Melbourne, Australia who spends a goodly amount of his time developing personal projects like this haunting short called “And Then I Vanish.” [Watch]
Self-driving cars garner a lot of press lately but “The Comeback” – from Stinkfilm director Stephan Wever and starring a limb-challenged CG T-Rex from Sehsucht – announcing Audi’s new piloted driving system, maybe the first ad for the genre that deserves media space itself. [Watch]
Melbourne director/illustrator/game-maker Julian Frost (aka the “Dumb Ways to Die” guy), just released this nutritious 2D animated confection called “Bananas” which we think pairs rather nicely with this 3D confection called “Bananas” by Xander Marritt and Elias Freiberger at FutureDeluxe. [Watch]
Think about high-end CG work and the Detroit suburbs probably don’t jump to mind, but over the last 20 years Armstrong White has evolved from a retouching service into a 3D force of nature for some of the planet’s biggest brands. [Watch]
