Reel of the Month Club (Dec. 2024): Coat of Arms
December 21, 2024
Working directly with London-based animators Reuben Sutherland and Andrei Sopon, Biscuit director Jeff Low channels a 1930’s animation style to expose the brutal conditions of modern pig farming for PETA and their call for veganism. [Watch]
The combined forces of the creative/production teams at FX Networks and the crew at Method Studios use Unreal Engine and Houdini to conjure a fully-animated six-minute film to set the stage for the period drama series Shōgun. [Watch]
Join the design and motion team at Swedish CG studio Brickland for creative and technical insights into the making of Silhouettes, a striking new in-house film “reflecting on the duality of the Self and sprung from our love of fashion.” [Watch]
Animated in-house by Parallel Studios’ cinematic team using Unreal Engine, this ambitious film offers a glimpse into the sci-fi universe of their online card game while serving as a prologue for the characters’ motivations and conflict. [Watch]
After teasing the prototype for Wilson’s 3D-printed basketball in early 2023, the motion team at Woodwork Amsterdam now reveals the real-life production version called the Airless Gen1 ($2,500 and sold out) in this dramatic release film. [Watch]
Director Romain Chassaing’s talent for over-the-top action anchors this trailer for the upcoming Joshua/Ngannou heavyweight match in Riyadh with VFX, animation, motion design, and post from The Mill teams in Paris and Bangalore. [Watch]
Following on their collaborative short film “The Living System”, Z by HP gathers artists/designers Orlando Arocena, GMUNK, Nidia Dias, Jody MacDonald, and Rik Oostenbroek to visualize a track by German band Milky Chance. [Watch]
Argentinian designer/digital artist Ezequiel Pini, whose studio Six N. Five in Barcelona gave us the brilliant CG short film The Revolt, just released his latest digital opus, a meditation on organic geometry called Species. [Watch]
Director/animator Hideki Inaba, whose intricate and hypnotic work Stash has been covering since 2015, recently collaborated with French director/motion designer Jonathan Plesel to create this piece called Time Tides. [Watch]
In their latest work for Finnish online retailer Verkkokauppa.com, the crew at Helsinki animation studio Boutique borrows inspiration from Ash Thorp and the TRON franchise to build out a neon fantasy world. [Watch]
The team at motion and data-visualization studio Algo in Torino, Italy, just dropped us the jaunty promo film for their new Figma plug-in, a tool built to “help design teams create on-brand videos inside a tool they’re already familiar with.” [Watch]
New on the Stash radar this morning, Redot Studio in Paris lace up a rampage of mixed media to intro the features and benefits of Puma’s new Future 7 football boot plus the promise that “The future fits different”. [Watch]
Camp Mograph Australia is a one-of-a-kind retreat crafted for the community of motion graphics enthusiasts Down Under. We bring together animators, motion designers, and VFX artists for four days of creativity, collaboration, and adventure in the great outdoors.
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Dutch Uncle director/illustrator Noma Bar, whose powerful work for NY Presbyterian hospital graced the cover of Stash 116, applies his signature minimalist design and delightful transitions to this “Neutrality” spot for the Red Cross. [Watch]
