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Impressive New Student Work Will Have Pros Looking Over Their Shoulder

Director/animator Hwan Gyun Jeong appears to have closed the gap between student and professional CG artists with this lovely film for Korean cosmetic brand hince, produced during his studies at VDAS in Seoul. [Watch]

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Ian Frederick Dresses Up NGHTMRE’s Sonic Wars Tour

Seattle motion designer/3D artist Ian Frederick raced the clock for 10 days to complete these arresting CG concert loops for LA-based DJ/producer NGHTMRE, just in time for the September 1 launch of his Sonic Wars Tour. [Watch]

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Studio Birthplace Exposes TotalEnergies’ Dirty Game for Greenpeace

Continuing their mission to amplify environmental messages, directors Sil van der Woerd and Jorik Dozy at Studio Birthplace take on big oil in new Greenpeace work protesting the greenwashing efforts of French energy giant TotalEnergies. [Watch]

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Bang & Olufsen and Ferrari are “Driven to Perfection” by FutureDeluxe

In their latest work for Bang & Olufsen, FutureDeluxe team with the luxury audio pioneers’ in-house design and marketing crew for a stirring campaign film teasing the brand’s new Ferrari collection. [Watch]

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Michael Fragstein Gets Particular About the LAMY Safari Special Edition

Director/CG artist Michael Fragstein at Büro Achter April in Stuttgart: “Our client LAMY approached us to highlight the 2023 special edition of their bestselling Safari model whose main ingredient for the housing of the pen is plastic grains melted into the final form.” [Watch]

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Doki Studio Illuminates Montreal’s Place des Arts With Motion Design Installation

Montreal’s Doki Studio teams with French composer/sound designer Louis Boulloche to lighten up the city’s venerable concert hall and arts education center Place des Arts with a “luminous, colorful, and kinetic” motion installation. [Watch]

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Wix In-House Motion Team and Yambo Studio Launch Wix Studio With Style and Substance

Working with Tel Aviv CG specialists Yambo Studio, the in-house motion studio at site-building platform Wix elevates the explainer genre by organically embedding technical details in a dynamic film targeted at digital agencies. [Watch]

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Tendril and Shane Griffin Light Up the New GLC in Relaunch for Mercedes-Benz

Aiming to “evoke a feeling of growth and rebirth”, director Shane Griffin and the team at Tendril merge live-action, CG, and virtual production into an opulent relaunch film for the Mercedes-Benz GLC thru Merkley+Partners. [Watch]

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Dobro Locks Down the Meta-Office of the Future for Kaspersky

Montenegro and UAE-based CG studio dobro acts as tour guide in this ambitious explainer of how multinational cybersecurity company Kaspersky plans to keep future office life secure in the age of human augmentation. [Watch]

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Dyrdee Opens the Festival of Animation Berlin 2023 with Punk-Flavored Fun

The crew at Berlin design and animation studio dyrdee set the tone for screenings at the 2023 edition of their hometown animation festival with a fun mix of ambient Barbie aesthetics and neo-punk attitude. [Watch]

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Studio AKA Get “Blown Away” for Admiral Insurance

Director Steve Small and the animation crew at Studio AKA in London showcase their talents for understated wit and comedic timing in this 30-second charmer full of wonderful character quirks for UK insurance company Admiral. [Watch]

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Pictoplasma Character Design Conference Returns to New York 
October 26/27

The one and only Pictoplasma, aka the creative center of the character design universe, returns to New York for its ninth NYC edition this fall, taking over the SVA Theatre on West 23rd Street – October 26 and 27th. [Watch]

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Ilya Abulkhanov and The Mill Drop “Destiny 2: The Final Shape” Reveal Trailer

Mill+ director Ilya Abulkhanov, whose previous Destiny 2 trailer graced the cover of Stash 149, leads an international army of animation and VFX talent at The Mill for “the last expedition of Destiny’s first saga”. [Watch]

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Wes Cockx is “Visualizing AI” for Google’s DeepMind

The latest visual experiments by veteran design director Wes Cockx find the Brooklyn-based CG artist applying his signature mix of abstract realism and bold/playful colors to the task of “Visualizing AI” for Google’s DeepMind. [Watch]