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March 31, 2025
Working with South Korean prodco Studio Mir, Eddy directing duo Faux Soleil and Paris animation house Brunch Studio craft a frenetic head credit sequence for the Netflix series adaptation of Capcom’s Devil May Cry game. [Watch]
UK director/animator Andy Martin, whose charming character work we feature here, takes the exit into graphically rougher territory with this music video for DIVVY, mixing urgent typography and freestyle dance moves. [Watch]
Following closely on their recent brand refresh, OpenAI debuted its first TV spot at Super Bowl LIX with this motion work by Builders Club thru agency Accenture Song, exploring the possibilities of AI. [Watch]
Screenwriter/director/educator Aleem Hossain, whose award-winning sci-fi feature After We Leave streams on Amazon, turns his narrative skills to a philosophical short film starring forgotten androids. [Watch]
Joe Taylor, a British animator/illustrator based in Berlin and signed to the NOMINT roster, brings his signature psychedelic animation style to a branded content commission for digital art app Procreate. [Watch]
Somehow we missed this joy-filled, explosion of character design from Buenos Aires studio Plenty and the local office of 1stAveMachine for whatsApp when it first came out, so we’re making up for it now. [Watch]
The design and production talents of London motion studio weareseventeen are on full display in their latest work for Swiss watch brand Tissot, a tightly edited ode to the catalytic powers of time-induced pressure. [Watch]
Working with Rotterdam design agency Studio Dumbar/DEPT and Berlin type foundry Dinamo, the in-house design team at OpenAI nudges the company’s branding forward with a new font and subtle updates as laid out in this stellar reveal film. [Watch]
London’s Found Studio, whose visual exploits we follow here, merges their mastery of CG style with steamy fashion live-action by director/photographer Alex Nataf-Taghizadeh for the launch of Ralph Lauren’s Romance Elixir fragrance. [Watch]
Director Mark Zibert, whose Sick Kids “Be A Light” reset the bar for the emotional power of advertising, delivers a heart-stopper here for the Terry Fox Foundation with Toronto Studio Tantrum tackling the delicate VFX. [Watch]
Reteaming with agency ELA Advertising, Warsaw studio Abra.network transforms a tech-heavy disk drive product reveal into an engaging peek at the future of storage with a detailed and dynamic CG treatment for Western Digital. [Watch]
The humble (but unpredictable) rugby ball provides the muse for this stripped down execution for Honda’s sponsorship of the Six Nations Championship directed by Freddie Leyden thru RadicalMedia Europe with Harbor handling VFX and post. [Watch]
CD Marcus Chaloner and the FutureDeluxe team bathe the Renault Emblème concept EV in both stark and refracted light for this reveal video showcasing both the styling cues and underlying technical innovations of the vehicle. [Watch]
Thousands of mustaches(including those of James Hardin and Nick Offerman) answer the siren call of snacking in this Pringles Super Bowl Spot directed by MJZ’s Steve Ayson with the hairy avian VFX handled by London’s Untold Studios. [Watch]
