Polymath Motion Rebrands Studio as OddBeast
September 17, 2024
In their latest motion work for Portland-based nonprofit BibleProject, creative director Jorge R. Canedo E. and his team at Ordinary Folk craft a swirling, painterly, and approachable look at dichotomies in Christian scripture. [Watch]
Vietnamese gaming company Iron Sail ups its brand game with this dark and sweeping CG film crafted by the design and animation team at Revenant in Glasgow under the guidance of CD and founder Kevin McCrae. [Watch]
Mozuya, the Japanese illustrator/animator who brought us this wholly unique video for Chroma, continues their singular interpretations of classic manga and anime with this dreamy 3D music video for Osaka-based electronic producer effe. [Watch]
Jonny Kofoed, director and founding partner at Assembly in Auckland, New Zealand, helps UN Women make the case we should tackle global gender equality before grand schemes like bionic eyes, walking on Mars, and a moon colony. [Watch]
Asked to demystify Circle’s crypto-based investment products, The Mill Design Studio team creates a series of minimal but tactile films “pairing fluid and kinetic motion with the brand’s ‘Sundae’ color palette”. [Watch]
Veteran director James Larese at London Alley in LA adds to his vast canon of music videos with this trippy hybrid of live-action, animation, and comic art that gives a smokey nod to Gorillaz, The Spider-Verse, and Bored Apes. [Watch]
In sharp contrast to the visual mayhem of their recent work for Mini, the crew at ManvsMachine animates this spot for Apple’s M2-powered MacBook Air using only the sleek new laptop and a single feather. [Watch]
Powered by a track from Diana Ross and Tame Impala, the animation teams at Laundry Studios and Illumination Entertainment join forces to transport the Minions back to the 70s in this music video promo for the release of Minions: The Rise of Gru. [Watch]
With an infinite zoom through reimagined historic moments, creative director Chris Finn and the team at Scholar just launched the new Xbox grand strategy game Ara: History Untold with this monumental trailer. [Watch]
With a background in CGI and 10+ years experience in live-action and mixed media commercials, French director Joris Bacquet changes course to immerse himself in Disco Diffusion, a free tool for generating AI imagery. [Watch]
Highlights in the life of French footballer and Manchester United star Paul Pogba come roaring to life in these animated sequences from Paris animation studio Jungler for the Amazon limited series The Pogmentary. [Watch]
UK animation and illustration studio Persistent Peril marks eleven years in the business with this short treat, an unexpected adventure deep in the snowy woods, where the situation is not at all what it seems. [Watch]
Eddy director Stéphane Berla and Paris studio Brunch animated this music video for “King of Sea” by French post-rock project Kwoon by combining VR illustration/animation tool Quill and Blender 3D software into a dramatic maritime narrative with a stop-motion feel. [Watch]
David Stout, the Dallas-based visual artist, composer, and co-founder of interactive media collective NoiseFold, invites you on an inky and narrative-free adventure in his latest short film Contours and Coincidence. [Watch]
