ManvsMachine’s recent run of CG head-turners (see their Magnum and Mini spots) continues with this film for a portable speaker/handbag manufactured by luxury audio brand Bang & Olufsen and unveiled as a catwalk accessory at Balenciaga’s 51st couture show in Paris. [Watch]
Merging motion capture, live-action, and 3D animation with painterly algorithmic 2D rendering, Blinkink director Balázs Simon conjures an impressionist and surprisingly emotional journey for American electronic music duo ODESZA. [Watch]
For the coming reboot of storied rock and roll print magazine CREEM, LOBO directors Mateus de Paula Santos and Thiago Martins resurrect R. Crumb’s Boy Howdy! character who lived on the pages of the publication from 1969 thru 1989. [Watch]
Director Fabrice Le Nezet and the CG team at Optical Arts in London dig into the task of showcasing the importance of bio-diverse and sustainable soil in the making of Guinness. [Watch]
After a stellar run on the festival circuit, Budapest director/animator Tamás Rebák just dropped us his animated grad film Escape Velocity, a space-bound allegory about letting go punctuated by a sweet-natured plot twist. [Watch]
Creative director Marcus Mullins and the team at Detroit design, animation, and post house Lunar North assemble an elegant and richly tactile product film for premium automotive leather brand Eagle Ottawa. [Watch]
With a nod to title design master Saul Bass, creative director Alex Popkin and the animation team at Ingenuity Studios in LA craft a lyric music video adventure for Imagine Dragons new release “Sharks”. [Watch]
Stash 154 just packed another two hours of brilliance into the Stash Permanent Collection (aka your streaming platform for design, animation, and VFX). Grab a peek at the 2-minute trailer and see which projects made the cut. [Watch]
Exploring the history and mythology of the color black, Nextthing director Fu Binbin and McCann Shanghai create an enigmatic drama of grand proportions “to convey a palpable sense of power” for Chevrolet China. [Watch]
Kouhei Nakama, the director/animator who first stormed into the Best of Stash with his short film Makin’ Moves in 2017, pushes his signature CG character experiments to intense new levels in this music video for EDM producer/DJ Ummet Ozcan. [Watch]
Community-driven NFT project Doodles announced their new collection during the NFT.NYC 2022 event with this insanely upbeat film by the design and animation team at Golden Wolf. [Watch]
Digital artist Erik Wernquist in Stockholm: “If we want to travel beyond our solar system within a human lifetime, we will need to find ways to go incredibly fast. Ultimately, it comes down to our understanding of physics and the laws that govern the Universe. [Watch]
Meeting your partner’s ex is seldom easy and as UK director/animator/designer Samuel de Ceccatty points out, that goes double for Eve when Adam’s first wife Lilith happens into the garden for a little catch-up. [Watch]
In 2016, with his Emmy for Main Title Design on The Man In The High Castle in hand, Patrick Clair set out to redefine what hi-tech horror felt like with his opening for Westworld on HBO. This fourth iteration mixes familiar imagery from past seasons with stark new themes and symbols. [Watch]