The Ukrainian duo of director Oleg Serdyuk and VFX artist Alexandr Kratinov conjure some dark and trippy 3D haute headwear in this video for their fellow countrymen 99injections. Concept artists: Illya Pavlov & Mariya Norazyan
Check this big helping of snappy, smile-inducing character animation courtesy of Leyenda in Santiago, Chile. I’ll let CEO/GM Juan Paulo Mardónez B. explain how Buey de Piraña came to be:
“A couple of months ago we launched an international competition for advertising creatives (all Latin America this time). We proposed six characters and they should select two and write a script about advertising practices. The winning idea was going to be animated and presented in our animation masterclass at the Chilemonos festival.
“This is the resulting short. By the way, as many people loved the idea of an international competition we will do it once a year, but next time global!”
Australian director Ben West just dropped us this trailer for his film ”Fugu & Tako” (currently traveling the fest circuit) with fun, fishy and seamless VFX handled by Robot.
Canadian ethnogeographer Félix Pharand-Deschenes animated this extraordinarily detailed 3D view of our planetary dominance from government and satellite data as part of a short film called “Welcome to the Anthropocene” produced through Pharand-Deschenes’ Globaia initiative for environmentalist site Anthropocene. Fullscreen highly recommended.
Stash 92 drops a full three hours of extraordinary content including production details on 33 new animation and VFX projects PLUS 11 insightful Behind the Scenes features, exclusive interviews, the newest advanced training course from Digital Tutors, and 10 downloadable music tracks from Zagreb drum and bass producer Beat Gates.
Directing duo Kwan and Scheinert continue to crush all comers by embracing the full camp of f*ck’d-up cheeze-ball VFX for the Jack and Kyle comedy hour.
Director: Daniels, production: Prettybird, VFX: Zak Stoltz, Ben Brewer, Daniels, motion graphics: Brandon Hirzel
Jacob Streilein caps his second year of character animation studies at CalArts with a smart and stylish Flash-animated film that demonstrates his knack for a tidy narrative as well. Music: Michael Paul Kennedy.
Grzegorz Nowiński at Novina Studio in Poland just dropped this striking spot in our inbox – a powerful message effectively delivered: “This is my latest work… part of a social campaign dedicated to a safer Libya… by removing illegal weapons from circulation and promoting laws to keep Libyan families safe.”
Passion Pictures’ amazing roster of animation directors just got more amazing with the addition of UK stop-motion talent Mikey Please who’s BAFTA-winning short film ”The Eagleman Stag” just finished the fest circuit and is now ready for your viewing pleasure.
The 2012 Olympic torch, designed by Barber Osgerby, was the starting point for this 3D BBC spot promoting their broadcast of the Olympic Torch Relay that culminates at the opening ceremonies.
Studio aka director Kristian Andrews references the 8,000 perforations in the torch (representing the 8,000 runners in the relay) “to create an impressionistic world rendered in shimmering golden dots of light.”
Agency: RKCR/Y&R & Red Bee Media, music: Elbow
We’ve been looking forward to Charles De Meyer‘s next VFX opus since we featured his stunner for Amon Tobin’s “Esther’s” track back in Stash 73. Happily, it arrived in the inbox today. Sinister and mysterious (with a glint of hope at the end) this interpretation of Raveyards’ debut single “Remember” had me from the first couple frames and builds into a VFX cacophony by the end.
Director : Charles De Meyer, production: monodot, VFX/post: Chuck Eklectric (Charles De Meyer, Benjamin Mousquet, Mathieu Cadet, Cristophe Lebrun)
Following up the stop motion insanity of “Lyrical Spread,” UK director/animator Ian Robertson just surfaced from eight weeks animating his latest music video commission: this ambitious collision of games and butcher utensils for London dub step duo Delta Heavy.
Direction/animation: Ian Robertson, illustrations: Annie Ward, VFX/finishing: Matt Cameron
Director Mischa Rozema and the PostPanic crew extend the classic poster designs of 85 year old graphic designer Erik Bruun into a rollicking animated TV spot for the Finnish beverage brand JAFFA. Agency: Sek.
London branding agency Jack Morton assembles a sleek blend of 2D, 3D and live action held together with austere typography for the International Visual Communications Association’s 2012 awards show.
