A robin perched on a leafy branch looks toward a National Lottery reindeer, with more reindeer from Framestore visible in the blurred mountain background. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Framestore’s Reindeer Takes Flight for The National Lottery

Working with Arts and Sciences director Tim McNaughton, the deeply experienced (and awarded) CG creature team at Framestore in London imbue a brave reindeer with quiet but unflagging determination for the UK’s National Lottery. [Watch]

Two connected white, bulbous containers from a Cif Infinite Clean commercial holding green, cluster-like shapes encased in geometric wireframe structures. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Infinte & Invisible: Bleed Get Clean With LOLA MullenLowe

Director Paolo Cavalieri and Buenos Aires studio Bleed pull back the curtain on the pitch they used to win the assignment of visualizing the invisible for the global launch of Unilever’s probiotic cleaner Cif Infinite. [Watch]

Wallace looks wide-eyed and anxious sitting in a mechanical armchair in a scene from the Barbour x Wallace & Gromit Christmas Film 2026. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

More Holiday Warmth and Wit from Wallace & Gromit

Following the success of their 2025 holiday collab, Aardman and luxury British fashion brand Barbour re-enlist Wallace & Gromit for another bit of snowy stop-motion mayhem balanced with warmth and wit. [Watch]

Doctor Doom looks out over a ruined city skyline from the KFC Avengers Doomsday commercial, where a semi-truck is perched precariously on a collapsed bridge. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Tom Noakes & Black Kite Deliver the Doom Burger for KFC

Business Club director Tom Noakes teams with London post/VFX house Black Kite to conjure a weirdly light-hearted post-apocalypse for KFC’s collab with Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Doomsday thru ad agency Mother. [Watch]

A claymation-style yeti with white fur and a blue face wearing a red cardigan, as seen in the Levi’s Let’s Get Fuzzy Christmas ad by Blinkink. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Blinkink Gets Fuzzy at a Cabin in the Woods For Levi’s

Blinkink directing duo Stevie Gee and Essy May, whose many animated talents we track here, just dropped this stop-motion holiday spot highlighting the Yeti-calming powers of Levi’s sweaters (complete with BTS video). [Watch]

A close-up of the BFG with a gray beard and large ears, smiling warmly at someone off-screen in this Sainsbury’s Christmas ad. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Sam Brown & Electric Theatre Collective Keep the BFG in Sainsbury’s Christmas

The annual UK holiday advertising wars commenced this week with the creature animation team at Electric Theatre Collective and their collaboration with Rogue Films’ director Sam Brown for Sainsbury’s our favorite so far. [Watch]