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]

Two wooden shelves filled with books, a bottle of Crown Royal, binoculars, a vintage hockey print, and various knickknacks against yellow checkered wallpaper, as seen in the Crown Royal Always Been Here commercial by Henry Scholfield and SAGA. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

FEATHER & SAGA Track Crown Royal Through Time

Working with Spy Films director Henry Scholfield, Toronto studios FEATHER and SAGA conjure an obsessively-detailed, nine-decade, CG journey through Canadian Life for the venerable whisky brand Crown Royal. [Watch]

An oil painting in the style of Porsche The Long Way to I Do, showing a person leaning over the hood of a black sports car on a jack stand while a second person sits in the driver’s seat. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Em Cooper & Tonic DNA Paint a True Romance for Porsche

Working with Montreal studio Tonic DNA, British director/artist Em Cooper (whose Beatles video we featured in Stash 157), uses her signature animated oil paintings to amplify the real-life romance in this new spot for Porsche. [Watch]

Two transparent, futuristic ear-worn devices from the Felipe Pantone x Etnia Barcelona brand film with visible internal components and a rainbow-gradient finish. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Art & Eyewear Collide in Spot Studio’s New Film for Felipe Pantone x Etnia Barcelona

Spot Studio in Barcelona, whose stylish 3D exploits we track here, nudge forward the battle lines of the CG eyewear wars with this vibrant and glitchy work merging design and contemporary art. [Watch]

An expansive, modern hall containing an installation of hundreds of upright metal stands arranged in concentric, symmetrical circular patterns, as seen in the Dyson Clean+Wash Hygiene vacuum-mop film by Optical Arts. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Optical Arts Drops the Mops Like Dominos for Dyson

CD Fabrice Le Nezet and the team at Optical Arts in London (whose many CG feats we track here), elevate Dyson’s Clean+Wash Hygiene vacuum-mop by substituting fun and energy for the standard features list and beauty shots. [Watch]