A stylized drawing from a Bill Plympton music video showing a line of figures wearing white tops and skirts, each with large red lips instead of a head. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Animation Icon Bill Plympton is Back With a Trippy Music Video for Average Friends

Fifty-plus year’s into his animation career, Bill Plympton (the rightfully self-proclaimed King of Indie Animation, who turned 80 in April) just dropped this wonderfully warped music video for California alt pop duo Average Friends. [Watch]

Animated portrait of a woman with dark hair, glowing orange eyes, and metallic markings on her cheeks, surrounded by the light effects of a K/DA Firestarter music video. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Back From the Dead: Fortiche Drops New K/DA “Firestarter” Music Video for LOL

In 2018, League of Legends and animation studio Fortiche broke the internet (and made the cover of Stash 133) with the Pop/Stars music video for virtual band K/DA. The follow-up is finally here, complete with a making-of video. [Watch]

A person with dark hair and a gold horn sits in a red robe, resting their head on an open book held by their hands in the music video for Belle. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

WIZZ Director Jules Bourgès Makes Music Video Debut With “Belle” for Mistthom

Director Jules Bourgès, who we first spotted in 2019 as one of the student co-directors of this Gobelins film, just released this hand-crafted animated fantasy for composer/producer Mistthom, produced thru WIZZ in Paris. [Watch]

A collage of twelve diverse images featuring people, digital art, a robot, abstract figures, tech elements, flowers in a vase, and a close-up of a red car’s tail light—curated from the acclaimed Stash Permanent Collection and spotlighting creative highlights from the New Issue of Stash 179. Frame from Stash Magazine article.
A man in a suit stands in a room with classical decor, with bright, animated lightning bolts—evoking Alessandro Bavari’s surreal style—crackling around him. A wooden chair sits empty in the background as solid light from space illuminates the striking, black and white scene. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Alessandro Bavari Electrifies With “Solid Light From Space”

While many in the creative world hedge or hide their use of generative AI, Italian director/composer Alessandro Bavari runs full-speed in the other direction, embracing the media’s warts as well as it’s wonders. [Watch]

Collage of 12 colorful, surreal, and abstract artworks—featured in the Stash issue 178 preview trailer—including a soccer player, a beetle, digital figures, a smiling cartoon face, hands, a yacht, a person on a roof, and other imaginative scenes. Frame from Stash Magazine article.