Hornet Delivers Unbearably Cute “Once upon a Tree” Holiday Spot for Air Canada

Just when you thought the big budget holiday ad feels were done for the year, director Dan Marsh and Hornet swoop in with a painterly CG treatment for Air Canada about two tree ornaments who just want to spend Christmas together. [Watch]

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Woodkid “Reactor” Music Video by Saad Moosajee

Working with a tiny but mighty animation team, Stink director Saad Moosajee imagines a suffocating world punctuated by glimpses of dance for Grammy-nominated French singer-songwriter (and fellow director) Woodkid. [Watch]

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Coinbase “The Degen Trilogy: Part 1” by Lauren Indovina, Partizan, and LIGHT

Director and concept artist Lauren Indovina heads up a sprawling international production crew, led by VFX and animation studio LIGHT, as they corral NFTs, bored apes, and web3 into a crypto adventure of epic proportions. [Watch]

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Best of Stash 2021: Music Videos

Offering creative freedom to balance the lack (or total absence) of budget, music videos provide directors, animators, and VFX artists with rare encouragement to prove new techniques and indulge eccentric ideas. [Watch]

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Stash Drops Landmark 150th Issue – Watch the Trailer

The landmark 150th issue of Stash just dropped and we could not be more proud. Together with our subscribers, submitters, and fans we’ve built the planet’s largest motion design archive while providing inspiration and insight for professionals and students in over 100 countries. [Watch]

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Mac Miller “San Francisco” Music Video by Ruffmercy

The latest work from prolific UK director/animator Russ Murphy finds him deconstructing the face of rapper/producer Mac Miller into a glitchy and low-tech but ultimately hypnotic sequence of handmade frames. [Watch]

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