Although Canadian stop-motion animator Kevin Parry counts serious credits on animated features including Missing Link and Kubo and the Two Strings, he is far better known as a creator of visually witty and wildly popular YouTube videos. [Watch]
Henry, the fox mascot for Old Speckled Hen pale ale, gets a brisk update with traditional 2D animation in these two new spots via Partizan Studio directors Rick Thiele and Mario Ucci thru UK agency Engine. [Watch]
Berlin-based artist, director, and illustrator Dal Park provides a crazed peek into the life of a “hairdresser struggling to keep up with her demanding clients” in her new short film for the ongoing Adult Swim Smalls series. [Watch]
Veteran CG innovators FutureDeluxe have been bending pixels to their will since 2008 and on many groundbreaking projects (see here and here for two of their many hits), their latest is a lovely twist on Heineken’s iconic green bottle. [Watch]
3D artist Vitaly Grossmann: “Back in the day, Alex Schlegel and I studied at the same university. Despite the fact we work in the same industry and even for the same studios we never had the chance to realize a project together. Until now.” [Watch]
Director Fabrice Le Nezet and friends at London studio Optical Arts rework codes from noir fiction in their new short film The Cliff, an artful rendering of a dog’s dream-like return from the dead. [Watch]
