Somei Design & Ligo Zhang Unveil iQOO 15 Flagship Phone

No one has advanced the art of the smartphone commercial further or faster than director/CG artist Somei Sun (see here and here for recent examples), infusing an otherwise predictable genre with character, atmosphere, and action. [Watch]

Lombard Odier Rethink Stability ad by Framestore and VML UK | STASH MAGAZINE

Framestore and VML UK “Rethink Stability” for Lombard Odier

The crew at Framstore spins up a tiny metaphor for adaptive stability in this full-CG spot thru agency VML UK for Lombard Odier, a private Swiss bank doing business since George Washington was president. [Watch]

Creative Studio Intro’s Neighborhoods for Block, Inc

Sekani Solomon, CD at the internal design studio of Block, Inc, delivers a calmly informative (and hunger-inducing) CG brand film for Neighborhoods, a new feature that connects the company’s Cash App and Square ecosystems. [Watch]

Freek Frerik Short Film Wāḥa | STASH MAGAZINE

Not That Oasis: Watch Freek Freriks’ New Short Film “Wāḥa”

Director and 3D motion designer Freek Freriks just dropped us his latest CG experiment, a short film that balances abstraction with hyperrealism as it merges stone, water, and flora into a meditation called “Wāḥa”, the Arabic word for oasis. [Watch]

Dacia Hipster Concept commercial by Mathematic and Quentin Deronzier | STASH MAGAZINE

Heavy Lifting: Mathematic and Quentin Deronzier Assemble the Hipster Concept for Dacia

The VFX and 3D animation crews at Mathematic in Paris team with LA/PAC director Quentin Deronzier to stage this full-CG show-stopper for Dacia’s diminutive new Hipster Concept EV thru agency Publicis Conseil. [Watch]

Telstra Roam agency Roamy intro by Mighty Nice | STASH MAGAZINE

When in Roam: Mighty Nice takes a Stroll With Telstra

Mighty Nice, the Sydney-based animation studio whose recent work you can watch here and here, help Australian telco Telstra launch their in-house creative agency, Roam, with a wandering, chameleon-like character named, yes, Roamy. [Watch]