dro:p short film by Tasuku Nakagawa | STASH MAGAZINE

Watch Tasuku Nakagawa’s Animated Short Film “dro:p”

While creating this poetic graduation film at university in Japan, Tasuku Nakagawa could not have known how perfectly his surreal and ambitious full-CG work would reflect the current COVID-19 crisis when released this month. [Watch]

Roller Skating by Deanna Reilly | STASH MAGAZINE

Let’s Go “Roller Skating” with Deanna Reilly!

Canadian motion designer, animator, and illustrator Deanna Reilly in Dublin, Ireland: “A short looping animation in the theme of one of my favorite past times – roller skating! [Watch]

Everything Is Going To Be OK short film Jon Dunleavy | STASH MAGAZINE

“Everything Is Going To Be OK” by Jon Dunleavy

After untold days of going slightly mad in confinement at home, this soft and abstract “cosmic meditation on the battle between positive and negative forces” by animation director and illustrator Jon Dunleavy seems like the right thing to watch. [Watch]

Purple Evolution of Sleep by ManvsMachine | STASH MAGAZINE

ManvsMachine Explores the “Evolution of Sleep” for Purple

The latest volley in the bed-in-a-box wars (started with the runaway success of Casper in 2014) arrives courtesy of Purple and the crew at ManvsMachine ramping up their trademark game of turning products into CG art. [Watch]

Google Why AI? by Julian Glander | STASH MAGAZINE

Julian Glander and Google Wonder “Why AI?”

Director/animator and CG force-of-nature Julian Glander in NYC: “A short animated monologue made in collaboration with Google. How will artificial intelligence help us be more creative and shape our art in the future?” [Watch]

HORSE short film by AJ Jefferies | STASH MAGAZINE

Playing Existential “Horse” with AJ Jefferies

And now, with a brief distraction from the insanity of the outside world, we present AJ Jefferies, a 3D illustrator/animator and partner at CG studio MDI Digital in Norwich, UK, with “a short film I made about a horse, struggling to exist.” [Watch]

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