Nominated for a 2021 VES Student Award, Time’s Down by five recent graduates from French digital arts school ArtFX mixes blazing action, snarky dialogue, and seamless execution into a fabulous cyberpunk romp. [Watch]
Category Animation, CG, Character Animation, Featured, Motion Capture, Student Work, VFX · Tags ArtFX School, François Brugalières, Jonathan Bacheter, Nils Lemonnier, Valentin Soulard, Yan Weitlauff
CG animation and design specialists INK in London: “We pay homage to the wizards of miniaturization with our brand new playful animation dedicated to the original Sony Walkman. [Watch]
Yeti Pictures in Athens: “We were invited by Filmiki Productions to create the opening titles for the TV mini-series Silent Road. The result is a full 3D cinematic sequence based on the story and script of the series, but also giving a lyric and poetic point of view.” [Watch]
Creative director Tom Dibb, who is responsible for The Mill’s direct-to-brand projects, leads the team in this elegant and often ethereal film for Samsung’s new Notebook Plus2 while always maintaining a sense of playfulness and surprise. [Watch]
For the 11th year, the Australian mega-conference Pause Fest was the catalyst for a series of short films called Pause Originals where artists “regain creative control, experiment, collaborate, and gain valuable industry exposure.” [Watch]
Category 3D Style, Animation, CG, Character Animation, Featured, Short Films · Tags Echoic Audio, Eunwoo Lee, Geert van Hooff, Mehdi Hadi, Zelig Sound, Ziyang Yue
If you find the pretense of impossibly pristine CG architectural visualizations growing a tad thin, you’re going to love the twist in this new film from directors Ezequiel Pini and Sebastian Baptista at Six N. Five in Barcelona. [Watch]