A smiling animated baby wearing a yellow cap and blue clothes peeks out from behind an orange slide, with a blurred green background, in the playful style of DUCKS Short Film by AJ Jefferies. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Quacky Comedy: AJ Jefferies Drops “DUCKS” Short Film

UK 3D artist/animator/illustrator AJ Jefferies, whose brilliant PEAS! short film graced the cover of Stash 159, is back with more of his gently eccentric and perfectly timed character comedy in a new mini-masterwork entitled DUCKS. [Watch]

A stylized armored figure with glowing orange eyes and flames rising from its helmet and weapon stands against a vivid green background, evoking the powerful presence found in Warframe Jade Shadows Constellations Short Film by The Line. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

The Line Levels Up With Warframe’s “Jade Shadows: Constellations” Short Film

Director Louve Sarfati Karnas taps into music-driven childhood memories as they lead The Line’s animation crew into a frenetic action/fantasy for online game Warframe, all fuelled by a punishing track from American metalcore band ERRA. [Watch]

A colorful, whimsical landscape inspired by The Pursuit of Magic and Art&Graft, with vibrant clouds, oversized flowers, a small rover, two animated human figures, and scattered geometric shapes—blending fantasy, space exploration, and playful elements. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Art&Graft Set Off “In The Pursuit of Magic” in New Short Film

If the purpose of an in-house motion project is to truly let loose with ideas and techniques, the team at Art&Graft in London may have just set a new bar for audacity and sheer variety with their short film In The Pursuit of Magic. [Watch]

The Language of Life: Mordisco Studio’s Letters for Lacunza

ECD Isusko Artabe and the motion design and illustration crew at Mordisco Studio in Barcelona inject 26 hits of alphabetical humor into this brand film for Lacunza, a network of language academies in Spain’s Basque Country. [Watch]

Cartoon illustration system of a pool scene with a woman lounging under an umbrella, a man in the pool, and two kids on a unicorn float. Palm trees, drinks, and a beach ball create that sunny Niceshit x Trivago vibe. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Flexible & Friendly: Niceshit Illustrates Travel for Trivago

Hot on the heels of their ambitious studio rebrand, the design and motion crew at Niceshit move onto building out a flexible and friendly character-based illustration system for hotel booking platform Trivago. [Watch]

A black-and-white cartoon-style image from the Caravan Palace & Mouse PI For Hire Music Video by Brikk Animation shows five anthropomorphic mice in vintage clothing playing jazz on stage, capturing a lively 1930s animation vibe. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Brikk Channels the Jazzy Gangster Life in Music Video for Caravan Palace & Mouse: P.I. For Hire

Updating classic 1930s animation, director Matthew Reeve and the Brikk Animation team in Stockholm deliver a rollicking hand-animated music video for Fumi Games’ first-person shooter MOUSE: P.I. For Hire. [Watch]