Ticking Away 2023 Valorant Championship Music Video CRCR WIZZ | STASH MAGAZINE

CRCR and WIZZ Unleash The Anthem Music Video for 2023 Valorant Championship

Intermixing the expected action sequences with a surprisingly emotional coming-of-age story, directors CRCR and Paris animation house WIZZ set the tone for Riot’s 2023 Valorant Championship that got underway on August 6 in LA. [Watch]

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Drasik Studio Return to “Bend Reality” and Find Brotherhood

With the third chapter in their Bend Reality short film series, the crew at Barcelona’s Drasik Studio deploy anime and glitchy underground animation styles for an action/fantasy look at the concept of brotherhood. [Watch]

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An Ape in a Track Suit Walks Into a Bar…

Guido Ekker, aka VFX supervisor and director at The Panics in Amsterdam, unveils Adidas’ new ALTS web3 loyalty concept, mixing motion-capture, hand-held cameras, and a cyber-punk vibe into a pair of gritty, neon-infused films. [Watch]

DJ Piper RIP TXL Music Video by Raman Djafari Blinkink | STASH MAGAZINE

Raman Djafari Mines Powerful Memories for DJ Piper’s “RIP TXL” Music Video

Blinkink director Raman Djafari unpacks childhood memories of growing up in the Spandau borough of Berlin as the foundation for this dramatic and dreamy solo CG music video for DJ Piper who hails from the same part of the German capital. [Watch]

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Blackmeal Showcases the Joy of Music in Brand Film for Woodbrass (Director’s cut)

CD Vincent Ben Abdellah and the design/animation team at Blackmeal in Nantes, France, wrangle a parade of vibrant characters and styles in this brand film for French online music equipment retailer Woodbrass. [Watch]

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BUCK Keeps Australian’s Cool With Gong Cha Tea

ECD Gareth O’Brien (whose many design/animation styles can be seen here) leads the BUCK Sydney crew and a trio of expressive CG characters fearlessly into the Australian heat for Taiwan tea franchise Gong Cha. [Watch]