Posted on October 6, 2014
IN 2013 The Mill created “98% Human” for PETA featuring a startlingly emotional performance by an all-CG chimp.
Although far more upbeat and ambitious in scope, this new spot helmed by Academy director Frederic Planchon for Scottish power company SSE, retains the intimate character subtleties, masterful rendering and perfect live action integration required to ensure 98% of humans who watch it will believe the orangutang is real. [Watch]
Posted on October 3, 2014
Director Elliot Lim and the CHRLX crew transform Nick Iluzada‘s illustrations into a smooth and stylish take on the golden age of travel posters for Ritz Carlton Reserve.
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Posted on October 3, 2014
Shoreditch animation prodco Golden Wolf sweep you into the world of pro skater Omar Salazar in a 24-second blast of extreme 2D madness for streetwear retailers Doomsayers. Audio by The Confederate Dead. [Watch]
Posted on October 2, 2014
Nothing like five quick hits of black comedy to start your day, especially when the character animation is this refined and the bad guys are this cute.
Danny Robashkin at Make in Minneapolis: “It’s another internal project that let’s us have some quick fun in a nice condensed format. The shorts are traditionally animated in Photoshop, with some CG augmentation. Conceptually they’re kind of a return to the earlier shorts we used to do… Less commercial, more fun.” [Watch]
Posted on October 1, 2014
Laurent Witz, who won the Best Animated Short Film Oscar earlier this year for “Mr Hublot,” crafts a thoughtful and uplifting 3D piece for LongLiveNY.org with the aim of raising New York state from the bottom of the organ donor ranks. [Watch]
Posted on September 26, 2014
Partizan director/animator Victor Haegelin follows up the quirky charm of “Professor Kliq” with a more ambitious stop motion project called “Captain 3D.”
The film, which makes beautiful use of 3D-printed replacement facial animation, was shot in August but needs your help to finish the post via this page on crowd funding site Ulule.
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