Mixing CG and cel animation, ECD Jonathan Notaro and the Brand New School crew draw inspiration from lacrosse’s Native American origins for this dynamic promo for Nike’s Huarache V Creator cleats. [Watch]
Director/video artist Kevin McGloughlin expands on the “Digi-Cut” animation and compositing experiments he deployed in his 2015 film portrait of his father called “Architect,” constructing a fluid visual cacophony for “End Of The Trail” from Dublin’s Marcus Lambkin, aka Shit Robot. [Watch]
Director/animator Fraser Davidson at London animation boutique Cub Studio and English rapper/comedian/actor Doc Brown release a handy animated guide to the deep psychological challenges of dealing with tea people. REAL tea people. [Watch]
Barcelona creative studio Cómodo celebrate the opening of the 2016 Promax Europe event in their home town by breaking out a spectrum of styles and techniques in a rollicking “Recognition of the hours of creativity and toil, to the love and passion that we all pour into each project.” [Watch]
Twenty three seconds of 3D character freshness called “Dino Tennis” from character specialists Monkey Tennis Animation Studio, aka director/3D artist Mikkel Okholm, character designer/art director Frederik Storm, and writer/director/3D artist David Crisp. [Watch]
Extraordinary new in-house animated short from Nerdo creative studio in Turin, Italy – a free and fluid interpretation of the poem “Beer,” one of many insightful and frightful odes to alcohol by Charles Bukowski. [Watch]