If you like the “California Inspires Me” animated series from California Sunday Magazine and Google Play, you’ll love this enchanting new piece from Oscar-nominated Montreal animator/illustrator Patrick Doyon for The Red Bull Music Academy. [Watch]
Just when you thought you were done with pixel art animation (again), veteran illustrator, concept artist and character master Andres Restrepo unleashes this 2D adventure that feels more like a Cartoon Network series pitch than a music video. [Watch]
The Reeperbahn Festival, Hamburg’s massive annual four-day music bacchanal, launches today with these playful titles full of smooth and soothing CG via hometown motion designers Vitaly Grossmann and Vincent Schwenk. [Watch]
New on the Stash radar: Shawn Wang, a CG generalist and motion designer living in Shanghai who completed “Planet Unknown,” his audacious debut 3D short (complete with a sweeping cinematic score from Echoic Audio) during his final year at Communication University of China. [Watch]
Confessed football and sneaker zealots, London studio FutureDeluxe admit they pour too much time and love into jobs like this spot for Nike’s Magista 2 boot. Revealed here for the first time are some of the striking style frames from the pitch that landed the gig. [Watch]
Partizan director Grady Hall, best known as a founding father of Motion Theory, teams with Beck to co-helm “WOW,” a non-linear amalgam of wild west imagery, general randomness, and arresting CG and animation clips sourced from Instagram talent including… [Watch]
