Four-paneled graphic illustration from the Bass X Machina title sequence showing a glowing eye with electricity, a character in a wide-brimmed hat surrounded by dark silhouettes, a mechanical hand reaching through a crowd, and the text BASS MACHINA. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Alt Western: Buck Opens Bass X Machina on Netflix

Bass X Machina, the six-episode animated steampunk Western premiered on Netflix Nov 3 with this gritty title sequence, created by the motion crew at BUCK and powered by a track from singer/songwriter Janelle Monáe. [Watch]

A claymation-style yeti with white fur and a blue face wearing a red cardigan, as seen in the Levi’s Let’s Get Fuzzy Christmas ad by Blinkink. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Blinkink Gets Fuzzy at a Cabin in the Woods For Levi’s

Blinkink directing duo Stevie Gee and Essy May, whose many animated talents we track here, just dropped this stop-motion holiday spot highlighting the Yeti-calming powers of Levi’s sweaters (complete with BTS video). [Watch]

The words DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE are centered over a translucent butterfly amidst abstract, colorful foliage in this festival trailer by Merijn Hos. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Merijn Hos’s Flora Takes Flight for Down The Rabbit Hole Music Festival

The 2026 edition of Down the Rabbit Hole (DTRH), a three-day music festival in The Netherlands, rolled out this summer wrapped in branding rich in organic fantasy courtesy of Utrecht-based artist/illustrator Merijn Hos. [Watch]

A stack of identical WE ARE print magazines featuring a photograph of a man in a lime green jacket on the cover. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Versus Launches New Quarterly Print Magazine “WE ARE”

From the release: In a world of endless content, instant gratification and AI-generated everything, creative studio Versus is making a case for slowing down. Introducing WE ARE, a new 170-page quarterly print publication celebrating creativity, craft and culture through the perspectives of the people shaping them. [Watch]

A close-up of the BFG with a gray beard and large ears, smiling warmly at someone off-screen in this Sainsbury’s Christmas ad. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Sam Brown & Electric Theatre Collective Keep the BFG in Sainsbury’s Christmas

The annual UK holiday advertising wars commenced this week with the creature animation team at Electric Theatre Collective and their collaboration with Rogue Films’ director Sam Brown for Sainsbury’s our favorite so far. [Watch]

Two wooden shelves filled with books, a bottle of Crown Royal, binoculars, a vintage hockey print, and various knickknacks against yellow checkered wallpaper, as seen in the Crown Royal Always Been Here commercial by Henry Scholfield and SAGA. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

FEATHER & SAGA Track Crown Royal Through Time

Working with Spy Films director Henry Scholfield, Toronto studios FEATHER and SAGA conjure an obsessively-detailed, nine-decade, CG journey through Canadian Life for the venerable whisky brand Crown Royal. [Watch]