Exploring the concept of “what lies underneath the ice”, creative director Paul Mitchell and the crew at Elastic mark the return of NHL games to ESPN (after 20 years) with this ambitious and frosty mix of CG and 2D motion design. [Watch]
From the team at Papy3D in Paris: “Three sisters are facing an impending disaster: the imminent flooding by the Sea of the lands where they live. In the midst of such chaos, the sisterly union is shaken up and each of the sisters experiences the imminence of death, in their inner selves. [Watch]
From the team at Yeah Haus in Detroit: “When Discord asked us to team up on their new Sticker feature, we were thrilled to work with their cute cast of characters.” [Watch]
Bulgarian director/animator Simona Mehandzhieva, who graduated with the Narrative Animation class of 2020 from the Royal College of Art, applies her vibrant and idiosyncratic style to a piece for Denmark-based space-pop duo Moon Panda. [Watch]
Dutch art director, photographer, and motion designer Maurice Fransen coaxes intriguing CG results out of Cinema 4D X-Particles while rendering with Octane and Cycles 4D. [Watch]
Inspired by writer Jeff Lemire and artist Greg Smallwood’s comic series Moon Knight, Indian director/designer Akshay Tiwari (currently at The Mill NY), crafts a personal film he describes as “a journey through death, doubt, and delirium culminating in symbolic rebirth.” [Watch]
