Mainstream TV ads don’t get more low-key than this study in stop-motion subtlety and dry humor created by director Joseph Mann and the Blinkink animation crew for UK real-estate disruptor Purplebricks and inspired by real customer reviews. [Watch]
Cool up your summer with a two-minute peek at the stellar motion design, animation, and VFX included in STASH 136 – the latest (and possibly coolest) issue of the Stash Permanent Collection. [Watch]
Category Advertising, Animation, Broadcast Design, BTS, CG, Character Animation, Featured, Games, Motion Capture, Motion Design, Music Video, Short Films, Stop Motion, Titles, VFX · Tags Amir B Jahanbin, Anna Ginsburg, Beeple, Cheerldr, Chris Bjerre, Coat of Arms, Cool 3D World, CRCR, Damien Bastelica, Filmograph, First Fight, Giant Ant, Hiroshi Kondo, HouseSpecial, Jake Wegesin, Jasper St Aubyn West, Jellyfish Pictures, Le Cube, Lobo, Los York, Magali García, Megaforce, Method Studios, MPC, Nacho Velasco, Nash, No Ghost, Piranha Bar, Ricky Marks, Shane Griffin, Strange Beast, Tendril, The Line, The Mill, Time Based Arts, WIZZ, YETI Pictures
Passion Animation directors Mark Waring and Anna Mantzaris collaborate on a warm and fuzzy hand-crafted stop motion short for Honest Tea “encouraging people to look at the impact of the decisions we make every day.” [Watch]
Category Advertising, Animation, Brand film, Character Animation, Featured, Feed, Stop Motion · Tags Anna Mantzaris, Honest Tea, Mark Waring, Partners & Spade, Passion Animation
Mikey Please and Dan Ojari (aka Blink directing duo Parabella) hint at the charm and craftsmanship packed into their new stop-motion animated short “Alan the Infinite…” with this quirk-filled trailer. [Watch]
The-Artery celebrated the Eurovision invasion of Israel earlier this month by inviting animators, designers, and illustrators from 17 countries to “visualize what it means for humans and machines to operate as one.” [Watch]
Combining live action, stop motion animation, and VFX is certainly not new but Furlined director Dougal Wilson makes the mix feel fresh as well as fun in this shotgun wedding of Western and preschool movie genres. [Watch]
Category Advertising, Animation, Character Animation, Featured, Stop Motion, VFX · Tags AT&T, BBDO, Dougal Wilson, Furlined, House Special, Method