Stay Inspired with STASH 114

If you’ve never experienced The Stash Permanent Collection, now’s the time with a FREE 30-day subscription. Our 114th issue adds another 31 outstanding animation, VFX and motion projects to the planet’s largest online video design library, plus behind-the-scenes features and exclusive interviews. [Watch]

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Yangzi She “Eggplant”

Beijing native and LA freelance director/animator Yangzi She explores themes of identity and alienation in her charming and visually confident UCLA Animation Workshop thesis film about a boy whose expressions contradict his feelings and who insists on saying “eggplant” instead of “cheese” when his picture is taken. [Watch]

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“TEARS” for Paris

A simple and elegant animated memorial to the victims of the terrorist attacks in Paris. Created by Lord of Barbes director Malcolm Sutherland, the piece slowly builds an emotional charge as the falling tears count off the lives lost on November 13th, 2015. [Watch]

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Super Science Friends: Episode 1

Brett Jubinville and Toronto’s Tinman Creative deliver on their 2014 Kickstarter promise, delivering a smarty-pants-meets-ridiculous romp thru time and strangeness called “Super Science Friends.” Packing Nazis, zombies, and sexual mind control, we assume network types are all over this and a series commitment is not far behind. [Watch]

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Warm and Wooly: Marc & Emma Release “Oh Willy”

After wooing audiences and collecting awards at over 80 festivals, the warm, wooly and wonderfully absurd stop motion opus “Oh Willy” by Belgian directing duo Marc James Roels and Emma De Swaef went online this morning. [Watch]

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MK12’s “Man of Action! II: Ashes of Vengeance” Main Titles

Way back in 2000, the pioneering mid-west motion mavens known as MK12 let loose a silly slice of video called “Man Of Action: The Terrible Cosmic Death.” Then in early 2015, the studio released a teaser promising a sweet sequel called “Man of Action! II: Ashes of Vengeance.” [Watch]

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