During her senior year at SCAD, director/designer Sofie Lee gave herself the challenge “to create a film that communicated an underlying message, while still allowing the audience to sympathize with the visual portrayal of emotions.” [Watch]
Danish animator Tobias Rud’s surprisingly emotional animated short “Sweetie O’s” follows a lonely middle-aged man as he rediscovers a brand of breakfast cereal that transports him back to the happier days of his childhood. [Watch]
Taiwanese motion graphic designer and SCAD graduate student Celia Hsu contemplates the effects of environment on our emotions in her introspective yet dynamic animated short film “Perception.” [Watch]
If you need a break from the speed and greed of the media rush, I recommend watching “Forget Me Not,” a gentle animated short about friendship and letting go rendered in atmospheric 3D by students from The Animation Workshop in Denmark. [Watch]
Four students at The Animation Workshop explore an “absurd existential crisis” and the problem of personal originality with an astounding mix of visual styles and animation techniques. [Watch]
Banish the mid-winter blahs with a shot of pure inspiration: Stash 133 delivers another 31 outstanding design, animation, and VFX projects plus behind-the-scenes features and exclusive interviews. [Watch]
