South African animation studio Rave Growl and the Birmingham branch of McCann move UK cidery Aston Manor and their Crumpton Oaks product into TV advertising for the first time with an animated take on N.W.A’s 1988 classic “Straight Outta Compton”. [Watch]
Director/animator Emory Allen in Minneapolis: “Ever wake up feeling not like yourself? Let everyone know by changing your head as easily as you would change your shirt. Put on your happy face! Or your sad face. Or your uh… upside-down face? [Watch]
From the release: When it comes to animation and visual effects studios in Southern California, there’s a new kid on the block, one that’s already 25 years old. The new American outpost of the award-winning European visual effects and animation studio Platige, which just marked its first quarter-century in business, has laid out plans for a major expansion as it ramps up operations at its studio location in Manhattan Beach. [Watch]
UK Motion designer Abraham E.: “With a greater focus on visual storytelling, I revisited one of my favorite videos on the realities of the creative journey, narrated by creative director Matthew Encina and produced by online education platform The Futur.” [Watch]
From the team at digital art and design studio onformative in Berlin: “For the commercial and cultural center TX Huaihai in Shanghai, onformative was invited to develop permanent digital art content, picking up on the topic of urbanization. [Watch]
Passion has signed Future Power Station for UK and US representation, an art and design-led animation collective directed by Yibi Hu. Yibi is a multi-award-winning, Shanghai-born, London-based visual artist He lives and breathes a rich culture heavily influenced by comics and anime. [Watch]
