Valorant “Shattered” Episode 5 Game Trailer by Blur
Running almost six minutes long, Blur’s newest Valorant trailer notches up the crisp action, precision blocking, and detailed character work as they introduce “Omega Earth” in Episode 5 of Riot Games’ first-person shooter franchise. [Watch]
Fashion Revolution “Good Clothes Fair Pay” by Anna Ginsburg and Strange Beast
Working with designs by Berlin illustrator Viktoria Cichon, Strange Beast director Anna Ginsburg helps UK activist charity Fashion Revolution make the case that a living wage is not a luxury but a fundamental human right. [Watch]
Everstake and Bickerstaff Want you to “Invest In Peace, Bro”
Ilia Anufrienko, founder/creative director at Bickerstaff in Kyiv: “To call on the crypto community to keep supporting Ukraine, Everstake cooperated with the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine and Bickerstaff.734 to create our very first rap video. [Watch]
ODESZA “Light Of Day (feat. Ólafur Arnalds)” Music Video by Balázs Simon
Merging motion capture, live-action, and 3D animation with painterly algorithmic 2D rendering, Blinkink director Balázs Simon conjures an impressionist and surprisingly emotional journey for American electronic music duo ODESZA. [Watch]
Boy Howdy! Returns as CREEM Magazine Rises Again
For the coming reboot of storied rock and roll print magazine CREEM, LOBO directors Mateus de Paula Santos and Thiago Martins resurrect R. Crumb’s Boy Howdy! character who lived on the pages of the publication from 1969 thru 1989. [Watch]
Platige Marks 25 Years with US Expansion
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]