Mexico City director, designer, and animator Rodrigo Miguel (aka Numecaniq) reveals the labor-intensive, multi-layered hand-painted process he used to create the latest Rick and Morty madness for Adult Swim. [Watch]
From The Mill: “Starting in LA and spearheaded by The Mill’s Anastasia Skrebneva, the mission of Artists for Black Lives is simple: to make and sell art to raise money for organizations supporting the Black Lives Matter movement. [Watch]
A lead designer at BMW Group Designworks in Munich, Evgeny Maslov found inspiration in the constraints of COVID lockdown, deciding “to act and put all my knowledge to use.” The first result is the foldable cardboard BUMASK. [Watch]
French director Hervé de Crécy (who shared the Best Animated Short Film Oscar for “Logorama” in 2010), teams remotely with the VFX crew at Platige Image to create a massive urban Candyland complete with mini cheese superheroes. [Watch]
Time to let loose with Jaime Rodriguez, New Jersey’s own purveyor of loosely-tuned animated insanity with his new video for “Drunk” by Israeli-American YouTuber Yoav Landau, aka The Living Tombstone. [Watch]
Born in Ireland and currently based in Los Angeles, animation director Chris O’Hara uses snappy action and dark comedy to look at the downward spiral of our growing obsession with pill culture in his newest short film “Quick Fix”. [Watch]
Based on a script from their video producer Alix Ablaza, the team at design and animation studio Good Form in Toronto tackle the subject of anxiety and loneliness in this new short film, a labor of love 18 months in the making. [Watch]
Former Savages frontwoman Jehnny Beth launches her debut solo album with this striking music video from Hingston Studio in London, finding intimate moments in the drama and austerity of classical sculpture. [Watch]
Jamaican-born Los Angeles director Jazeel Gayle and a team of friends use stark imagery, bold typography, and the words of MLK Jr. to create a stirring motion piece that Gayle offers to customize for use by any cause or organization. [Watch]
Veteran Italian illustrator, animator, and educator Roberto Catani’s latest short film “Per Tutta la Vita” (For All Life), guides viewers on a richly textured and utterly unpredictable exploration into relationships and memory. [Watch]
Slovenian 3D artist Rok Andic crafts a classic slapstick conundrum with thoroughly modern tools in his third short film, a character comedy about an astronaut named Ben and his need for a ladder. [Watch]
Valorant, Riot Games’ new free-to-play multiplayer first-person shooter, launched with this adrenaline-fest elevated by sweet rendering, smooth action beats, and cool typography from the Blur Team in Culver City, CA. [Watch]
Get the full story of the passion and perseverance of Rosa Louise McCauley Parks, one of the most pivotal figures in 20th century America, courtesy of TED-Ed and Eido motion graphics studio in Huntington Beach, CA. [Watch]
Whoopi Goldberg’s call for climate action comes to dramatic life in the hands of animation directors George Lewin and Nicola Jane Francis for Extinction Rebellion through Passion Pictures in London. [Watch]