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August 13, 2022
Director Yves Geleyn and the CG animation team at Hornet carve out a timely and timeless story about a father and son, a homecoming, and the chance for new beginnings to mark the Chinese Lunar New Year. [Watch]
With a labor-intensive mix of in-camera effects, 3D-printed stop-motion, and algorithmic CGI, Blinkink director Balázs Simon showcases “how Olympians push themselves to the extreme” for the BBC Winter Olympics coverage. [Watch]
The string of transcendent product launches from Swiss luxury watchmaker Hublot continues with this film by London CG mavens Alexa Sirbu and Lukas Vojir at XK studio for the Sapphire Rainbow timepiece designed by Japanese artist Takashi Murakami. [Watch]
VFX shop Artjail and Reset director Henry Scholfield let loose in a spectacular manner for this over-the-top ode to the transformative powers of Doritos – a mad mix of 2D, CG, 360, motion design, and matte painting. [Watch]
Director Sou Ootsuki and composite director Takashi Ohashi combine talents in this glitchy action anime for an apparel collaboration between Youtube channel ChroNoiR and the Japanese gaming community vaultroom. [Watch]
BAFTA Award-winning director Jac Clinch and the Blinkink animation and model crew unravel the strange tale of an astronaut’s encounter with an ancient civilization of Martian crows for British band Police Dog Hogan. [Watch]
MJZ director Matthijs Van Heijningen and the VFX/creature crew at The Mill in Paris conjure a fantasy-infused alt-universe to highlight the gaming prowess of Samsung’s new Exynos 2200 mobile processor. [Watch]
Kelly Meador and Daniel Elwing (aka Impactist) in Portland, OR: “In the FX series The Choe Show, artist David Choe explores relationships via paint and patter, finishing with portraits of guests rendered at the end of each exchange.” [Watch]
Friends Norm and Al attempt to de-complexify the complexities of switching to a plant-based lifestyle in this off-kilter and often awkward series of five shorts from Nexus director Conor Finnegan with puppets built by Andy Gent. [Watch]
Sehsucht director Hans-Christoph Schultheiss (aka HANZOHANZO) stages a massive CG martial arts battle to launch Netease’s inaugural international e-sports tournament for the new Naraka: Bladepoint game. [Watch]
Kick-off 2022 with a shot of creative adrenaline – take two minutes to check out this preview of the 31 brilliant design, animation, and VFX projects included in Stash 151. [Watch]
Finally clear of all his distribution deals, Canadian director/animator and graphic artist Robert Valley just made his celebrated animated short Pear Cider and Cigarettes available online for your viewing pleasure. [Watch]
French directing collective Megaforce (who we predict will win every industry award possible with this recent spot for Burberry) team with Los Angeles VFX studio Kevin to plant an eco-message for HP’s HP+ plan. [Watch]
London 3D artist and motion designer Peter Tomaszewicz, whose talent for surreal CG was firmly established in films like The Shrewd Awakening and Run-Of-The-Mill, just dropped his newest visual experiment called Power Junk. [Watch]
