Glen Keane Future of Story Telling | STASH MAGAZINE

“That Doorway to the Imagination Opens a Little Wider”

If you need a kick in butt to start animating again or just want to fall back in love with the craft, Glenn Keane is your guy. After four-decades of character work on animated Disney features, Keane’s passion and excitement remains infectious and then becomes outright visceral as he explores 3D drawing in virtual reality with the HTC Vive headset paired with 3D painting app Tilt Brush. [Watch]

Ben Hibon Riot Games | Stash Magazine

Ben Hibon Returns with League of Legends: Project Overdrive

It’s been far too long (for my liking) since we last heard from UK director Ben Hibon but the wait was worth it as he re-teams with Axis Animation to push his singular brand of stylized/atmospheric 3D and surgical timing to new levels for Riot Games’ League of Legends: Project Overdrive. [Watch]

Kosinski Bungie Destiny | Stash Magazine

Joseph Kosinski + Digital Domain = “Evil’s Most Wanted”

Letting Joseph Kosinski walk in the front door of Digital Domain is like rolling a grenade into a fireworks warehouse: you can bet whatever happens next will be visually spectacular. [Watch]

Sophie Koko Gate_RCA Half Wet | STASH MAGAZINE

Evaporating Slowly: Sophie Koko Gate on “Half Wet”

Beakus animation director Sophie Koko Gate created her short film “Half Wet” during her studies at the Royal College of Art in London after discovering the water level in the human body decreases as we age, “meaning in a way we evaporate very slowly over time.” [Watch]

Blinkink_O2 VCCP | Stash Magazine

How to Rally English Rugby Fans: “Make Them Giants”

Blinkink director Elliot Dear (who moved a nation to tears with “The Bear and the Hare”) unites the talents of 37 animators, artists and designers to create a similar effect in this monumental hand-animated call to action for English Rugby Team sponsor O2 in advance of the 2015 Rugby World Cup. [Watch]

Estudio Ronda_CMYK | Stash Magazine

The Secret Lives of Process Colors: Ronda “CMYK”

The character masters at Ronda in Buenos Aires strike again. Their new animated mini-film “CMYK,” populated by three eccentric and translucent men feels like a kids’ primer in color mixing and a handy refresher for those of us trapped in the world of RGB. [Watch]

a52_Forza 6 Legacy | Stash Magazine

40 Years of Racing Games in Two Minutes: Forza 6 “Legacy”

Veteran racing game fans will appreciate this sleek and immersive two-minute blast through 40 years of digital automotive entertainment from Arts & Sciences director Michael Spiccia, the VFX crew at a52, and twofifteenmccann prepping fans for the Sept 15 launch of Microsoft’s Forza 6. [Watch]

Rashida Jones_ California Inspires Me | STASH MAGAZINE

Jack Cunningham: “California Inspires Me: Rashida Jones”

Actress, comic book author, film producer, and screenwriter Rashida Jones (Parks and Recreation, Boston Public, The Office) is the latest CA-born celeb to undergo the “California Inspires Me” treatment in the this airy charmer from Jack Cunningham, a director/designer at Nexus in London. [Watch]

Skateboarding Spider_Bathroom Boarder | STASH MAGAZINE

Skateboarding Spider Tears Up Bathroom

London animator Russ Etheridge turns his bathroom into an arachnid skatepark in this fun new studio film from Animade called “Bathroom Boarder.” [Watch]

Flutter_Libra | STASH MAGAZINE

Flutter and Clemenger BBDO: Libra “I Am Fearless”

A kinetic and emotional animated take on the power of fear as a motivator, this :60 from director Dom Bartolo and the crew at Flutter (the motion arm of international talent reps The Jacky Winter Group), swirls through singer/songwriter Megan Washington’s feelings of shame, distress, pride and triumph. [Watch]

Los Perez_JR JR Gone | STASH MAGAZINE

Legs “Gone” Wild: Los Perez and Exit for JR JR

Freed from the burden of carrying their upper halves, legs unleash their inner footloose in this feel-good promo for Detroit’s indie duo JR JR (formerly Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.) from Little Minx directors Los Perez (aka Adrian Perez and Tania Verduzco) with the bodily bisection VFX handled by Madrid post house Exit. [Watch]

Abu Dhabi_AD Sports | STASH MAGAZINE

Behind the Scenes on Hyper-Real Sports IDs

Frame director Anders Schroder’s love of still photography informs the look and feel for eight intricate and ambitious new IDs for Abu Dhabi Media’s AD Sports channel created in collaboration with Obeida Sidani, CD at Les Folies Design Haus in Dubai. [Watch]

Patrick Claire Lee Lodge_MTV Video Music Awards | STASH MAGAZINE

Blasting Open the MTV Video Music Awards 2015

In stark contrast to last year’s darkly elegant vibe, the Elastic crew opened the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards this evening with this crazed poke-in-the-eye packed with glitchy, irreverent, ultra-GIF-able chaos plus a bonus Donald cameo. [Watch]

Droga5_Under Armour | STASH MAGAZINE

Athletes Ad Infinitum: Under Armour “Rule Yourself”

The Mill VFX team and Oscar-winning director/DP Wally Pfister transform what might have been yet another slick showcase for elite athletes (Misty Copeland, Stephen Curry and Jordan Spieth) into a complex and memorable spot for Under Armour thru Droga5, mobilizing the studio’s skills with Massive software [Watch]

Immediate Byte