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April 25, 2024
Just when you thought mainstream hand-drawn animated features had died completely, director Sergio Pablos releases this stunning teaser for “Klaus.” Currently in development thru his SPA Studios in Madrid, the film promises bold and innovative lighting choices, beat-perfect story telling and extraordinary character work. [Watch]
Fresh from it’s premiere at OFFF 15, weareseventeen‘s newest in-house labor of love called “Infinite Horizon” attempts to visualize The Overview Effect, a cognitive shift in awareness experienced by some astronauts when seeing the earth from space for the first time. [Watch]
Great idea from Proximity Russia and Indee Interactive for anyone haunted by quasi-creepy tracking ads and fond of Post-It notes. Possibly the start of a welcome trend twisting web advertising technology to your own devises (see D&AD’s Ad Filter posted earlier this week). [Watch]
Emmy Award-winning Melbourne designer Raoul Marks, most often found working with the Elastic crew and Patrick Clair, steps out on his own to create both the visuals and the audio to open the 2015 Semi-Permanent design conference with a sweeping and surreal film. [Watch]
Obsessively detailed and lovingly rendered all-CG title sequence from King and Country for “Texas Rising,” History’s 10-hour miniseries based on the Texas Revolution against Mexico directed by Roland Joffé. [Watch]
One of our most diverse and striking issues to date, Stash 111 delivers wall-to-wall motion brilliance adding yet another 31 animation, VFX and motion design projects to the Stash Permanent Collection. [Watch]
Buck LA art director Joe Donaldson teams with audio mavens Antfood to answer UNICEF’s call for a short, shareable animation to bring awareness to the conditions faced by victims of the recent earthquakes in Nepal. [Watch]
Beautiful and surprisingly emotional experimental film from ANTIVJ artist Xavier Chassaing evoking an impossibly massive yet tightly choreographed site-specific installation piece. A fully-CG film co-produced by Mathematic, “Dry Lights” expands on a physical sound and light installation at the 2013 Proyecta Festival set in the ethnobotanical garden in Oaxaca, Mexico. [Watch]
The fine people behind the esteemed UK awards show D&AD have a gift for you: Ad Filter , a browser extension that blocks annoying pre-roll ads and replaces them with award-winning spots from the D&AD vault. Agency: BETC x BETC Digital. [Watch]
Passion Paris director Jack Antoine Charlot and agency Herezie extend the fun of the “Prejudice” campaign for French financial services provider Cofidis with more snappy animation and great character work. [Watch]
Finally, an inclusive first person shooter – designed for both vegans and all those who mock them mercilessly. The happy carnage of Adult Swim Games’ “Tofu Hunter” comes to you courtesy of the design, character and comedy chops of Atlanta studio Awesome Incorporated. [Watch]
Revealing interview with Emory Douglas, the art director, designer, and main illustrator for The Black Panther newspaper during the 1960s and 1970s. Introduced to graphic design working in the print shop during juvenile detention, Douglas rose to become the Panthers’ Revolutionary Artist and Minister of Culture [Watch]
An assertive script from Mullen combined with clean and stylish execution from the Royale crew elevates this corporate piece for multinational financial info provider S&P Capital IQ called “The Power to Capitalize” above the fray. [Watch]
Director Romain Borrel and the crew at Cirkus in New Zealand show off their character design/animation skills as well as a preference for extreme cartoon mayhem in “The Butcher,” the second episode of their Jack of All Trades series. [Watch]
