Director Reza Dolatabadi and Prodco Madrefoca Launch NOBORDER Studio
April 30, 2025
JP Rooney, aka the Gentleman Scholar associate creative director with the ex-racing greyhound named Ghostface, channels his inner bonbon with this 3D Valentines confection full of snappy character animation. [Watch]
ECD Ryan Honey and the Buck crew re-team with illustrator Tomi Um for their second Casper animation, upping the flag-waving squirrel from the first spot to a mystical and diminutive Sannyasa spokes-creature. [Watch]
Back in March, 2009 former motion masters Superfad were at the peak of their powers, a rare mix of brains, fun and style seldom seen since. Released in time for Valentines that year, Durex “Get it On” was helmed by CD Rob Rugan and featured proudly on the cover of Stash 54. [Watch]
Stylized savagery circa 10,000 BC envisioned by director Patrick Clair, the design talent at Elastic, A52‘s creature FX team and DoP David McFarland thru Omelet for the Feb. 23 release of Ubisoft’s Far Cry Primal action-adventure game.
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Stew Harvey, a former intern and now junior animator at Animade in London gives us a warm and cozy Valentines Day look at just how blinding love can be. [Watch]
Twelve months and 52 VFX artists later, fluid simulation and refracted light take on the starring role in the launch campaign for Sky Q’s wireless TV products courtesy of The Mill’s‘ striking CG work in collaboration with Biscuit director Johnny Green thru agency Brothers & Sisters. [Watch]
Mexican writer/animator/director Jorge R. Gutierrez – who co-wrote/directed the animated feature “The Book of Life” for Reel FX and 20th Century Fox – extends his love affair with Mexico’s pop/folk culture with “Super Macho Fighter,” a mat-slamming new stop-motion series for Nickelodeon. [Watch]
Paris post house Fix Studio and Quad director Bruno Aveillan infuse this French Road Safety spot with a poetic visual chaos that both counters and compliments the emotional punch-in-the-gut delivered by the script from French agency La Chose. [Watch]
After working in commercial 3D production for eight years, Julien Dykmans decided to make his own short film “in order to free himself from the constraints of the workplace”. The result is “La Valse Mécanique” (Waltz Mechanics) a meticulous 3D character opus made possible via European crowdfunding site Ulule. [Watch]
Minimalist design and thoughtful transitions rendered in a hi-con palette add up to powerful story-telling from London director/illustrator/designer/artist Noma Bar thru NYC agency Seiden for NewYork-Presbyterian’s research into immunotherapy and it’s promise for treating cancer. [Watch]
Undaunted after pitching their animated drama series “AIKO” to reluctant networks around LA, creators Evan Viera and Charley Pope committed to develop this atmospheric proof-of-concept teaser about “a young girl who discovers a well of mystical power within herself that she neither wants nor understands.” [Watch]
Shoreditch prodco Golden Wolf build a poignant collage of the excitement and ennui of youth in this dense and collaborative black and white opus for the “Papercut (Grey remix)” track from Grammy-winning producer/musician Zedd. [Watch]
Trip to the late 80s, as NYC graffiti artist and painter Cey Adams and fellow SVA grad Steve Carr recall their days as Def Jam Recording’s in-house design firm called the Drawing Board – creating classic album covers and overseeing the visual style of the artists. [Watch]
Brand New School and Grey New York convey visceral tension with the most unassuming of graphic treatments in this PSA for anti-domestic violence org No More running on Super Bowl 50. [Watch]
