Bosideng “Down Jacket” Spot by Barry Greaves and MPC
October 20, 2021
Trapped in the desert sand, alien skeletons crumble into dust in this haunting and obsessively detailed promo from the team at Panoply in London for the new season of American Horror Story on FX. [Read more]
The perfect tonic for the stress and strife of your week, Stash 109 packs another 1.5 hours of inspiration and insight into the Stash Permanent Collection including 31 outstanding animation, VFX and motion design projects plus 20 minutes of behind the scenes features and exclusive interviews with the designers, [Read more]
Back in May of 2014, McDonald’s new Happy Meal Characters were branded as “scary” by the press and the Twittersphere. Looking at this compilation of slap-schtick, minion-like, decidedly non-scary clips of Buck’s work on the character, I can only assume it must have been a very slow news week. [Read more]
Snappy black and white iconography from the DK crew sets the tone for FXX’s sweet and absurdist new original comedy “Man Seeking Woman” starring Jay Baruchel and based on humorist/novelist/screenwriter (and former SNL/Pixar writer) Simon Rich’s book of short stories. [Read more]
Master-storytellers Giant Ant and fellow Vancouverites Taiji Brand Group elevate the profile of a Canadian government rural development initiative with this engaging explainer clip packed with intriguing details painted in a welcoming palette. [Read more]
Math at it’s most hypnotic – created by inventor/designer/artist and Stanford artist in residence John Edmark, “These are 3-D printed sculptures designed to animate when spun under a strobe light. The placement of the appendages is determined by the same method nature uses in pinecones and sunflowers. [Read more]
Impossibly cute stop-motion spot for Japanese beverage brand Maxim Stick using screened powdered chocolate atop 1,000 cups of flavored latte. Make sure to watch the making-of sequence at the end. [Read more]
London director/animator/illustrator/maker Doug Hindson created his low-key (and appropriately) handmade grad film while studying illustration and animation at Kingston University, London to tackle the theme of “our increasing reliance on technology and the disconnect that often results.” [Read more]
The number of job titles may not be complete, but this new spot for job aggregation site Indeed (adapted by HouseSpecial from their award-winning CG short “A Tale of Momentum & Inertia”) is guaranteed to make your uncle Gene chuckle and ask “What the hell’s a compositor?” Agency: Mullen. [Read more]
