Oscar-nominated director Carlos Saldanha (Ice Age x 3, Rio x 2, Ferdinand, etc.) taps fellow Brazilian Juliano Storchi and Dopo VFX studios in Sao Paulo to craft the enigmatic main titles for his Netflix series Invisible City. [Watch]
Stink director Felix Brady and the VFX crew at The Mill London create a ninety-second manifesto for Nike “focused on uniting football players and helping them to realize their collective power to create a new version of the game.” [Watch]
Director Daniel Iglesias Jr. and the animation/VFX crew at Mathematic keep the mood light and the palette stark in this stylized dreamscape for the new track “My Own Monster” by American rock trio X Ambassadors. [Watch]
Even if you’re a fan of Dave (the FXX series centered on the exploits of rapper/comedian Lil Dicky, aka Dave Burd) you’re not fully prepared for the VFX-driven insanity of this two-minute season 2 trailer by MPC. [Watch]
CD Marcus Dryden and the MPC crew combine deepfake AI/machine learning, a real-time game engine, and hands-on VFX work to clone American artist Eliza Douglas and wrap her in every look from Balenciaga’s Spring ’22 collection. [Watch]
Category Animation, Brand film, CG, Character Animation, Featured, VFX · Tags Balenciaga, BFRND, Marcus Dryden, Mikros Image, MPC, Quentin Deronzier
The crew at London studio Optical Arts, who released a flurry of motion experiments over the last 12 months, are back with more visual intrigue – this time inspired by Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich and his Fugue in A Major. [Watch]