A colorful, cartoonish robot with a blue face and red star eyes stands before a black-and-white checkered background, as floating numbers and binary code form an @ symbol—evoking the Kairm Dabbèche Overload Short Film. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Kairm Dabbèche Makes Stash Debut with “Overload” Short

Munich-based motion designer/illustrator Karim Dabbèche just dropped us his new feel-good micro-short called Overload, a whimsical multi-style exploration of “multiplicity, forms and identities”. [Watch]

VFX Supervisor Alfie Vaughan joins RASCAL—a man with glasses, a beard, and short dark hair wears a denim jacket over a gray shirt, standing indoors by a tiled wall and exposed bricks. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

VFX Supervisor & YouTuber Alfie Vaughan Joins RASCAL

From the release: RASCAL has hired VFX supervisor Alfie Vaughan, one of the most-watched creators in UK visual effects, joining its VFX team, further strengthening its integrated AI VFX workflow. [Watch]

Text MAKE 2026 COMMERCIAL ANIMATION WORKSHOP FOR STUDENTS appears over an abstract background with red, green, and blue shapes and a large pink triangle covering the left side. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

MAKE Opens Applications for 2026 Commercial Animation Workshop

From the release: MAKE has opened applications for its 2026 Commercial Animation Workshop, an immersive two-semester program designed to give emerging animation students a taste of what it actually takes to make commercial work. [Watch]

Abstract, colorful, iridescent figures and shapes dazzle in four panels with white text overlays, blending fluid patterns and metallic tones in the 2026 GEMA Awards Title Sequence by Woodwork Amsterdam. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Woodwork Amsterdam Opens 2026 GEMA Awards Season

ECD Marvin Koppejan and the CG motion crew at Woodwork Amsterdam help The Global Entertainment Marketing Academy of Arts & Sciences celebrate their 70th awards season with an arresting title sequence and graphics package. [Watch]

A white and orange device with glowing indicators sits among clear tubes, while colorful balls—featured in the Fat Brain Toys Air Toobz Film by Frame48—float and travel through the tubes, all set against an orange background. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Totally Tubular: Frame48 Ramps Up the Fun for Fat Brain Toys

The toy category rarely gets much love from the design and adverting press but ECD Tom Teller and the crew at Frame48 in LA just changed that vector with this exuberant CG spot for Fat Brain Toys and their Air Toobz sets. [Watch]

Jim Allen, Executive WPP Creative Director, is pictured here with glasses, a shaved head, and a slight smile. He wears a navy blue shirt and looks directly at the camera against a plain light background—a classic portrait of one of the UK post production industry’s leading figures. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

WPP Production Appoints Jim Allen ECD, UK Post Production

From the release: WPP Production, WPP’s unified global production company, today announces the appointment of Jim Allen as Executive Creative Director, UK Post Production. [Watch]