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Alkemy X Boosts Visual Effects Leadership Team

Posted on July 7, 2026

From the release: Alkemy X, the award-winning global creative partner with a 45-year legacy of visual effects and post-production expertise, today announced the addition of four accomplished leaders to its visual effects division. Joining Alkemy X are Executive Vice President, VFX Tom Kendall; Senior VFX Supervisor Adam Avitabile; Senior VFX Producer Jon Howard; and Vice President of Strategic Growth Juliana Sparks. [Watch]

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A collage of six pastel-colored abstract art pieces, inspired by Vitor Teixeira Releases New Personal Short Film Unfurl, features swirls, flowers, petals, and soft textured forms on a pale pink background with smooth gradients and dreamlike shapes. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Vitor Teixeira Releases New Personal Short Film “Unfurl”

Posted on July 7, 2026

Vitor Teixeira, a Portugal-based senior 3D designer at NotReal, just dropped us his latest personal project, a richly tactile experiment he describes as the intersection of “human art direction and machine learning.” [Watch]

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EP Kate Smith Takes Over Leadership Role at Flavor

Posted on July 6, 2026

From the release: Creative production studio Flavor today announced Managing Director Neal Cohen is retiring with EP Kate Smith will stepping into the top role to guide the studio forward. [Watch]

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Chalk Company Undertake “Fool’s Errand” for Air Max ’97

Posted on July 6, 2026

Sydney 3D and motion design studio Chalk Company makes their Stash debut with this carefully rendered CG work for London-based Australian producer/DJ Air Max ’97 (aka Oliver Brian) and his latest EP “Fool’s Errand”. [Watch]

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A stylized figure stands in a dark room, arms raised, echoing the energy of Jacob Collier's "Where Did My Diamond Go?" Music Video by Marie Lavis. Colorful text on the walls reads I CANT FIND IT ANYWHERE amid stars and a bold white shadow. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Marie Lavis Sketches Up “Where Did My Diamond Go?” Music Video for Jacob Collier

Posted on July 5, 2026

Director/animator Marie Lavis continues her music video work for multi-Grammy winner Jacob Collier with her wonderfully loose and erratic hand-drawn interpretation of the track “Where Did My Diamond Go?” [Watch]

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Code Architecture: Panoply Build a Brand Film for Graphite

Posted on July 4, 2026

Panoply partners Mark Lindner and Simon Holmedal, whose client and experimental work we track here, just dropped us their latest CG opus, an intricate and intriguing brand film for AI code review platform Graphite. [Watch]

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