MAKE Animation Thesis Grant 2026 Helps Senior Animation Students Finish Their Films
August 31, 2026
MAKE Animation Thesis Grant 2026 Helps Senior Animation Students Finish Their Films
From the release: MAKE, a creative studio known for impactful animation and original storytelling, has officially opened applications for the 2026 MAKE Animation Thesis Grant. [Watch]
Pictoplasma NYC 2026: Industry Focus Session Presents BUCK & Duolingo, September 18
New at Pictoplasma NYC 2026, a focus session with Kevin Walker, CCO of BUCK, and Derek Gieraltowski & Shandy Tsai of Duolingo explores where character-driven storytelling is headed and how strategies succeed or fail in branding campaigns. [Watch]
Sound & Light Meets Geography in Kim Taylor’s DEEP GEO
The fjords of Norway are certainly spectacular in real life but Amsterdam-based CD/motion designer Kim Taylor gives them a whole new dynamic intensity in this audio/video experiment based on georeferenced map models. [Watch]
We Love Pitching: Chronicles of a Necessary Mess – Part 14
In this week’s installment of his weekly series of Stash editorials, Nerdo ECD Claus Cibils examines the need for fairness and clarity in the creative pitching process and how holding the line can help achieve both. [Watch]
Fragrance & Fantasy: Nerdo Studio Drops Xerjoff x Automobili Lamborghini Film
The motion team at Nerdo Studio orchestrates a beautiful collision of Italian luxury brands in this electric spot for a collaboration between Turin fragrance maker Xerjoff and legendary automobile marque Lamborghini. [Watch]
Detail & Drama: Unit Motion Design for Endless Legend 2
CD and co-founder François Côme du Boistesselin leads the Unit Motion Design team in Paris into a grand CG world of high detail and higher drama in this trailer for Amplitude Studios’ strategy game Endless Legend 2. [Watch]
