Pictolasma 2023 Animation Program | STASH MAGAZINE

Pictoplasma Reveals Short Film Programs for Berlin 2023

If you love character design and animation, you’ll find the ultimate blend of both in the incredibly diverse shorts programs just announced by the always-fabulous Pictoplasma Festival which takes over Berlin May 3–7. [Watch]

Short Film LONGOOSE AJ Jefferies | STASH MAGAZINE

A Very Short Film About a Very Long Goose by AJ Jefferies

Few people do silly creatures better than AJ Jefferies, a 3D illustrator/animator based in Norwich, UK who burst onto the Stash radar in 2020 with his beat-perfect comedy “Horse” that also made the Best of Stash collections that year. [Watch]

Best of Stash 2020: Characters | STASH MAGAZINE

Best of Stash 2020: Character Design

Pandemic or not, and no matter the genre or tone of the project – in 2020 characters remained the single most reliable way to ensure an audience’s emotional engagement with your work. [Watch]

MTV Mood Swing IDs curators reel | STASH MAGAZINE

Curator’s Reel of MTV “Mood Swing” Artist IDs

Art Director Ismael Picardi at MTV Networks World Creative Studio in Buenos Aires: “As part of the MTV’s newest rebrand, Mood Swing, we had to search and curate artists to develop idents that fit our concepts, such as love, chill, flawless, energetic, horny, fear, etc. [Watch]

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HORSE short film by AJ Jefferies | STASH MAGAZINE

Playing Existential “Horse” with AJ Jefferies

And now, with a brief distraction from the insanity of the outside world, we present AJ Jefferies, a 3D illustrator/animator and partner at CG studio MDI Digital in Norwich, UK, with “a short film I made about a horse, struggling to exist.” [Watch]