A cartoonish pink monster with four eyes and blue tentacles towers over a city with burning buildings, while a small blue finch perches on one tentacle. The scene, reminiscent of Kirsten Lepore's style, unfolds beneath fluffy clouds. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Kirsten Lepore & Mathematic Do “Whatever It Takes To Get Through The Day” for Finch

Prettybird director (and Oscar-nominee/Emmy-winner) Kirsten Lepore works with the animation crew at Mathematic and ex-droga5 ECD Kevin Weir to channel the many eccentricities of personal wellness for self-care app ​Finch. [Watch]

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Salomon Ligthelm Conjures Drama & Darkness for Little Simz “Flood” Music Video

Visionary Prettybird director Salomon Ligthelm, whose breakout video for aYia you should watch here, teams with British DOP Rina Yang and NYC VFX/post house Blacksmith on this inky music video for English-Nigerian rapper Little Simz. [Watch]

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Digital Kitchen Heads Up “Rise, Dead Man” Game Trailer for The Callisto Protocol

Working with Prettybird live-action director Vellas and Rodeo FX, ECD Mason Nicoll and the Digital Kitchen crew “explore the layers of fear” in The Callisto Protocol, the new sci-fi survival horror game from Striking Distance Studios. [Watch]

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Amazon Books “That Reading Feeling Awaits” by Tom Noakes and Friends

Prettybird director Tom Noakes pulls together five VFX and animation studios then pairs them with different literary genres to illustrate “the invisible magic that happens in our imaginations when we read” for Amazon Books thru Droga 5 London. [Watch]

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The Glenlivet Treads Heavily in “Original By Tradition”

The story of Glenlivet founder George Smith takes on new dimensions of time and space in this action/comedy from Prettybird director Tom Noakes with VFX and post support by London studio Black Kite thru Crispin Porter Bogusky. [Watch]

Daniels Talk “Turn Down for What”

Exactly four years ago Stash published “Turn Down For What,” the music video for DJ Snake & Lil Jon by Prettybird directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert. In that post I was not shy in my praise for the work, calling it a “surgically choreographed jaw-dropper of frenzied testosterone… 3.5 minutes-o-genius.” [Watch]