2025 was another stellar year for character-driven design and animation projects with an extraordinary range of styles and production techniques all focused on a singular goal: ensuring the narrative engages and resonates. [Watch]
Heartwarming CG spots from Montreal animation studio Tonic DNA have become a Christmas staple (see here and here), with this year’s effort focused on food insecurity during the holidays in a campaign for US insurance brand Highmark. [Watch]
If you’re serious about staying inspired in 2025, Stash 169 is the perfect place to start. Preview all the motion projects selected for this issue and are now part of the Stash Permanent Collection. [Watch]
Following up on 2023’s IGA holiday heartwarmer Mr. Beaver, Montreal’s Tonic DNA studio delivers another ambitious character-driven tale with this year’s film capturing the power of cooking to transcend family conflicts. [Watch]
The planet’s only streaming platform dedicated to motion design, animation, and VFX – aka the Stash Permanent Collection – keeps growing with the addition of issue 166, packing in another two full hours of inspiration and insight. [Watch]
The latest chapter in Tonic DNA’s in-house R&D project JUMP just landed and finds the Montreal studio exploring an Unreal engine pipeline and AI tools to further develop the look and motion for their universe-hopping character Leaf. [Watch]
