Very cool stuff indeed. I think the first one is my favorite. I also like the one with the bridge and font that say something like “when I think about stuff…I can’t go to sleep”. Very interesting idea. I like that all of the approaches are different.

I like the stop-action one on the beach. That’s pretty much how my mind works as I’m drifting off to Dreamland.

The one by Anna is cute.
Don’t like the one with Trapcode plugin usage = lazy

All in all a really nice company project

It’s not surprising that a designer would ponder Trapcode’s Form plugin before falling asleep, considering it’s used so damn much already.

Very nice overall concept though, seeing indiv designers of a studio given this task - and you’re right, then looking for the echoes on the commercial side. Very interesting.

Wow. They are free to do pretty much anything (non-client work) and this is what they came back with? These are extremely disappointing.

It felt like Micro ideas with micro implementation. I like it. Things can get lost when you try and make a complex/rococo/over-worked mograph piece simply for the sake of impressing and one upmanship. I’m curious what designers will say and do with a simple idea and a few hours of time.

Peter’s thoughts before he goes to sleep nailed my thoughts… This is really cool… I like the concept and the variety of mograph design used to visual present those concepts.

I have seen better things done by students. I am surprised this work even made it on this website. Weak narratives, paper thin concepts and nothing new technically.

Judging by the current slew of hating and posturing on these comments boards, I think it’s fair to say the lunatics are taking over the asylum.

Voice of reason = Trollback should be applauded for going out on a limb and encouraging pro-bono work from it’s employees. An interesting concept, has been executed with varying levels of originality and flair. My favourites are the stop-mo beach spot and the falling asleep type on hand spot. But that’s just my opinion though. Well done Trollback, from Simon (A non-hater)…

It’s great to see that studios are harnessing the raw creativity of their employees when times are slow… we all have dry spells, it’s part of the business. During those times you have to keep your employees motivated somehow, otherwise you risk that they might leave.

Here’s to Trollbacks’ comebacks. They deserve to be back in the a-list again one day; we in Istanbul look forward to seeing something new from them!

I agree with Simon.. love Anna’s falling asleep spot..

Anna’s is great - a nice human connection. everything else is kind of lazy. Not great from a studio that i once admired. I heard they lost some of the star players.

Probably has nothing to do but i don`t like the web page. too many tags and you get lost. I wanted to see the motion work but…..

It’s great that Trollback invested in an in-house project. The quality level was a mixed bag. Some were really fun, as discussed above. Some of the others were of student reel calibre. It might have something to do with who had more time to work on it.

Ultimately, extracurriculars like this and PSST! are what the mograph community gets jacked up on. I feel jacked up….and it has nothing to do with my ongoing steroid abuse issue that I’m not supposed to discuss on internet forums.

I like these short pieces, they are great and humble… it’s good to run sometimes without trying to beat a new olympic record.

it sucks