Deadline for Under Consideration’s Brand New Awards is March 2nd. Categories include a Logo Animation category (among others). Go go go!

Digic Pictures creates another stunning cinematic for Mass Effect 3.

Incredible series of idents designed by Frans Schupp in 1982 for Dutch public broadcaster VARA.  Schupp’s intern Robin Noorda (now an independent animator) recently restored the series – the master tape had been lost and the only remaining copy was badly degraded. Thank you to Liselotte Doeswijk for the tip!

Interesting painterly look in Art Decade’s “Western Sunrise” music video. Directed by Whitney Alexander and created chiefly on an iPad2 with the Procreate app. Making of here.

The Citrus Cel Animation Film Festival has opened its call for entries. No entry fee!

To Do List is a sleek personal project from Yaniv Fridman and Daniel Luna. Sound design by WhiteNoiseLab.

Colourmovie shares a thorough breakdown of their project for SyFy’s 31 Days of Halloween.

Alex Maclean, co-founder of the now defunct Airside, has teamed up with EP Caroline Matthews to launch Rupert Ray. They’re on our radar for 2012.

Motionographer Classic Quickie: Jim Henson’s surreal commercials for Wilkins Coffee, Linit Fabric Finish, Pak Nit RX, and the lovable LaChoy Dragon. Spotted at AMMI’s Jim Henson’s Fantastic World.

lab212 creates a magical experience in Starfield – an interactive swing that amplifies your flight through space. Money shot at 0:39.

Emma De Swaef & Marc James Roels bare just enough of this teaser for their upcoming stopmo short, Oh Willy… Check out this interview for more info. (Thanks, Michelle!)

Heart Attack, a very nice little piece by Helmut Breineder

What if the only light source was the subject of the film? Jacob Sutton shoots snowboarder William Hughes after hours with a custom LED suit by John Spatcher for stunning results. (Via Nowness.)

In Mother Bird, The Mill NY marries a touching story about mother and child with compelling, photo-realistic CG for Hallmark.

MTV Brazil’s Video Music Awards intro is an epic Rube Goldberg machine of organic musical instruments. Directed and Designed by Consulado, 3D Animation by Átomo VFX, Sound by WhiteNoise Lab.

Created by Timmy Lunsford

Were filing this quickie under “Avant Garde”  with hopes that you might get a laugh on this fine Wednesday.

Tomorrow: Cut & Paste SF.

Cute Valentine’s Day animation, by Julia Pott for MTV Liquid Television.

Londoners: Screen Social is on Wednesday 15th Feb at The Book Club, London EC2. Music videos, animation, experiments & shorts. More details here.

Ihsu Yoon’s personal work. Beautiful, exceptional CG.

A relationship in type by Nessim Higson.

Check out the trailer for Solipsist, Andrew Huang’s amazing short film.

A compilation of the best work from Hyper Island Stockholm’s Motion Program

This is the teaser for Colosse, A Wood Tale — Hornet’s sweet new short soon to come, directed by Yves Geleyn. As usual, they’re sharing lots of behind the scenes goodies!

Designer and Creative Director Izik Roitman packs a wallop with a solid portfolio at Roitman.tv.