Tinkering with Tradition: Reimagining the Oscar Statuette
The Oscars are over for another year, but, as always, the art lives on. This time, however, we’re not just talking about the movies.
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Project Breakdown with Steffie Yee | The Lost Sound
The Lost Sound is a stop-motion short that reveals a woman’s experience of losing a language through some playfully animated visuals.
Crystal Dolphin – The making of an Internet Sensation
We sat down with both Engelwood and Ardhira to discuss their influences in art and music, why the video took five months to make and what other creatives can do to bridge the gap between music and design.
Project Breakdown with Dimitris Armenakis
The film explores the topic of overconsumption in the 21st century. Cartoon characters are used as products of postmodern society. The idea was to tell the story from the perspective of the consumed, not the consumer. The film has a mix of different styles: colourful cartoon characters inspired by 1930s animation and the dystopian human world, depicted in black and white sharp lines.
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New Caster Semenya Animation from Final Frontier & Le Cube Explores Extraordinary Biology, Beauty and Bans
Animation studio Le Cube, production company Final Frontier and agency Wunderman Thompson Singapore joined forces to create the dynamic hero film for Lux’s ‘Born This Way’ campaign, supporting athlete Caster Semenya in her bid to be allowed to compete in her favoured events at the world’s biggest athletics tournaments.
Accomplished Editor John Dingfield Comes Home to Cutters
High-end editorial boutique Cutters is very proud to announce the return of Editor John Dingfield to its roster. The announcement was made by Cutters Studios President/Managing Director Craig Duncan and Managing Editor Grant Gustafson.
Greyscalegorilla Launches Cloud-Based ‘Greyscalegorilla Plus’ Creative Subscription Platform For 3D Motion Designers
New Service Supercharges The Way 3D Digital Artists Access Greyscalegorilla’s Cinema 4D Plugins, Materials, HDRIs And Professional 3D Training
ActionVFX Launches Revolutionary Crowd Stock Footage
The VFX and filmmaking industry has taken many hits as the world adjusts to the impacts of COVID-19. Many productions, from feature films to TV shows, were cancelled due to social distancing and following quarantine guidelines that has become our new norm. While these productions of all sizes were unable to meet, ActionVFX got to work.
10 Years of Device
Celebrating 10 years of animation with a bigger team and a new studio, identity, website, reel, plus so much more on its way in the coming year.
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Simon Robson & Mighty Nice | Earth Definition
Olga Studio | Motion Reel 2021
Ballast | Luminayre: Let’s Get Back To Life, Together.
Taehoon Park | 0II0
AIM Creative Studios | Are all of your memories real? – Daniel L. Schacter
Media.Work | Data Processing
Julie Joseph | S A Y C E T – SOLARIS
Dirty Work Factory | Magalu + Deezer – Decifrei
Hugo Cuellar | FABLE WHISKY: The Ghost Piper of Clanyard Bay
Bottletop | The Retro Squad
Dan Alexander & Co. | Caeserstone Brand Identity
Patrick Olson | The Idea
Mehdi Hadi | NO MANKIND
Rafael Gonçalves | Kendall
Ziyang Yue | Pause Fest 2021 – Innuendo
1stAveMachine | Jose Cuervo “Date More Human”
Freya Yeh | GMT +8-5
