Leave it to Buck to illustrate a story of togetherness. The Motion Awards: 2017 winner.

Invention Of Together / Buck

2017 WINNER / COMMERCIAL > SINGLE SPOT

CATEGORY DESCRIPTION

A single spot advertising a product or service (television or streaming media)

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

In this epic history of man and womankind’s eternal struggle to couple… and do other things, the good folks at Tinder let us get our art on to create a luscious world where people have wonderbutts… and the same face.

CREDITS

Executive Creative Director – Ryan Honey
Executive Producer – Maurie Enochson
Creative Director – Joe Mullen
Head of CG – Doug Wilkinson
Producers – Nick Terzich, Emily Rickard
Post Producer – Kaitlyn Mahoney
Production Managers – Danielle Suarez, Cody Ross
Production Coordinator – Solana Braun
Animation Director – Alex Ceglia
Art Director – Richard Gray
Storyboards – Vincent Tsui, Joe Mullen
Character Designers – Tony Legato, Jerry Suh
Concept Artists – Debora Cruchon, Vincent Tsui, Elaine Lee, Jigyu Yoon, Dae-Han Yi, Lauren Gaballo
VFX Supervisors – Marc Steinberg, Jens Lindgren
CG Lead – Alex Dingfelder
Hair & Fur – Wing Sze Lee, Michele Herrera
CG Modeling & Look Development – Alex Dingfelder, Michele Herrera, Wing Sze Lee, John Niehuss, Jens Lindgren, Arvid Volz, Meng-Chwn Tien, Sana Srinivasan, Brice Linane, Joao Rema, Elijah Akouri, Ana Luisa Santos, Christina Faulkner
Rigging – Ernesto Ruiz Velasco, Alex Mann, Xiong Lin
Compositing Lead – Marc Steinberg
Lighting & Compositing – Alex Dingfelder, Wing Sze Lee, Jens Lindgren, Michele Herrera, John Niehuss, Elliot Brennan
Character Animation – Tyler Lancaster, Dony Permedi, Adam Floeck, Alex Ceglia, Peter DeSalvo, Eric Molina, Nicole Ridgwell, William Trebutien, Sana Srinivasan
2D Animation – Moses Journey
Directors of Photography – Tripp Watt, Jonpaul Douglass
Set Design & Lighting – Richard Gray, Jenna Watt, Tripp Watt
Assistant Fabricator – Josh Lopata
Additional Grips/Gaffers – Matt Wheat, Brody Engelhard
Production Assistants – Josh Lopata, Madeline Rocco, Gianni Consiglio, Diego Lizarazu, Jon Brogan

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