Franck Dion: Monsieur COK

Franck Dion’s Monsieur COK, a tale of vengeance in the age of mechanical reproduction

Lionel Caruana: Polymorphia

Forces of nature collide in this ethereal short from Supinfocom student Lionel Caruana

MK12: Beatles Rock Band

MK12 crafts some lovely chapter animations for the new Beatles Rock Band game. (Thanks, @ShawnMoreVis!)

Yellow Cake

Yellow Cake is a new short film by Nick Cross, an Ottawa-based animator who has worked for everyone from Nickelodeon to Spumco over the course… Read more

VFX Townhall Recap and Links

Lee Stranahan’s Monday night VFX Townhall: The State of The Industry was a big success. Not in providing a solution, but in starting a discussion,… Read more

[Review] New York in Motion

Editor’s note: The following interview and review are by guest contributor Cheryl Yau, a 2012 MFA candidate in SVA’s Design Criticism program. Catch the next… Read more

RESONANCE

Stop. Put on your headphones. Go fullscreen, and sit still as Resonance blasts your earballs to pieces. After debuting at OFFF Barcelona, Resonance is now… Read more

Hornet & Blinkink for Toyota

Directors Sumo Science, Yves Geleyn, Gabe Askew, and Major Briggs bring four very different – but equally cool – perspectives to the “Stories of Better”… Read more

Parasol Island: “Pink Troubles”

Parasol Island’s self-initiated short “Pink Troubles” features endearing character design and lush environment design. From PI: ‘Pink Troubles’ is the story of a lonesome flamingo… Read more

Papercraft and pop-ups for Pellegrino

Directing duo Parallel combined two popular motion design tropes — faux papercraft and pop-up books — to create a sumptuously designed spot for Pellegrino, “Are… Read more

Lucas Zanotto for TUI

What can you make with paper cut-outs, fishing line, a hole puncher, and a Canon 7D? Lucas Zanotto shows us with his live action animation… Read more

QuickTime Tip: Fast Start

Just a friendly tip: If you’re compressing a video for the web and you’re using QuickTime to do it, make sure to enable Fast Start.… Read more