A Little Bit of This, A Little Bit of That…
It’s been a while since I’ve made a combo post, but I’m feeling schizophrenic tonight, so I figured what the hell. What follows is an…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Zune: Nice Spot, Crap Hardware
Microsoft recently posted a really nice spot promoting their new Zune player. Too bad the player itself is a DRM whore. Typical Microsoft antics. One…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
WOOF-EL
This short film, entitled WOFL, by David O’Reilly is fantastic. I love the animation of the little wolf thing. I can’t quite explain it, but…
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Tread • 18 years ago
Blacklist’s Cisma Scores for ESPN and the NBA
Cisma (a.k.a. Denis Kamioka, formerly of Lobo, now with Psyop’s Blacklist) has directed a series of incredible cel animated spots for ESPN and the NBA.…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Sony vs. Kozyndan Update
Background For those of you who’ve missed the drama, I’ll try to bring you up to date. Last week, we posted the latest spot in…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Digital Kitchen: Microsoft MindQuest
Digital Kitchen’s MindQuest isn’t just a hilarious attempt at recreating cutting edge video production values from the 1980s (although it totally nails that); it’s a…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Hornet’s Aaron Stewart for Cellular South
A true character animator to the core, Hornet’s Aaron Stewart knows just how to tickle my fancy with the simplest forms and movement. Aaron’s latest…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Psyop’s Reverse Merger with Fortissimo
Okay okay, enough already. We’ve known about the Psyop “buyout” now for almost two weeks, but we didn’t report it because it’s industry news and…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
The Mill: Puma “Until Then” (or “Speed Legs”)
“Until Then,” a futuristic spot for Puma with vfx from The Mill, features some stunning choreography—both in terms of the mo-cap and the digital choreography…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Roger: Creativity Top5
Short, sweet and insanely detailed, this intro blip for Creativity’s Top5 weekly video series is full of Roger’s personality. Roger, the LA-based studio, that is.…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
NBA “Navigation” Credits
Client: NBA Agency: Goodby Silverstein & Partners, San Francisco Partner/Creative Director: Jamie Barrett Creative Director/Copywriter: Ari Weiss Art Director: Stefan Copiz Producer: Michael Damiani Live…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Mainframe: Wallpaper* Awards
With only a few days to turn the project around, Mainframe cranked out a series of cute animations for Wallpaper*’s design awards. A team of…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Digital Kitchen: Sundance 08
We posted Digital Kitchen’s brand bumpers from last year’s Sundance Film Festival, and now they’re back with a couple more. Inspired by the legendary Eames…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Fuck Death
Fuck Death is Graydon’s Sheppard’s way of helping the Fuck Death Foundation spread its message and achieve its goal of the “elimination of death through…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Psyop/Stink: Adidas “Zheng Zhi”
As a follow up to “Together,” Psyop and Stink created “Zheng Zhi” for Adidas. Like it’s predecessor, “Zheng Zhi” uses crowds of hand-drawn people to…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Hyper Island Launches Interactive Art Director Program
Swedish design school Hyper Island has launched an interesting new 32-week Interactive Art Director Program. While the objectives and assignments are built around interactive projects,…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Advanced Beauty
Matt Pyke, founder of Universal Everything and Everyone Forever has now put together a project entitled “Advanced Beauty” with his brother Simon Pyke (Freeform). The…
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Jon Saunders • 17 years ago
Nexus give NSPCC a Helping Hand(s)
Upgraded from Quickie Carolina Melis of London’s Nexus Production recently directed this lovely animated spot for NSPCC’s campaign against smacking. I found the style of…
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James Wignall • 16 years ago
Ole Sturm’s AE Expressions/Scripts community pool now open
Ole Sturm’s AE Expressions/Scripting community pool now open (Ole’s site)
Matt Hunter Ross • 16 years ago
Radiolab: Visual Experiment 01 “Parabolas”
This one’s definitely not for everyone, but for those of you out there (like me) who are massive fans of the WNYC show Radiolab, you’ll…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Ghost Robot: “Bonnaroo Line-Up”
Waaay back in July 2008, we posted a Quickie on Javan Ivey’s beautiful “My Paper Mind” video, produced using a self-devised method called “Stratastencil” (inspired…
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Boca Ceravolo • 16 years ago
National’s home run
The over-energized, cheesified sports promo is no more. National Television takes America back to it’s roots with a soulfully styled world and tale of game nostalgia in…
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Lauren Indovina • 16 years ago
Royale: McDonald’s “Best Chance Monopoly”
Frenetic pacing and playful details make for a fun ride in Royale’s McDonald’s spot
Justin Cone • 15 years ago
Assassin’s Creed II
Awesome cinematic trailer for Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed II
Boca Ceravolo • 15 years ago