Ash Thorp

You know much of Ash Thorp’s stunning design and illustration work from his time at Prologue. Take a spin through his recently launched portfolio.

MK12 Zero Film Fest Opener

Long-time heroes MK12 post an opening animation featuring an elegantly powerful visual metaphor for the Zero Film Festival.

Mercedes “Escape the Map”

Digital Domain teamed up with director Carl Rinsch, RSA and AMV BBDO for “Escape the Map,” a surreal POV journey into a world inspired by… Read more

Saul Bass’s Bell System Pitch

Straight from the AT&T vault, Saul Bass’s 26 Minute pitch video to AT&T, introducing the new look: the largest corporate identity design in American history,… Read more

ReconstructMe

Christoph Heindl’s real time 3D model reconstruction program, ReconstructMe, looks promising.

B’zwax “Megalizer”

Monday dance party time! My fave section is 0:30-0:45. (Hat tip to Julien Nantiec.)

Swelter

Just in time for summer, CalArts’ Jacob Streilein brings us this richly painted short, Swelter. Credits Direction, design, animation: Jacob Streinlein Music: Michael Paul Kennedy

Mikey Please: The Eagleman Stag

Mikey Please’s paper-craft short film about a man obsessed with time, The Eagleman Stag, finally makes its online debut after a very successful festival run.… Read more

Gentleman Scholar: Everything’s Better

Gentleman Scholar created ‘Everything’s Better‘, a fluid spot for Salt Institute that’s all about bright transitions, impressive particle animation and… salt! Directors Will Campbell and Will… Read more

Lucas Zanotto: Playup

Lucas Zanotto strikes again, this time teaming up with Nicola Smanio for playup. Making of here.

Daito Manabe for Nosaj Thing

Interesting – and beautiful – music video for Nosaj Thing by Daito Manabe. Manabe employed a Point Grey camera to track the dancers – all… Read more

The Sound of LUX, OBEN

Amazing student work continues to pour out of French animation schools – this time from EMCA. (Above) Juliette Oberndorfer creates an entrancing, enigmatic story in… Read more

Kijek/Adamski: Shugo Tokumaru “Katachi”

Directors Kijek/Adamski created this lovely, lighthearted video using approximately 2,000 silhouettes extracted from PVC plates using a computer-controlled cutter. I love the balance between popping… Read more

PES for Het Klokhuis

PES strikes again, this time to create a title sequence for Dutch show “Het Klokhuis.”