Head Gear Animation: Recruit Ireland

Head Gear’s superbly understated character design and animation combine with clever writing in two chuckle-worthy spots for Recruit Ireland: Beep and Creak. Credits: Director: Steve… Read more

Nike Meta7

Take a look at this awesome animation for, you guessed it, Nike Japan. Illustrator Paul Huang, creator of Nanospore, teamed up with animators Chris Riehl… Read more

Pocoyo

I’ve been getting a few emails from you guys about Pocoyo, a new animated series for preschoolers featuring the prodigious voiceover talent of Stephen Fry… Read more

Neil Blomkamp: Tempbot

South African director Neil Blomkamp (Spy Entertainment) has made his latest film, “Tempbot,” available online. It’s an entertaining short about life as a robotic temp… Read more

Dstrukt Updates

There’s some fun new work over at Dstrukt. I can’t wait to see his contribution to Psst! Pass It On 2. Thanks, James!

Stylish IDs for ABC1 from zpsace

Sydney-based zspace did a beautiful job on these ABC1 IDs. The CG elements are elegantly simple, the type is understated and the live action is… Read more

Brand New School: Footjoy

Brand New School rocks some silky-smooth 3D work in a new spot for Footjoy. I love the live action integration after the product shot. It’s… Read more

BNS Jeep, Part Two

Check out the second piece in Brand New School’s campaign for Jeep. A lot of times a project this large is tough to keep consistent… Read more

Vitamin: New Reel

Vitamin has posted a fantastic new reel. As noteworthy as the work is the clever interplay between the audio and the visuals. It makes for… Read more

Mandarine24

We’ve posted Mandarine24 before, and it appears they have a new site with some new work. I was a little slow to post this one,… Read more

Get the Glass

Excellent design, animation, interactivity and yes, motion graphics, come together in Get the Glass, an interactive board game from Swedish-based web studio North Kingdom (for… Read more

BMW: Pursuit Across Europe

I’m posting BMW’s Pursuit Across Europe mainly for the stylized 3D cutscenes by Electric Umbrella, but honestly I dig the gameplay, too. I’m amazed at… Read more

Charlex and SS+K: MSNBC.com

Charlex recently posted a new spot for MSNBC.com that sports some elegantly seamless transitions. Stylistically and conceptually, the spot is strongly reminiscent of Lobo’s Dupont… Read more

Black Day to Freedom now online

Rob Chiu’s powerful short film Black Day to Freedom is online now at BBC Film Network. The 2005 short has been screening in festivals and… Read more

Vox Studios is David Viau

Vox Studios is the freelancing front for creative director David Viau. David’s motion work is silky smooth, and his boards are highly polished gems. His… Read more

3erMundo

A Barcelona based animation/design firm with alot of playful work. Their animation for Cinemax, which is reminiscent of the tin doll look David Nicolas used… Read more

Volumeone: Meridians

Matt Owens of Volumeone,Athletics and the RIveria has updated his personal experimental project Seasons with a new piece called Meridians: incorporating both print and video… Read more

Patrick Scruggs Jr

Patrick Scruggs Jr is a young great LA based animator. His reel conjures up cliche action movie phrases like “action packed” and “an adrenaline rollercoaster”… Read more

20 / 120 at BDA 2007

20 / 120 is a session that will feature twenty new non-commercial works on the theme of Change at this years’s Promax / BDA conference… Read more

First Boards Awards

Boards Magazine is another great motion-graphics and commercial production news resource, if you don’t already check it out. Our own Jon Saunders with Kim Dulaney,… Read more