Gretel for Vh1

Bold patterned designs on Gretel’s classy visual package for Vh1 Critics’ Choice Movie Awards 2012.

From the ashes of Airside

Alex Maclean, co-founder of the now defunct Airside, has teamed up with EP Caroline Matthews to launch Rupert Ray. They’re on our radar for 2012.

Adrian Dexter: Vaesen

Adrian Dexter and a very talented team of fellow students have just completed Vaesen, their 2012 Bachelor film project for The Animation Workshop. Vaesen is… Read more

Andrew Thomas Huang: Solipsist

You loved the trailer. Now you can enjoy it online in full. Winner at Slamdance 2012 of the Special Jury Prize for Experimental Short, Solipsist… Read more

Rest in Peace: Hillman Curtis

We just learned of the passing of Hillman Curtis. After a long battle with colon cancer, Hillman left this world on April 18, 2012 at… Read more

[Call for Entries] CutOut Fest

In its fourth edition, the International Animation Festival CutOut Fest announces its call for entrees 2012, from May 1st to July 31st.

FAUX IMAGES VII

FAUX IMAGES VII happening tomorrow, August 7th, 2012, 8pm at LEAP in Berlin. Be there!

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

Sound Creatures at Pictoplasma

David Kamp’s Sound Creatures visited Pictoplasma – attendees made over one thousand pencil sketches at the Sound Drawing Session 2012 – a lot of cool… Read more

ILM: Avengers VFX Breakdown

Industrial Light & Magic has been nominated for a 2012 Academy Award for their work on Marvel’s The Avengers. Check out a suite of “Making Of”… Read more

Jeff Le Bars: Carn

Director/animator Jeff Le Bars has an impeccable eye for composition and color, as his Emile Cohl 2012 graduation film “Carn” proves. But the real magic… Read more

RIP Alain Resnais

Occasionally, one must break the tradition of writing only about work that includes some form of animation, in order to recognize one of the giants… Read more

Horde

When your mother warned you against riding motorcycles, this isn’t what she had in mind. “Horde” is a stylishly terrifying short from Brvtvs Collective, a… Read more

Tipping the Scales

SCALE, a collective studio based in NYC, recently updated their site, and it’s worth a gander. Under the creative directorship of Todd Sines, SCALE’s roster… Read more

Vitamin: Smilefaucet AIR

Recently posted Vitamin did a wonderful job on the title sequence for Smilefaucet’s new AIR DVD. Director Ryan Dunn and his team combined a sparsely… Read more

King & Country Turns One

King & Country has officially gotten over the first year hump, and to celebrate their birthday they have a completely reworked site, a lot of… Read more

Vietnam VFX Capitulates

Yesterday, I posted a Quickie that exposed one of the most blatant rip-offs I’ve seen in recent years. The site being ripped was this one,… Read more

Hellmann’s “It’s Time for Real”

Credits Spot Title: It’s Time for Real / Eat Local, Eat Real Site http://www.eatrealeatlocal.ca/ Client: Unilever Canada Brand: Hellmann’s Agency: Ogilvy, Toronto Chief Creative Officer:… Read more