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PES creates “Paper,” a stop-motion masterpiece for Honda

PES creates "Paper," a stop-motion masterpiece for Honda (includes behind the scenes video)

Buck: HGTV Home “Global Spice”

Says Buck: In the second of our Sherwin Williams HGTV spots in partnership with McKinney, our inspiration goes global. Spices, slippers, masks and maps from… Read more

Mikey Please: Marilyn Myller Trailer

The trailer for Marilyn Myller from director Mikey Please looks as bewitching and magical as his work to date. Time-lapse making of here.

Aaron Stewart: VH1 Classic “Jingle Bells”

Ex-Hornet friends Mixtape Club and director Aaron Stewart teamed up to create this twisted take on “Jingle Bells” for Vh1 Classic.

Special Guest/Aaron Duffy: McDonald’s “Wake Up”

Special Guest’s Aaron Duffy directs this lively bean-centric spot for McDonald’s and Leo Burnett

Looking Thru the B-Sides

Looking Thru the B-Sides is a stop-action trip down the rabbit hole that is Golden Lucky’s collective brain. Just watching this short film feels like… Read more

Hayley Morris for Joker’s Daughter

Lovely hand-made visuals in this music video for Joker’s Daughter from Curious Pictures’ Hayley Morris

Santa Maria: Ronald McDonald House

Hornet Inc.’s Santa Maria built a mixed media playground for the Ronald McDonald House and agency Leo Burnett in this 2’38” spot. 2D, 3D, stop-action,… Read more

Valerie Pirson : Coca-Cola “Two Guys”

Partizan’s Valerie Pirson (commercial reel) put her analogue sensibilities to good use in this chuckle-worthy spot for Coca-Cola and agency Weiden+Kennedy Portland. Using a grab-bag… Read more

Pazit Harnoy-Cohen: “Thoughts”

For Pazit Harnoy-Cohen’s final project at the Holon Institute of Technology in Israel, she created “Thoughts,” a stream-of-consciousness daydream worked out in mixed media. Reminiscent… Read more

Head Gear Animation: Milk Dots

What better to accompany our previous post about cookies than a post about milk? Way back in 2007, we posted a Quickie for Head Gear… Read more

Origami In the Pursuit of Perfection

Origami In the Pursuit of Perfection (Thanks, Juan Breton!)

Apt Studio: 4th Estate “This Is Where We Live”

Incredible set design in this stop-action promo for 4th Estate books from Apt Studio

Coraline: Secret Keys

Long-time reader and black belt tipster Seth Gantman dropped a juicy note in our inboxes a while ago, but for some strange reason, I never… Read more

Coraline Trailer #2

Coraline, directed by Henry Selick (Nightmare Before Christmas) and based on the book by Neil Gaiman, looks like it’s going to be fantastic

PES’s yule log screensaver… for free!

PES’s yule log screensaver… for free!

Saiman Chow, Sean Dougherty and Chad Colby are Golden Lucky

Saiman Chow, Sean Dougherty and Chad Colby are Golden Lucky (Thanks, Bran!)

Bent Image Lab: Must Drink More Milk

We’ve posted a couple of these quirky pro-milk spots from Bent Image Lab for the British Columbia Dairy Foundation as Quickies, but with some new… Read more

The Wilderness for Passion Pit

The Wilderness takes you for a spin in Passion Pit’s “Sleepyhead” music video

Hornet’s Peter Sluszka for SimCity Creator

Hornet’s Peter Sluszka created a wonderous mixed media ride through a child’s imagination in this spot for SimCity Creator. The playful interaction between live action… Read more

Is It Really All Stop-Motion?

Watch “Building” | Watch “Contents” | Watch “Motor” When I first watched these three commercials by Australian director Liz Murphy and TAXI for RAC Insurance,… Read more

Tom & Mark: “Muffin Man”

Tom and Mark (Nexus Productions) have outdone themselves with “Muffin Man,” a new spot for the recently rebranded Royal Bank of Canada. Although the spot… Read more

PES: Western Spaghetti

NOTE: If you don’t see the video on the PES site, scroll down to the bottom of the page. At long last, PES’s latest short… Read more