New Feature: The Process Behind Lobo’s Dupont Spot
Not long ago, we posted an amazing spot for Dupont directed by Brazilian-based animation and design powerhouse Lobo. I’ve been a huge fan of Lobo…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Interview: Lobo Does Dupont
A series of mood boards (PDF) The whole set of mood boards in one go Animatic, showing influences from Maeda and Vasarely (QT 6) An…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
ONE80PROJECT
There is something brewing which may be of some interest to those down-under. Sam Coombes, Marketing Manager at MTV Networks Australia, sent us some info…
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Jon Gorman • 18 years ago
Travelers, Katamari Damacy Style
Here’s another mystery vfx spot, this time from ad agency Fallon for Travelers insurance. Any info on who did the post work would be greatly…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Impactist: New Work
Impactist (on Hornet’s roster) has recently completed some new work, including a beautiful spot for Peace Corps. The spot has a wonderful texture and pace…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Talented Italians
Recently I was introduced to the insanely talented director Lorenzo Fonda. His work deserves a post to itself but he’s collaborating with the talented graffiti…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
From Lithuania, with love
I just stumbled across the work of PetPunk, a Lithuanian freelance studio. It looks like two people, Andrius Kirvela and Gediminas Siaulys, are responsible for…
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daniel • 18 years ago
Ed Harcourt Video with Tom Gauld
Fans of the comic anthology Kramer’s Ergot will instantly recognize the illustrations of Tom Gauld in the new Ed Harcourt video by Dirty UK. Tom…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Nissan “Naturally Capable”
This spot for Nissan is a vfx tour de force. I have no idea who did it. Any help would be appreciated. Some folks online…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Cube / Louis Clichy: What’s Love For?
Ça sert àquoi l’amour? (What’s Love For?) is by no means a new project (it’s at least a year old, I think), but it’s…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
The Syndicate Scores with Monday Night Football
(Sorry for the lame PR-ish sounding title. I just couldn’t resist.) The 3D work and cinematography in The Syndicate‘s new opener for ESPN’s Monday Night…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
ESPN Taps The SYNDICATE to launch MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL
Santa Monica, CA September 11, 2006 ÂÂAfter ESPN scored the NFL’s Monday Night Football franchise, TV’s largest sports broadcast package, the cable network sought an…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Punga: Plastilina Mosh “Millionaire”
Argentinian studio Punga recently posted a whimsical music video for Mexican band Plastilina Mosh. The video is a cornucopia of pop culture references and trendy…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
HunterGatherer + Nike
If children’s book author Eric Carle did lots of acid and picked up some animation skills, maybe he’d create something similar to HunterGatherer‘s, “One Time…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Robert Seidel “Futures”
A while back on Tween, I posted Robert Seidel’s experimental short, “_grau,” with a healthy does of praise attached. I’m happy to announce that Robert…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Morsels from Tronic
In case you missed it, Tronic was recently profiled on Apple. Even though these these little PR-documentaries are full of requisite references to Apple hardware…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
A52: Pioneer
VFX powerhouse and Cream O’ the Croppers A52 directed a couple beautiful all-CG spots for Pioneer and agency RPA: “Orbit” and “Wind Tunnel.” Each spot…
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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
Freesound
If you read my recent post about Splice, you may have noted my whiny tone regarding the dearth of decent CC-licensed audio on the web.…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Lobo Gets Exotic
Not 24 hours after my last post, I caught wind of another fantastic piece from Lobo, this one for Nike’s in-store displays at their Nike…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Revisiting Vectorpark
It’s been a long time since I visited Vectorpark, but thanks to an email from Javier Sladena, I recently spent some quality time on that…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
New Feature: Freestyle Collective Interview
About a month ago, long-time Cream O’ the Croppers Freestyle Collective proposed that we have a little discussion about the role trends play in the…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Exopolis: iPod Nano
Check out the new iPod Nano spot co-directed by Exopolis and Mark Romanek. The spot speaks for itself. It’s gorgeous, consistent with the iPod campaign…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Splice
I’ve been a fan of Creative Commons for a while, but I’ve often found it hard to translate its philosophy into practical application. Great video…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago