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Ugly Pictures + Man vs. Magnet

This is the funniest bit of mograph work I’ve seen in a while. Maybe ever. Directed by Ugly Pictures and animated by man vs. magnet… Read more

Rexbox relaunched

Rexbox, the work of Rex Crowle has relaunched. A “Graphic and Animated Designer” whose distinctive illustrative work is engaging and humorous — Rex has done… Read more

Superfad: Honda “Crave” Series

Superfad flexed their 3D muscles in a big way with their series of six spots for Honda’s CR-V, all themed around different “cravings.” (Well, all… Read more

Fons Schiedon

Sometimes it’s good to simply let go of reality and instead embrace the twisted, random scribblings of your subconscious as surrogates. If you need assistance… Read more

WOOF-EL

This short film, entitled WOFL, by David O’Reilly is fantastic. I love the animation of the little wolf thing. I can’t quite explain it, but… Read more

Putting Motion Graphics to Good Use

We recently got word of an interesting spot for the Control Arms campaign organized by Amnesty International, Oxfam & IANSA. No, it’s not a high-end… Read more

Spotless Effects on Eternal Sunshine

Cream ‘O the Croppers Buzz Image have a great featurette on their site showing shot breakdowns for some of the vfx work they did on… Read more

Netdiver DAC Winners Announced

Between Aug 22nd and Sept 1st, an international invitation was extended by Netdiver to students and aspiring 2D-3D designers to submit their work and get… Read more

Loyalkaspar + Jakob Strom: Sampo

Loyalkaspar recently teamed up with director Jakob Ström to create a whimsical spot for Finnish bank Sampo. I’m not crazy about the writing; things get… Read more

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… Read more

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… Read more

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… Read more

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… Read more

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… Read more

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… Read more

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… Read more

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… Read more

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… Read more

Cube / Louis Clichy: What’s Love For?

Ça sert à quoi 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… Read more

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… Read more

ESPN Taps The SYNDICATE to launch MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL

Santa Monica, CA September 11, 2006 ­After ESPN scored the NFL’s Monday Night Football franchise, TV’s largest sports broadcast package, the cable network sought an… Read more

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… Read more

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… Read more

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… Read more