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Gabe Askew for The Columbia Water Center “Deeper Than Water”

Gabe Askew creates another top quality spot via Hornet Inc. for an environmental commentary piece for the Columbia Water Center. Utilizing a stylized stop motion approach,… Read more

Daniel Franke & Cedric Kiefer “unnamed soundsculpture” and Brian Oakes “Marie”

These two pieces use a Kinect and a dancer’s performance as the starting point for abstract imagery. Both are lovely, but the approaches evoke very… Read more

HEAD ON

Lior Ben Horin produces a stellar graduation film, HEAD ON, for Jerusalem’s Bezalel Academy of Art and Design. From Lior: This film is a dialogue between… Read more

Meet Dr. Brock

Vanessa Tam meets a difficult lifestyle choice through a nagging metaphorical subconscious, Dr. Brock, in her Senior Year Thesis at Sheridan College.  Also, check out… Read more

Eran Hilleli for Honda

Eran Hilleli delivers another spot for Honda via XYZ Studios, you can check out the first one here. This one focuses on the evolution of… Read more

Hankook Tires from Alfred Imageworks

This nicely realized spot/promo film from Seoul based Alfred Imageworks succeeds well in balancing the tactile stop-motion style cardboard animation within an evolving natural landscape. I especially like… Read more

Joseph Mann: Keaton Henson “Small Hands”

There are many lovely woodland creatures in Joseph Mann’s bittersweet music video for Keaton Henson’s Small Hands. At first you think they’re stop-motion, but they… Read more

Coca-Cola “Spirit of the Euro”

In “Spirit of the Euro,” director Carlos Lascano and Bent Image Lab crafted a madcap romp through a cast of zany characters for Coke and… Read more

OddBall Animation: RUIN

OddBall Animation presents RUIN, an animated short set in a post-apocalyptic universe. OddBall used Luxology modo quite a bit for the production, which we’re seeing… Read more

“My Family And The Wolf” teaser

More beautiful styling from Headless Productions in their latest masterpiece, My Family and the Wolf.  Now let’s just hope this thing gets picked up. (Updated… Read more

W+K Shanghai Creativity Test

With the help of Shotopop, Weiden + Kennedy Shanghai entices suitors to take an online creativity test and potentially marry with the team.

Psyop heads back to the MiO Watering Hole with “Nose Job”

Continuing the MiO Watering Hole campaign, Psyop once again proves their prowess in character sculpture and non-mocap animation with the piece, “Nose Job“. From Psyop:… Read more

Callum Cooper: Full Circle

Callum Cooper creates eerie, poetic short films using his own DIY custom camera rigs. I’d love to see an instructables or kickstarter campaign for tools… Read more

Buck: Good Books / Site Refresh

Beautiful new site/work/reel by perennial badasses Buck! Check out their stunning new piece for Good Books, here.

Quayola and Memo Akten for the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad

Nexus Interactive Arts has worked with Quayola and Memo Akten on Forms for the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad, which is part of the larger countdown… Read more

Guilherme Marcondes — The Master’s Voice

Guilherme Marcondes (Hornet) has been busy cooking up a new short, The Master’s Voice, which he describes as “the story of the city-island of ‘M.,’… Read more

The Guardian: “Three Little Pigs”

Playing on recent uprisings aided by the prevalence of social media (e.g., Arab Spring, Occupy movements), BBH London, Director Ringan Ledwidge & The Mill help… 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

Gorillaz “DoYaThing”

Gorillaz, Andre 3000, and James Murphy run amok in a London flat for Gorillaz’ latest audio-visual release, “DoYaThing.” The video was created in partnership with… Read more

L’Odyssée de Cartier

Released today, a crazy 3:30 Minute piece directed by Bruno Aveillan, nearly two years in the making with a team of 50 people. Details to… Read more

FITC Amsterdam 2012 opening titles

The first time I watched these titles my sound wasn’t working, but I thought, “What the heck.” I liked it. The visual style, the transitions,… Read more

Amsterdam DNA revisited

There has been a surge of motion media on the museum-going experience as of late — which will be elaborated on in a later post… Read more

LoopdeLoop: a monthly animation challenge

Blobba blob blob by Neil Sanders, for LoopdeLoop Monsters. Recently I stumbled onto the LoopdeLoop website and fell into an internet wormhole full of cheese… Read more

Oh Yeah Wow: Gotye’s “Easy Way Out”

Oh Yeah Wow has just finished this clever music video for Gotye. Nice mix of live action and stop motion with almost no CG. The… Read more