Monthly Archives: August 2012

Asylum vs Leo Burnett London: Where Do You Stand?

By now you’ve probably read Asylum Films’ open letter to Leo Burnett London, in which the production company accuses the agency of “reshooting” a job that… Read more

Review: The Art of Legend of the Guardians: The Owls Of Ga’Hoole

Directed by Zack Snyder (300), Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga-hoole did not fare particularly well at the box office or in critics’… Read more

DON’T WORRY, DRIVE ON: Fossil Fools & Fracking Lies

MONSTRO along with the minds of Alexander Perry, Michael Wilson and audio genius Ben Roider bring us what might look like the revival of good infographics.… Read more

Nicholas Ferreira and Dominik Grejc: MOVA Title Sequence

Check out these slick titles for MOVA, a fictitious Motion Design Festival dreamed up by Nicholas Ferrira and Dominik Grejc as part of their final… Read more

Buck for Fruit Snacks

With their trademark sense of humor – and fantastically clever character animation – Buck delivers for Fruit Snacks. Make sure to also check out Gush… Read more

Terry Crews makes Muscle Music for Old Spice

Terry Crews is back for Old Spice, this time using his body as a music making MACHINE!

Jacob Wyatt: Metro

Jacob Wyatt’s Metro, a student film created with a band of friends at Brigham Young University, has recently been released online after a run on… Read more

Plenty take a “Time Out” for AXN LatinAmerica

With a gorgeous visual style, amazing transitions and some old school frame by frame animation, Argentina-based Plenty delivers a visually stunning piece for AXN LatinAmerica.… Read more

“Welcome to The Aescripts + Aeplugins Playground” by Ariel Costa

Great piece re-introducing Lloyd Alvarez’s AESCRIPTS+AEPLUGINS – designed and animated singlehandedly by Ariel Costa (blinkmybrain).

The Origin of Fire

“The Origin of Fire” is Daniel Moreno Cordero’s entry for the Animation Sequence Project. The challenge? Start with a 250 pixel square and make something… Read more

Curtis Doss

Former Bigstar and Shilo phenom Curtis Doss is going freelance with a clutch of dope work in his refreshed portfolio.

Nicolas Menard: Micromachines

Cute minimalistic animation by Nicolas Menard, made with crayons!

Janak Thakker

We don’t post many character animation reels, but Janak Thakker’s is chock full of top notch work and worth a peep.

Karim Zariffa for Air Canada

Great work by Karim Zariffa for Air Canada. See also costumes.

Uno Moralez

Awesomely creepy loops by Uno Moralez. (via BoingBoing)

J’aurai Ta Peau

J’aurai Ta Peau: Extremely visceral and atmospheric skin-based piece done by four students from Supinfocom. (Slight Tasteful NSFW Warning!)

ODD NY: Mapping

Chapter 1: Mapping.  Office of Development and Design re-examines NYC topography based on perception in the first installment of it’s series of shorts entitled ODD… Read more

Tearaway by Media Molecule

A big thank you to Kris Merc for turning me on to this trailer for Tearaway, the upcoming PlayStation Vita game by Media Molecule, the… Read more

Norfolk Southern: “City of Possibilities” by The Mill NY

The Mill marries inventive character design and animation with their incredible CG in this beautiful piece for Norfolk Southern.

Santi Zoraidez

Stunning design work in the portfolio of Buenos Aires-based Santi Zoraidez.

Style Frames NY announces lineup

Awesome lineup for the forthcoming Style Frames conference in NYC.

Fluorfilms: Festival de Viña 2012

This psychedelic promo by Santiago-based Fluorfilms oozes with love for Peter Max and the Yellow Submarine. From Fluorfilms: “Festival de Viña del Mar” is the… Read more

See No Evil Tonight!

Tonight! See No Evil presents an evening the legendary Tomato. Free entry, prizes, and music provided by Hear No Evil. Please note the new location.

Friends With You: Cloudy

FriendsWithYou’s Samuel Borkson and Arturo Sandoval III shower cuteness upon your eyeballs in their cute and cuddly short, “Cloudy.” Tip o’ the hat to Kris!