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Elastic / A52: Honda Accord “Instruments”

Design and VFX team Elastic/A52 rock out for Honda Accord in this highly colorful CG jazz spot, as they show off how much hidden space… Read more

Alchemy for MEDT

Toronto based Alchemy drops this wicked spot for MEDT (Ontario Ministry of Economic Development)

Pantural crushes out this awesome reel showcasing his 3D car skills and storytelling abilities.

Pantural crushes out this awesome reel showcasing his 3D car skills, storytelling abilities and sense of humor.

Blacknail Pictures Make No Excuses

Comprised of London VFX veterans Mario Ucci and Rick Thiele, Blacknail Pictures created this stunning piece for Breast Cancer awareness for IBCC via Ogilvy, São… Read more

We Can Dance: Vividbeans “Ideenfabrik”

Schoolmates Björn Simonsen, Sebastian Metz and Dennis Weil wrapped up their studies and simultaneously launched We Can Dance studio with this magical spot for Vividbeans.

Neil Stubbings: “First Contact”

“First Contact,” the prequel to “Lost and Found,” created by Neil Stubbings

D.A.D.D.Y. & B.B.A.B

Dublin-based directing team, D.A.D.D.Y., has once again laid there quirky hand on an unlikely brand. In association with Mother, London and Blink Ink, they’ve created… Read more

Takafumi Tsuchiya (takcom)

Lots of cool  experimental projects over at Takafumi Tshuchiya’s (takcom) vimeo channel

Weareflink for CCTV

Say what you will about ink/smoke/water treatments being overdone in the past couple of years, but this spot for CCTV by weareflink is gorgeous

Pleix Round-Up: New Homes, New Spots

The directing-collective that brought us these raving rabbits for Groove Armada in ’07, give birth to about a million more of the CG-varietal for Duracell.… Read more

Japanese Google Street View

You have to really admire the Japanese and their animation. They can take something as mundane as how Google Street View works, and transform it… Read more

Ingo Walde: Year of the Gorilla

Beautiful painterly visuals in the PSA thesis project of Ingo Walde, “WWF: Year of the Gorilla”

La Liste by Karim Charlebois-Zariffa

La Liste by Karim Charlebois-Zariffa

Helen Clemens: Eskimo Joe “Losing Friends Over Love”

Plaza Films’ Helen Clemens directs a curious odyssey for Eskimo Joe’s “Losing Friends Over Love” music video. The project’s gentle ambiance is shot through with… Read more

Alex Roman: TheThird&TheSeventh

Some philosophies of aesthetics enumerate seven primary art forms derived from Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel’s “Lectures on the Aesthetics” and the writings of film theorist… Read more

Santiago Navarro

Vancouver Film School student Santiago Navarro hits the ground running with an entertaining and lushly detailed 3D modeling and texturing reel

Prodigo Filmes & F/Nazca, “Pee In The Shower”

According to F/Nazca and Prodigo Filmes, peeing in the shower can save up to 4.380 liters of water a year and help save Brazil’s Atlantic… Read more

Blur: Toshiba

Blur creates a slick serious of spots for Toshiba (thanks Daniel!)

Peter Jansen: Human Motion Sculputures

Beautiful human motion sculptures by Peter Jansen.

Actionscript Microcosmos

Frank Reitberger’s Actionscript Microcosmos are fun examples of what can be done with 3D in Flash. (Via The FWA)

Amit Pitaru: Rhonda

Video of Amit Piatura’s 3D sketching software, Rhonda, is finally online. The potential for this thing is amazing. (Thanks again, Thiago!)

Student Modeling Reels

Two more solid student 3D modeling reels with interesting formats: One from Vancouver Film Schools’ Nicholas Silveira, and another from Media Design School’s Rick Xu.

Jonathan Hagan: Modeling Reel

Media Design School (Auckland) student Jonathan Hagan crafted an epic modeling reel for his final project.

Anthony Chappina

3D effects artist Anthony Chappina has some slick work on his site, along with descriptions, breakdowns and animation tests for many of his projects.