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In the mood for some amazing animation?… Sure you are. Two of the best in the game bringing you another piece filled with flawless moves and fun, lighthearted characters. Check out Carlo Vega & Adam Gault’s new spot for CMT: My Big Redneck Wedding.

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Download the first in our series of mixes over at our gallery site wemakeitgood.com (with artwork by yours truly). First up is Pretty Titty out of Seattle, bringing some heat with a great mix to kick it off. Don’t miss his tracklist write-up!

Also, keep your eyes peeled for more mixes in this We Make It Good series. On deck are Alex XXXChange of Spankrock and Sinden. Enjoy!

DANIEL SIMON : COSMIC MOTORS

COSMIC MOTORS

Trailer for Cosmic Motors; A book dedicated to hyperreal concept vehicles and women that drive them; from former Bugatti and Lamborghini designer Daniel Simon.

FEATURE UPDATE : FITC

<-- feature updates; Five of the 80 FITC Toronto speakers: Andrew Bell, Niko Stumpo, Shilo, Lifelongfriendship Society and Tronic Studio … Have a look at some of their recent work and read about their upcoming presentation. FITC is less than two weeks away (April 20 – 22). See all speakers and presentations … order tickets.

And a great bonus: Evan Roth will be giving a free talk at Pixel Gallery (156 Augusta Ave. Kensington Market – 6 – 9pm) before the FITC opening party. Full details.

FINISH.TV : BMW

FINISH.TV : BMW

Finish.tv‘s flame artists Jason Watts and Steve Murgatroyd recently finished this BMW 1 Series spot.

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Marcus Eriksson redesigns his portfolio site Subdisc

John Thai

The exceptional designer that is John Thai (THAIPOGRAFIK) relaunched his site with visually stunning interactive and print works. He’s up for a People’s Choice award for Best Canadian Designer this year at FITC, so if you like his bundle of joy, crank the switch and click away.

Zoo York spraypaint their logo on roaches – let them loose in New York! eesh..

FEARLESS YACHTS

Fearless Yachts

Take me away from here in style! Watch the video. These yachts are enforcing the brilliance that is Porsche Design Studio. Check out the slick site that is Fearless Yachts and… those amazing photo galleries, to drool over.

MINIVEGAS : S4C IDENTS

MINIVEGAS : S4C

After a year of R&D and production, Minivegas and Proud Creative have created uniquely customizable, voice reactive idents for S4C, using real time compositing.

Watch: Crane : Lights : Museum (src: Idents.tv article)

It seems the door is opening for this kind of customization in broadcast. Another example is Onesize’s idents for G4 (I drool over this animation) which allow the client to easily remix the visuals in any number of sequences. “Even the audio is customizable”.

TROLLBACK : TMN – edit

TROLLBACK : MOVIE NETWORK

Visual and conceptual creative studio Trollbäck + Company created this extensive rebrand of Canadian broadcast network The Movie Network which launched across six channels on April 1, 2008. Audio by Hot Chip : Colours. (thnx Emma)

Nu Visual Language

If you’re in the South Hampton area, or really want to check out some fresh works, the Nu Visual Language exhibition will take place at the prestigious Bargate Monument Gallery from 7th May – 15th June 2008. Private view (VIP party) takes place a day earlier 6th May) where anyone could meet all the guys behind the project, music artist involved…the lot. Also, there’s a little soiree planned after hours. To top it all up, they’re giving away the visual mixtapes on the night, a collection of exhibition artworks in one little handy package. The “mixtapes” will be available to purchase via the main website after the launch.

MICKEY AND JOHNNY : PROCRASTINATION

MICKEY AND JOHNNY : PROCRASTINATION

Michael Kelly and Johnny Kelly are two brothers from Dublin who work separately and sometimes together. From the Johnny side of Mickey and Johnny : an excerpt from Procrastination: “Graduation film for MA in animation at the Royal College of Art. An investigative and exploratory hands–on gloves-off study into the practice of putting things ‘off’.”

Check out Johnny’s illustrations … so much great work.

MUTANT HANDS UPDATE

MUTANT HANDS UPDATE

I love James Wignall’s style … lots of new work and new reel up at mutanthands.

ARECRAFT

ARECRAFT

Recent graduate Eli Horn, a talented Vancouver based artist/designer recently updated with a new portfolio.