Archive for December, 2008

Tommy Wooh

Monday, December 22nd, 2008
Tommy Wooh

New reel and works from talented Tommy Wooh on flickr.

Leandro Feuz

Monday, December 22nd, 2008
Leandro Feuz

Great works from freelance Director/Designer/Animator Leandro Feuz.

Electrabel spot : 2009

Friday, December 19th, 2008
Electrabel spot : 2009

Amazing stop-motion work in this spot for Electrabel. Directed by Raf Wathion.(watch in youtube’s HD)

Richard Rosenman : Astral I.Ds

Friday, December 19th, 2008
Richard Rosenman : Astral I.Ds

New animated IDs for Astral broadcasting from Toronto CG Director Richard Rosenman for Hatch Studios.

Superfad : New Museum

Friday, December 19th, 2008
Superfad : New Museum

To ring in the first anniversary of the iconic New Museum in NYC, Superfad designed an infographic video greeting card celebrating their accomplishments.

Thiago.tv : All I Want For Christmas

Friday, December 19th, 2008
Thiago.tv : All I Want For Christmas

All I Want For Christmas : short created by Thiago Maia for the Glug Xmas competition.

Omega Code

Thursday, December 18th, 2008
Omega Code

Early in 2009, the band Omega Code will release their debut, and along with that, a book, a DVD and a FREE series of posters based on their upcoming album “Ω”. A limited number of 2300 posters are going to be printed and distributed around the globe.

23 artists were invited to illustrate, among them you can find names like Joshua Davis, Si Scott, Mike Cina, Michael Paul Young, Mate Steinforth, Matthew Curry, Nelson Balaban, Tom Muller, Motomichi Nakamura, Danny Franzreb, Robert Lindström, Andreas Pihlström, Chris Hewitt, Hello Hikimori, Sebastian Onufszak, Animatório, Colletivo, Nacionale, Unstru, Tomás Peña, João Oliveira, Peter Jaworowski, Umeric and Doomedo.

Follow them on Facebook, Myspace, Orkut and Twitter to know more about the release date and also the exhibition dates.

Final Fantasy : Versus XIII

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008
Final Fantasy : Versus XIII

Cinematic trailer for Final Fantasy Versus XIII (via Cpluv).

SeaCreative

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008
SeaCreative

Talented artist/illustrator Fabrizio Sarti has updated with alot of great new works. More to see on his flickr page.

Sebastian Baptista : New site / reel

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008
Sebastian Baptista : New site / reel

Barcelona based freelance motion designer Sebastian Baptista has updated his site with new works and reel.

Smoke & Mirrors : Amnesty International

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008
Smoke & Mirrors : Amnesty International

Also NY based, Smoke & Mirrors, worked with Academy Films‘ Director Kim Gehrig, creating this compelling 1:30 tale for Amnesty International.

Click3X : new reel

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008
Click3X : new reel

NY based Click3X updated with a new reel.

Firstborn vs. Big Spaceship

Friday, December 12th, 2008
Firstborn sinks the ship!

Firstborn took on the team that is Big Spaceship and won the first ever GotoAndPlay() Tournament. What is it? Both companies entered a day filled with fun activities & sports (foosball, ping pong, and basketball) rather than competing for the usual… work load. They competed for trophies, glee and a redirect for one day. Check it out!

Luke Lucas : Interview

Friday, December 12th, 2008
Luke Lucas : Interview

Interesting interview with talented designer/illustrator Luke Lucas at Cpluv.

Brian Lee Hughes : Treo ~ Birds

Thursday, December 11th, 2008
Brian Lee Hughes : Treo ~ Birds

A new spot for Treo, directed by St Paul Film’s Brian Lee Hughes … “Treo provides fast relief from headaches, namely those brought on by the stress of meeting a young lover’s parents. For me it was a brilliant opportunity to corrupt absolute perfect innocence and to deconstruct Disney whilst serving the actually amazing brand Treo.” (thnx Shannon!)

Haymaker | FX

Thursday, December 11th, 2008
Haymaker FX

Haymaker | FX is a swedish based motion & VFX studio. Great work to check out.

Onesize : The American Dollar ~ Anything You Synthesize

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008
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Thanks very much to the super talented Onesize for sharing their latest personal project with us … their visual interpretation of a song called “Anything you Synthesize“. Some behind-the-scenes photos are uploaded to our facebook group.

Blackbelt Kids : Spanish Fly

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008
Blackbelt Kids : Spanish Fly

… And all the women left are crying … Blackbelt Kids‘ director Kareem Thompson directed this video fro TEN KENS of Fat Cat Records. Gorgeous illustration, great motion.(via Feedhere).

Freestyle Collective : Cartoon Network

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008
Freestyle Collective : Cartoon Network

Freestyle Collective recently created this opening sequence for a new Cartoon Network online game; Fusion Fall, Cartoon Network’s first massive multiplayer online game, using a combination of Photoshop, Illustrator, Maya, Z Brush and finishing in Flame (thanks to sister visual effects company, Guava)

Monday morning music

Monday, December 8th, 2008
Monday morning music

Music for Monday morning :

Broken Social Scene presents: Brendan Canning – Churches Under The Stairs … directed by Toronto based Spy Films‘ George Vale

The American Dollar : Anything You Synthesize … directed by Dutch studio Onesize.nl

Radiohead : Weird Fishes/Arpeggi (Live)

My Shaky Jane: Broke, Bored and Sober … directed by Toronto based BTRY’s Ron Gervais.

Apt : 25th Estate

Thursday, December 4th, 2008
Apt : 25th Estate

London based Apt and Asylum Films : 25th Estate ~ “Press Books – the literary division of HarperCollins, containing 4th Estate and Perennial – approached us to come up with ideas for helping them celebrate the forthcoming 25th anniversary of imprint 4th Estate.” …

“We also built a site to house the film, along with production stills and time-lapse animations of the animations being shot.”

Partizan : Autokratz

Thursday, December 4th, 2008
Partizan : Autokratz

Director Laurie Thinot and Partizan Lab touches on reproduction for Autokratz’s newest music video: Stay the same.

3:AM : Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker

Thursday, December 4th, 2008
3:AM : Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker

Toronto based 3:AM Design, just finished another post-heavy/animated music video, this time for indie rock group Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker.

Sylvain Dumai : Sid Lee ~ Montreal

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008
Sylvain Dumai : Sid Lee ~ Montreal

Sylvain Dumais is a Toronto based commercial photographer and stop motion animator. Check out two of his recent works for Sidlee : Sidlee Cool Stats and Montreal in a nutshell.