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So apparently, this  Ian Pons Jewell guy is going to go all “making videos you want to watch” on us.  Love his style.

Check out this one for DJ Shadow.

Glassworks + Stink: Audi A6 Manipulation

Stink Director Adam Berg directed Audi’s latest spot for the A6; Manipulation. CG and post from Glassworks London.

The new Audi A6 with Aluminium hybrid body. Engineered with a lighter touch. This film is a magical display of Audi’s mastery of lightweight metal engineering.

Jon Malkemus: updates

California based freelance Art Director Jon Malkemus updated with some recent work. Lots of great storyboard designs to see.

Lucas Bueno de Camargo: updates

Ogilvy NY’s Senior Interactive Art Director Lucas Bueno de Camargo has updated both his design portfolio and his UntitledArmy site with new projects and art works. Always inspiring to see talented artists push their self-initiated works especially when it crosses over into client work as well.

Author & Punisher- 9/5/10 Studio

I know what I want for Christmas! Killer content by Tristan Shone and Augie Arredondo. tristanshone.com

Bliss This motion reel

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Please pardon the interruption … I’ve updated blissthis.ca with a new motion reel with 2d/3d project examples from 2010 to present. Comments welcome ; )

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Takya Hosogane: Reel

Some astounding animation in Japanese designer/animator Takuya Hosogane’s 2011 demo reel.

Marius Herzog: The Tale Of Mr. Rêvus

The Tale Of Mr. Rêvus is a University Of Applied Sciences graduation diploma film, animated and directed by Nuernberg based Marius Herzog. “The challenge of this movie was to reproduce the entire production process of an animated 3D shortfilm by myself including story development, concept design, modelling, rigging, directing, editing, animating, rendering and finally compositing.”

Tons of in-depth behind-the-scenes info, sketches, environment renders and technical information to see here.

Frank Rocholl

New work from Frank Rocholl, a German Graphic Designer, Art Director and Typeface Designer. He is also Creative Director and co-editor of the international fashion magazine Mirage.

Wag.com

Wag.com is the best online pet supply store in the world. Designed by Fluid.

Joseph Kosinski’s latest x 2

Digital Domain‘s Joseph Kosinski has been busy since Tron: Legacy. Here are two of his latest spots; first up is Xbox – Halo 4‘s Neuron commercial, helping Microsoft announce the return of Master Chief in Halo 4 at the 2011 E3 convention.

Next up is BMW Refuel; An airborne tanker refuels a new BMW 5 Series. Led by VFX supervisor Eric Barba (who also performed the same role on Tron: Legacy), the team took care to ensure correct tracking and camera matching, before adding atmospheric effects such as exhaust, heat from the engines, dust and sky replacement.

RM Regular

HypeForType keeps releasing some typeface gems: RM Regular is the first typeface designed by Mash Creative — a simple, clean and legible sans-serif type font. Look like a great alternative to , Akzidenz Grotesk, Helvetica or even Gotham.
First 100 orders get a lovely type-specimen poster as well!

Elie Tahari

Elie Tahari

World-renowned fashion brand Elie Tahari launches a sharp new site and online store, courtesy of Fluid.

Next Level Pictures: 8 Hours in Brooklyn

NYC based Next Level Pictures is a film & video production company specializing in documentaries, music videos, TV series and commercials. 8 Hours in Brooklyn is a collection of shots collected for upcoming projects, edited into an amazing montage of …. well, 8 Hours spent in Brooklyn ; ) Really love the cinematography … the audio is from Skream – Where you should be.

… and 462K on vimeo ain’t bad.

Kultnation updates

Mexico based Marco Vinicio, aka Kultnation, updated with new projects for Chiller Films, Syfy Channel, Vh1 and for NY based studio The Life Long Friendship Society.

Resistance 3 trailer: Spov Design + Moving Image

[update] … London/U.K based design and animation studio Spov Design + Moving Image scripted, art directed and produced this trailer for Sony’s Resistance 3 with design influence from Saul Bass and Olly Moss. All style frames and design completed by Spov Design + Moving Image [thnx Dan!] … great design and animation. Watch on vimeo.