Field produced the stunning official music video for Stateless’ new single ‘Ariel’. The piece uses a digital dance animated in Houdini that explores the eternal struggle of good and evil. My first question after watching the piece was how they incorporated live action and you can find out by watching the making of the here.
Dance Improvisation by Dominic North.
Commissioned by Oscar & Ewan.
Illustrator and motion designer Jon Noorlander was a 2010 PromaxBDA Design World BRONZE winner for the above ident for BT Vision and was also featured in Stash 64. Noorlander has some fantastic work on his reel.
Onedotzero just released this little montage (everybody needs a montage) of some of their recent endeavors in the realms of motion graphics, short film, animation and music videos. It’s an impressive show and proof of Onedotzero’s inspiring talent.
Nerdo Design Collective is a new motion and graphic design studio based in Torino, Italy. They get posted almost entirely because they were smart enough to put together the above video which has to be one of my favorite movie scenes of all time. My business card is often referred to as the American Psycho card or the Darth Vader card and it always makes me think of the above scene. It’s a clever promotional idea.
Pablo Alfieri has teamed up with Motion Designer Mariano Farias to form a new studio focusing on Motion, Illustration, Design and Art Direction. The studio is called Plenty and they already have an excellent reel posted.
Pablo is a guy who has kept up with me via email and a little on Facebook. He just seems like a super positive guy and is someone I would very much like to meet in person one day. I wish you all the best with your new studio Pablo. Thank you for the email. You guys are going to be very successful.
“Plato Art Space is proud to present Candaş Şişman’s video dedicated to famous sculptor İlhan Koman produced for the exhibition İlhan Koman: Hulda Festival, a Journey into Art and Science opening on the 22nd September, 2010.”
You can read more about the inspiration behind ‘Flux’ here.
Video and sound design by Candas Sisman.
Edouard Salier directed this dark 3D video for Massive Attack’s single ‘Atlas Air’. It’s a wild visual ride and Salier and his crew at Digital District have secured their place this year as premier motion/animation/3D provocateurs and who better to do so with than Massive Attack.
Lots of people involved on this one:
Artist: Massive Attack ‘Atlas Air’
Directed by Edouard Salier
Produced by: Edouard Salier, Svana Gisla and David Danesi
Production Company: Black Dog Films and Digital District Paris
CGI: Jean Lamoureux, Emilie Caudroit, Rémi Gamiette, Kevin Monthureux, Jimmy Cavé, Romuald Caudroit and Thomas Marquet.
2D: David Sapyyapy, Lou Menais, Vladimir Mavounia-Kouka.
Art & Compositing: Julien Michel, Xavier Reye and Damien Martin.
Record Company: Virgin Records
Commissioner: Svana Gisla
Special thanks to Henrique Vale, Aymeric Vin-Ramarony,
Filipe Jardim, Amandine Moulinet and Olivier Gajan.
Yeah I know, it’s Linkin Park but hey the compositing in this video is awesome. I am not sure who directed or animated the video but it’s a great effect and even more kudos go to giving Linkin Park a makeover.
I almost forgot Daniele Manoli’s alphabet video of the week this week. So this time we have the letter ‘Q’ (one of my favorite letters) that stands for Quadrilateral. How awesome are all of these videos? One for every letter in the alphabet. Still blows my mind.
Video & Audio : Daniele Manoli
Styling, Art Direction, Handmade Props & Accessories : Phoebe Tong behance.net/ phoebetong
Model : Isabella L
This is a really beautiful piece. It’s just expertly done and everything seems to be working together seamlessly to create a moody and thought-provoking piece of animated poetry. You can read more about the making of the piece and some of the rationale behind it at Motionographer. Really excellent work.
Credits:
Read by Mitch Rapoport.
A collaboration with Stefanie Augustine.
Sound design by Chris Villepigue | songloft.com.
Design and Animation help from Carlo Vega.
Motion designer Ed Laag is currently freelancing for Shilo where he is belting out some pretty kick-ass visuals with a truly cinematic slant. He’s super good at what he does and it shows right from the moment the thumbnails load on the homepage. Impressive work.
Seattle based director and motion designer Colin Day is fresh of a 7 year stint at Digital Kitchen that garnered two Emmy nominations. As well you could imagine, he has some strong work in his considered portfolio for clients ranging the spectrum.
Motion designer and illustrator Ken Gunn Lee was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii. He now resides in LA where he is building a kick ass freelance portfolio cranking out character development with serious style for the likes of Motion Theory. He’s one to keep an eye on.
“We wanted to make a series of moving sculptures that take inspiration from the great surrealists like dali and in particular his lobster telephone. We have tried to build intriguing objects that leave you wanting to see more. These objects are mechanical but at the same time organic in their movements. They are a collection of textures, objects and movements that create images that we wanted to see.”
Produced and directed by We Are 17. You can read a little more about them here.
Genki Ito joined W+K Tokyo Lab in 2004 working on projects for Google, Nike and PlayStation. He’s the recipient of several design awards and has worked in several mediums of art and design. Talk about an unusual reel.
Brazilian graphic design and animation studio Lobo has been animating graphics since the very idea of doing so started to become fashionable (at least in the capacity that it is done today). They have recently completed several new projects for several large clients that you can check out at their website. They have stayed at the top of their game and are still one of the very best in the business.
This weeks alphabet video by motion designer, animator and illustrator Daniele Manoli is all about the letter ‘W’.
Oh Buck let me count the ways you inspire me. I have had the unique experience of working for an agency that hired Buck and was totally mind blown by what they produced. They are still high atop my list of the very best motion, animation and creative film studios out there. Above is plenty testimony to that fact.
