[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_video link="https://youtu.be/HgZT6UJocRs"][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Such beautiful words, and animator/illustrator Leo G Franchi offers such a thoughtful interpretation. The sound design and music don't try to do too much and everything comes together so cohesively in “How to Belong Be Alone” by Pádraig Ó Tuama, a part of the...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_video link="https://youtu.be/GHrmKL2XKcE"][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]David Shiang Liu is the talented animator behind this spontaneous (it was done in 3 days!) kinetic type interpretation of Ira Glass' some what magical disclosure on the key to bridging gaps between great taste and great work. I think this is tremendously well...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_video link="https://vimeo.com/18678091"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I always love examples of kinetic type and this one is storybook perfection. Passion project for creators Sebas and Clim, they joined all the right forces - meaning of the words, art direction and design, animation, and sound to put together somethign unique. This is...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_video link="https://youtu.be/GN-xVSlnWKQ"][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Commission an ad agency to do a music video and you will inevitably feel (if not deep regret) some kind of marketing coming through, but partner with an agency as unique as Wieden + Kennedy and you'll get a music video replete with detestable...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_video link="https://youtu.be/C1l96kIfi3A"][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I stumbled on this music video as I bounced around the work of an animator I love Lawrence Becker, and was OVERJOYED to see someone else I have obsessed about for most of my life: Steve Martin. As I listened to the familiar plucky...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_video link="https://youtu.be/PMivT7MJ41M"][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Director Jonathan Lia is such an interesting tale. At a younger age he was interested in filmmaking and cut his teeth at a production company that largely did commercial work. He moved amongst the different film departments, and found himself learning more of the...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_video link="https://vimeo.com/105149174"][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]If you've ever met Joe Bennett, you might observe quickly.. that he is tall, quirky. often smiling, and kind. He's also an incredible animator, therefore it makes perfect sense that he would make his grandfather an animated card for his 86th birthday hysterically interpreting...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_video link="https://vimeo.com/7354877"][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Brent Knopf of the band Menomena has a solo venture called Ramona Falls and "I Say Fever" is on his debut album. He collaborated with legendary...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_video link="https://vimeo.com/321169750"][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I was puzzling over what I was seeing (but loving it ofc) until I noticed somewhere that apparently Takoyaki means "Octopus Balls." Suddenly all was made clear! Tokoyo/New York based Illustrator/Animator Sawako Kabuki took this to the place it obviously wanted to go. I...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_video link="https://vimeo.com/114350322"][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]I'm always trying to debunk how certain looks and effects are achieved, and this is a fascinating BTS watch to understand how Directors Ben Smith and Bryce Wymer at The Mill+ tackled this award winning title sequence while trying to stay true to the...