The OFFF Festival’s annual opening titles have become somewhat of a landmark event in their own right. Every self-respecting motion designer and fan are looking out for these titles to debut online. It’s that big of a deal. It’s an even bigger deal to be invited to actually design the OFFF titles. In 2012, the … Continued
Watch and marvel at Whit Alexander’s beautiful impressionist-inspired artistry in his music video “Western Sunrise” for Art Decade. If you think the amazing paint brush strokes, the vivid colors or the engaging decoupage were done using super powerful expensive software, think again. At the time he started working on the video, Whitney didn’t even own … Continued
Winner of Best Animated Short Film at the Academy Awards 2012 We’re exited to bring you our review of the brand-new interactive book The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lesmore. Design and animation is done by ex-Pixar designer William Joyce, also known from Toy Story and A Bugs Life. Morris Lessmore is a humorous … Continued
Spanish animation studio Thorstencoo‘s music video for Spanish band Klaus & Kinski‘s track “El Rey Del Mambo y la Reina de Saba” is just magical. The song’s title means “The King of Mambo and The Queen of Saba,” and our fav scene is the lovely pas-de-deux between a “sketchy” black wolf and an impressionistic dancing … Continued
If you thought the Splice title sequence amazing, wait till you see the new animations we found made by Chez Eddy in Paris. Get engaged in the Variations sur Marilou journey taking you from the simple splashes of colors to the complex sur-realistic structures, or follow Louise Attaque’s adventures hand-drawn by debuting music video director … Continued
An unusual mix of ink-painted backgrounds, cartoon animations and improvised typography designed with oil pastel crayons. The main title for Fantômas se Déchaîne is officially credited to Berthon Films. But who was the creative force behind this forgotten studio? This quintessentially French piece of animaton could not be left uncredited…
The Lovies is The Webby’s sister award for European web excellence and we struck Gold for Best Music Website. Woof! Feels like we just beat Goliath, considering that we beat big ass music monster websites Last.fm, 22tracks, Coldplay.com, U2.com and *respect to* BalconyTV! Thanks, voters… Latest update on 2Pause 1. Low/no budget live action robo-love … Continued
Every rocket launch has its own story, but few stories capture the emotional depth of the tale that Celine Desrumaux (of The Giants fame) crafted for Apparat’s music video Granular Bastard. Watch it on 2Pause The illustrative look was wizarded with just After Effects and Photoshop, so nothing too fancy-pantsy. But Desrumaux commented that making … Continued
New on Watch the Titles: Magic Trip – Ken Kesey’s Search for a Cool Place Imaginary Forces art director Karin Fong directs the main titles and special sequences for Magic Trip – a movie about Ken Kesey‘s legendary, LSD-infused 1964 road trip from California to New York. Fong visualizes Kesey’s altered state of mind. But … Continued
The Sun is the seventh video Special Problems have made for The Naked and the Famous, a continuation of their long time collaboration which includes all band-related artwork, as well as the fab music videos. From the press release: The clip depicts the euphoric intimacy between lovers (who are an actual couple, in case you’re … Continued
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