‘Blue Umbrella’ Director Saschka Unseld Joins Passion NY
Saschka Unseld, who conceived and directed the Pixar short “The Blue Umbrella,” has moved to the East Coast to become the creative director of Passion New York,
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“Randy Cunningham” titles by Kevin Dart and Stéphane Coëdel
I haven’t checked out Disney XD’s new series Randy Cunningham, 9th Grade Ninja, but I’ve just caught up with the incredible opening title …
“The Butterfly Effect” by Dan Sumich
The Butterfly Effect is a short CG/mo-cap animated film created by Dan Sumich at UK-based Passion Pictures. It was made in partnership …
“A Year of Sun with Mr. Persol”
I do believe there is such a thing as over-art directing a piece of animation to the point where the message becomes buried within the …
“Mural Man” by Patrick Jean
No doubt inspired by the graffiti animation of artist BLU, Patrick Jean (Pixels) directed this commercial for UK’s Passion Pictures, for …
“The Lost Thing” trailer
The Lost Thing, a fifteen-minute CG animated short with a tactile, painterly feel, is based on a children’s book by Shaun Tan. It won the …
Trailer for The Beatles Rock Band
The actual game play in the forthcoming game, The Beatles Rock Band, isn’t that impressive to me, but the game’s just-released trailer is …
“Bubblicious” and “Unboxed”
Following up on the piece about the 3D papercraft/cut-out trend, here are two new works that are more-or-less from that school of …
Rexona Skin Care Spots
Effective paper doll concept and fine execution in this series of South American ads for Rexona Skin Care. One of the spots can be viewed …
“Lollipop” by Bonzom
The music video “Lollipop” for musician Mika is a joyful if somewhat overproduced Seventies graphic pastiche. It is the promising debut …
Sony Colors
This stop-motion TV spot makes me feel good. Replacement animation, using Play-Doh, on a scale George Pal never imagined. Bravo to …
Guitar Hero II spot by Pete Candeland
Gorillaz animation director Pete Candeland of Passion Pictures has turned out a visually stunning spot for the videogame Guitar Hero II. …
KIA Spots by Pete Fowler and Passion
These two Kia car commercials (bottom of the page) are from a while back, but I hadn’t seen them before and think they’re worth pointing …
Pictoplasma Conference Report
The 1st Pictoplasma Conference On Contemporary Character Design & Art (my previous comments HERE) took place in Berlin, Germany from Oct. …
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