Hasta La Motion!

Sehsucht Creative addict Hans-Christoph Schultheiss turns a rejected animation project into a slippery self-promotion campaign not only to boast Sehsucht‘s mad render skills but to answer the ever present question that spurs us every second: What is visual addiction?

Based on an ancient recipe discovered by mystical aztec tribes that utilized the toxin of a rare species of colorful frogs we feed our minds with an highly addictive substance to create visuals beyond imagination. Through digital dreams we make the frog dance.

Making of (epileptic warning):

5 days of nonstop 3D wranlgling by Øyedrops creating this impressive graphic package for the yearly comedy prize show on norwegian broadcasting channel NRK.

Harry Frank has given so much to the AE and motion design community. Here’s your chance to give a little something back.

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(ABOVE) Techno Image and Meindbender Team up to create this brilliant piece of moving art. UFCECÊ is a Gillette commercial reminiscent of the old Lipton Brisk spots from the past. Great character work taken to a new level by this amazing creative duo.

(ABOVE) “Gracht” is a very impressive graduation film by Utrecht School of Arts students Joost de Jong, Nick Groeneveld, Jeroen Hoolmans and Michaël Koning. Music & sound design from soundbreeders.nl. From the glossy porcelain shading to the stop-motion style of CG, they’ve managed to create a very unique and creative piece.

I’ve noticed a lot of really innovative character work coming from small shops or even student pieces like the one above. I hope that this trend eventually moves upward to the big movie studios. These are just a few recent examples of some very unique character design & animation work.

One recent stand out on the big screen is Paranorman. If you haven’t seen it, I highly recommend.

Jeremy & Bob, of Polyester Studio cut their latest reel montage.