March 30, 2018

Amazing Cat Themed Animated Zoetrope Cake

This is a video of Gâteau Gato, a cat themed spinning zoetrope cake created by artist and pastry chef Alexandre Dubosc. It features a bunch of animated cat imagery as it spins including Felix the Cat walking, a Japanese good luck Maneki-neko cat waving, and the cat bus from My Neighbor Totoro.

March 29, 2018

'Face Face' by Chris Prynoski & Michael Moloney

"Face Face" animated short film by Chris Prynoski & Michael Moloney

March 28, 2018

March 21, 2018

Guns Explained with Cats

'Sunshine Rhymes' by Copernicus Studios

A new musical series of animated shorts for preschoolers, created by Copernicus Studios. They took a collection of classic children's songs and lovingly reimagined them with vocal contributions from some of Nova Scotia’s greatest singers, including: David Myles, Rose Cousins, Stewart Legere, Breagh MacKinnon, Kim Harris & Ben Caplan, and lovingly animated in this beautiful storybook style.

Old Macdonald Had A Farm



Twinkle Twinkle Little Star



Itsy Bitsy Spider


More to come soon...

March 20, 2018

Colorscope: Pink



Client: CNN
Creative Producer: Sarah-Grace Mankarious
Directed by: Giant Ant
Creative Direction: Jay Grandin
Producer: Liam Hogan
Storyboard: Conor Whelan, Jay Grandin, Marion Bordeyne, Eric Pautz
Art Direction: Eric Pautz
Illustration & Visual Development: Eric Pautz, Marion Bordeyne, Conor Whelan, Shawn Hight, Sitji Chou, Whitney Lam
Animation Direction: Conor Whelan
Animation: Conor Whelan, Shawn Hight, Chris Anderson, Henrique Barone, Matt James, Taylor Peters, Whitney Lam
Compositing: Conor Whelan, Eric Pautz
Audio: Bryan Stone


Breakdown of cloth animation process:

March 18, 2018

BBC Winter Olympics – 'The Fearless are Here' by Nexus Studios



Agency:
Y&R London

Agency Producer:
Kat Maidment

Creative Director:
Mark Roalfe

Creative Leads:
Gavin McGrath
Jim Bolton
Psembi Kinstan

Production Company:
Nexus Studios

Directors:
Smith & Foulkes

Creative Director:
Chris O’Reilly

Producer:
Tracey Cooper

Production Manager:
Rebecca Archer

Animation Supervisor:
Michal Firkowski

Art Directors:
Alice Duke
Shen Yi

Design:
Callum Strachan
David Feliu
Jamie Jones
Maxime Dupuy
Melanie Climent

Animation Lead:
Bishoy Gendi

Animation:
Duncan Gist
Hozen Britto
Ines Scheiber
Peter Lowey

FX Animation:
Frankie Swan
Ines Scheiber

Clean Up Animation:
Christina Nerland
Duane Uba
Giacomo Autili
Judit Boor

Compositing Lead:
Abel Kohen

Compositing:
Chris Moran
Daniele Baiardini
Elliott Kajdan
John Taylor

Editors:
Dave Slade
James Alexander

Sound Design:
Anthony Moore

Music Production:
Native Music

Composer:
Fred Ashworth

March 17, 2018

NPR Invisibilia // Alien Hand - by Giant Ant



Invisibilia, NPR's radio program and podcast that fuses storytelling with science, came to us with their very first animation assignment. The story of a woman who's hand has a mind of its own. We paired the unpredictability of Karen's experience with an unpredictable visual style.

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CREDITS
Client: NPR | Invisibilia
Directed by Giant Ant
Producer: Teresa Toews
Creative Direction: Jay Grandin
Storyboard: Sitji Chou
Art Direction: Rafael Mayani
Illustration: Rafael Mayani, Marion Bordeyne, Sitji Chou
Animation: Diego Maclean, Sitji Chou, Conor Whelan, Whitney Lam,
Clean up: Marion Bordeyne, Whitney Lam, Diego Maclean, Sitji Chou, Conor Whelan