*Winner of 2009 MIXX Award for Product Launch
Puckering Up for the Project
The recently awarded KissMein3D project took a Guinness world-record time of sixteen days to complete for a workload equivalency of three to four months. No, we didn’t sleep. Nor did we bathe. View full article »
As requested from our internet audience, here is a breakdown of the Adobe Social Networking video with before and after shots. The original footage will display first and then wipe to the final edited version, showing color correction, rotoscoping, and inserted graphics. View full article »
Kicking Around an Idea
What began as a proof of concept became our project called Turf. Over the summer, one of our Animals did some motion tests as a side project. It started simple, as a patch of grass and a soccer ball, then the grass came to life and kicked around the soccer ball. When we reviewed these fledgling renderings we immediately realized it had the potential of a great story. Bringing our imagination to an empty soccer field, after everyone was gone and the lights go out, we asked, what really happens here? View full article »
A lot of people have been asking us how we created the music visualizations for the Reeve Rocks concert. Well little is it known that Winamp has a plugin that lets users program their own visualizations. The plugin is Advanced Visualization Studio (AVS) and—sorry Mac fans—it is available only for Windows. Hey, I guess PC’s are good for some things after all. View full article »
What happens when you bring two great brands like Porsche and Adidas together? You get excellence and innovation all wrapped up in a shoe, the Bounce:S. The shoe employs springs and mechanics to propel you further, faster and higher. Time Magazine called it one of 2008′s top 50 inventions and it has walked away with a Red Dot Design Award as well as the Plus X Award 2008. View full article »
Album art has become kind of overlooked. Today I actually bought music legally (gasp). The new Aesop Rock album None Shall Pass came out and I figured that I’ve downloaded enough of his music to warrant a legit purchase. The music is awesome, and the cover art and illustrations are equally cool. Turns out they were done by the artist Jeremy Fish who’s work can be found on sillypinkbunnies.com. I really dig his style. View full article »
