Something new is coming on September 2010…

See below for BLU‘s latest piece: a mixture of wall-painting and stop-motion animation with a powerful message, produced by ARTSH.it. The soundtrack is by Andrea Martignoni.

“BIG BAG BIG BOOM: an unscientific point of view on the beginning and evolution of life … and how it could probably end.”

Enjoy!

BIG BAG BIG BOOM – the new wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

Paint factory Sherwin-Williams ads by McKinney agency are simply beatiful. A 3D world made of color chips, great concept and awesome animations.

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Production Co: Buck
Creative Director: Orion Tait
Executive Producer: Kate Treacy
Producer: Kevin Hall
Lead Art Director: Ben Langsfeld
Art Director: Joshua Harvey
Design: Ben Langsfeld, Joshua Harvey
Storyboards: Pete McDonald
CG Supervisor: Joshua Harvey
3D Modeling: Arvid Volz, David Soto
3D Animation: Joshua Harvey, Pete Hamilton, Chris Hendryx, Arvid Volz
3D Character Animation: Jordan Blit
3D Rigging: Lee Wolland
3D Lighting/Shading: Kevin Couture, Lars Holmgren, Chris Hendryx, Hanwei Wu
Composite: Daniel Oeffinger, Conrad Ostwald, Joshua Harvey
Additional Design: Jon Gorman

Agency: McKinney
Producer: Josh Eggleston
GCD: Ellen Steinberg
Copywriter: Jenny Nicholson
Art Director: John Hagerty

Color Grade: Company 3
Colorist: Tim Masick

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Directed by: Buck
Production House: Buck NY
Creative Director: Orion Tait
Executive Producer: Kate Treacy
Producer: Kevin Hall
Lead Art Director: Ben Langsfeld
Art Director: Joshua Harvey
Design: Ben Langsfeld, Joshua Harvey, Thomas Schmid, Mike Lee
Storyboards: Joshua Harvey
CG Supervisor: Joshua Harvey
3D Pipeline Manager: Chris Hendryx
3D Modeling/Layout: David Soto, Scott Hubbard, Arvid Volz, Dan Fine, Adam Pearlman
3D Animation: Joshua Harvey, Jordan Blit, Pete Hamilton, Jason Wolley, Ryan O’Phelan
3D Lighting/Shading: Ylli Orana, Kevin Couture
Lead Composite: Daniel Oeffinger
Composite: Conrad Ostwald, Seth Ricart

Agency: McKinney
Producer: Josh Eggleston
GCD: Ellen Steinberg
Copywriter: Jenny Nicholson
Art Director: John Hagerty

MUSIC
Studio: Beacon Street
Artist: Andrew Feltenstein, John Nau.
Lyrics: Jenny Nicholson, Andrew Feltenstein, John Nau

ABSOLUTE POST
Executive Producer: Sally Heath
Flame Artist: Nathan Kane

Visual Inspiration from China brings Koi Koi Koi readers examples of fresh creative content from five emerging Chinese creatives. The series is courtesy of K3 guest contributor NeochaEDGE, a daily-curated, bilingual website and discovery engine dedicated to showcasing leading-edge creative content and emerging youth culture in China.

#1 Brainempty – illustrator

#2 Phoebe Jin – photographer

#3 Kim227 – painter

#4 Wang Meng – animator (“Back to the Future” MV for Chinese 8-bit music producer Baifan)

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#5 ABS crew – street art collective

Visual Inspiration from China brings Koi Koi Koi readers examples of fresh creative content from five emerging Chinese creatives. The series is courtesy of K3 guest contributor NeochaEDGE, a daily-curated, bilingual website and discovery engine dedicated to showcasing leading-edge creative content and emerging youth culture in China.

#1 Shadow Chen – Graphic Designer

#2 Little Kong – Illustrator

#3 Nini Sum – Painter

#4 Ting.G – Street Artist

#5 Ma Kuang Pei (aka Keats) – Animator (here is his award-winning animation “The Soliloquist”)

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Bicicleta Sem Freio (translated as “Bicycle Without Brakes) are a 2005 founded Brasilian collective whose members are Douglas Castro, Victor Reyes and Renato Reno.

Their designs are handmade with pencil and ink and describe a universe comprised of girls and rock & roll with retro and psychedelic elements. See below for some choice pieces and a wonderful animated video for a song by Brasilian rock band Black Drawing Chalks, titled “My Favourite Way”:

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Broken Fingaz is a graffiti/illustration/graphic design crew from Haifa, Israel. They’re: Tant, Unga, Deso, Kip. They have a supercool comics style, a mix between vintage american comics and old school skateboard graphics.

Recently they also made an awesome stop-motion video

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This awesome animation is by Patrick Jean. The most classic and famous old school videogames characters come to life to conquer New York City and the world.

PIXELS by PATRICK JEAN.
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Visual Inspiration from China brings Koi Koi Koi readers examples of fresh creative content from five emerging Chinese creatives. The series is courtesy of K3 guest contributor NeochaEDGE, a daily-curated, bilingual website and discovery engine dedicated to showcasing leading-edge creative content and emerging youth culture in China.

#1 Graphicairlines – Street Art Collective

See below for a light graffiti video with Graphicairlines

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#2 Yuan Xiaopeng – Photographer

#3 Nisky – Illustrator

#4 Ou-Bau Tsai – Animator (here is his award-winning animation “Dark Rain”)

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#5 Zhou Fan – Painter

How do you think your money works for you? Green City Energy and Musclebeaver give you the answer in this animation.