Feb 12
2010

Watch Vancouver Olympics Mascot Animations

posted by Aaron, 9.54 AM

Up in chilly Vancouver, the Winter Olympics start today, and it’s high time we give a shout out to Meomi. They’re the team that designed the Olympic mascots, Miga, Quatchi and Sumi. Here’s a short animation featuring Quatchi, and there’s a great video interview with Meomi founders Vicki Wong and Michael Murhpy over at the official Olympics site.

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Jan 25
2010

Craste and STUDIOaka Kick Off BBC’s Olympics Coverage

posted by Aaron, 11.00 AM

The 2010 Winter Olympics start up in Vancouver on February 12th, and the BBC has ordered up a little animation to help kick it off. Marc Craste at STUDIOaka crafted this powerful short that features Akiak’s “quest to find the missing head of Ilanaaq.” To find out exactly what that means, watch the short, then head over to the BBC website for a read.

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Jan 25
2010

Hitier Animated Promo For Forum des Images

posted by Aaron, 11.00 AM

For the upcoming Forum des Images event in Paris, Sabine Hitier directed this stylish promotional short. She helps announce Tout-Petits Cinéma, an event aimed at children 1 1/2 to 4 years old.

via fousdanim.org

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Jan 22
2010

UAF Nanook Hockey Will Nuke Your Arena

posted by Aaron, 11.41 AM

This opener for the UAF Nanook Hockey team is sports comedy gold. It’s a perfect send-up of all those other CG intros we suffer through at various sporting events. The piece was directed by Jon Dorfman and Szymon Weglarski and Mike Martinez.

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Jan 18
2010

Rodents and Chickens Invade MoreFrames Promos

posted by Aaron, 12.07 PM

Spotted some stylish 2D promo bumpers for MoreFrames, an animation team in Pennsylvania.

Powered by Rodents

Built by Chickens

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Jan 7
2010

Frodsham Floats First Cartoon Network Ident

posted by Aaron, 11.48 AM

Matt Frodsham has unveiled the first of 5 Cartoon Network IDs he’s been producing.

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Dec 17
2009

Desilets Creates Just For Laughs Ident

posted by Aaron, 12.06 PM

Montreal’s Pat Desilets created this ident for the 2009 Just For Laughs International event, which was held in Lyon, France.

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