The People’s Republic of Animation

This commercial simply blew me away. It was produced by The People’s Republic of Animation, an outstanding animation studio in Australia, …

Rexona Skin Care Spots

Effective paper doll concept and fine execution in this series of South American ads for Rexona Skin Care. One of the spots can be viewed …

Uncannily Smokey

I can’t describe this commerical any better than Jason Kottke does on his blog: “Smokey the Bear is back! And he’s preventing forest …

Christian Aid Week Spot

Richard Mitchelson writes in to tell me about a new ad that he animated in Flash for Christian Aid Week. Though created before any of the …

Froot Loops

There is nothing particularly special about the two Kelloggs’ Froot Loops commercials posted below, except that my colleague Leslie …

Haagen-Dazs and Psyop Save Honeybees

Apparently, all the important causes that a corporation could pretend to care about have already been snatched up, so ice cream …

Musical Rollercoaster

Great music can be a roller coaster of emotion, both figuratively and literally. This new CG spot for the Zurich Chamber Orchestra is a …

The Making of the “HBO Starship” Intro

A 1982 mini-doc about how the impressive CG-less HBO intro was made. The entire spot is shown at the end of the film. Apparently it’s all …

Niquitin Spots by Genndy Tartakovsky

Motionographer offers up two colorful Genndy Tartakovsky-directed TV spots for Niquitin, the UK-branded version of Nicorette. Genndy had …

PandaPanther

PandaPanther is, hands down, my favorite new commercial studio. Once you see their work, you’ll understand why. This young NYC-based …

The History of French Animated Commercials

A nice introduction to the history of French animated commercials by Mark Webster. There’s an exhibit about animated French advertising …

Gabe Swarr for Radiohead and AniBoom

Gabe Swarr was commissioned to create this Flash-animated musical piece below advertising Radiohead and AniBoom’s “In Rainbows Music …

Ron Paul Goes CG

Everything’s better when it’s in CG…even presidential candidate Ron Paul. Of all the recent animated political ads, this commercial …

Chester Cheetah in CG

Speaking of creepy CG translations of 2D characters, the new adult-targeted Cheetos ad campaign starring Chester Cheetah is highly …

Jim Carrey hawks Horton

No, it’s not Jerry Seinfeld in a bee costume – it’s Jim Carrey dressed as an elephant shamelessly cross-promoting Horton Hears A Who! on …

Colormation returns!

Remember that primitive mo-cap forerunner we posted about last September? It’s baaack! Pete Avanzino caught this commercial on …

The Museum

My pal Sharon Burian sent me some information on the project she just completed:I want to alert you to a short film that I recently …

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