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BP Gets Animated
Getting screwed at the gas pump does seem to have one slight upside: oil companies are now flush with money to blow on frivolous ad …
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Sony PS3 Spot by Superfad
Superfad has delivered an impressive 3D spot for the Sony PS3, directed by Kevin Lau and Frank Pichel. Superfad’s animation of the …
C.L. Hartman Animation Reel
The grandson of Golden Age Hollywood animator C.L. Hartman has posted a reel onto YouTube of commercials animated by Hartman at John …
Sony Colors
This stop-motion TV spot makes me feel good. Replacement animation, using Play-Doh, on a scale George Pal never imagined. Bravo to …
Fling
Not quite as enchanted as Enchanted, this new Fling chocolate bar spot, from Australia, aimed at “self-assured women in their 20s-30s”, …
Joy To The World
A fun little 1930s style TV spot for Sky TV animated by Richard Bazley (Roger Rabbit, Iron Giant, etc.). Read about the making of it on …
Human Flipbook
Animator Dustin Black and John Neerland recently completely a cable TV spot, for Northwest sandwich chain Erberts and Gerberts, in a …
Amp XGames by Three Legged Legs
The young Santa Monica animation studio Three Legged Legs continues to impress with each new project they turn out. Reza Rasoli, one of …
Sugar Bear Scholarship
Just when I think the world is spinning madly out of control, Dan Goodsell’s always delightful blog, A Sampler of Things, has visually …
Geico’s New Cavemen
Geico’s latest spots for car insurance use a new but familiar group of cavemen: The Flintstones. Brandweek has more details about the …
Olive Oyl sells sauce
A live action-animation TV commercial starring Olive Oyl has caught my eye. It’s currently airing as part of an advertising campaign for …
Creation Museum spot
Whatever your feelings are towards the controversial Creation Museum in Petersberg Kentucky, I think we can agree this is a pretty nice …
Amautalab
It’s rare to find a studio whose work truly excites like that of Amautalab, a young outfit based out of LA, Buenos Aires and Lima, and …
Popeye Beer ad
Please forgive all these Popeye and Woody Woodpecker posts, but here’s a YouTube find I had to share: a 1980s British Carling Black Label …
Woody and Popeye
Next week the Popeye collection goes on sale. While we wait, here are two recent vintage commercials that didn’t quite make it as …
Jack Zander Interview
Animation World Magazine has an interview with 99-year-old animation veteran Jack Zander whose career includes stints at studios like …
Animated Cartooning by Mail, 1939
Brew reader Billie Towser found this old magazine ad on Flickr. (Click on thumbnail at left for an enlarged version). Long before Cal …
Scary Green Giant
Stop motion animator/historian, Ken Priebe, thinks he has found the creepiest puppet animation ever:
BNN Interstitials by Greg Lawson
Greg Lawson, owner of Amsterdam-based animation studio Lawson & Whatshisname, is directing a series of 40 interstitials for the Dutch TV …
Goodbye Toucan Sam
An era has ended. Kellogg’s has announced it will no longer market its sugared cereals to children. Kellogg’s also said it would stop …
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