• Can the Power of a Guitar Help Kids?

    by / August 23, 2024 /

    In 2024, Preston Spire teamed up with Free Guitars 4 Kids, a non-profit organization that seeks to transform the lives of kids in underserved communities through the gift of a guitar. To date, Free Guitars 4 Kids has donated over 1,800 guitars across the USA.

    The task was to create a branding campaign that gets the Free Guitars 4 Kids name and message to the masses. Because more eyes = more donations. But in the process of crafting this message, Preston Spire dis[Read More]

  • SIAMÉS Releases New Animated Music Video “Alone In The Darkness” by MAKE Originals

    by / July 29, 2024 /

    “Alone In The Darkness” is a single from SIAMÉS' new album "MELODRAMATIC" (2024), featuring an animated music video created by MAKE Originals and directed by Danny Robashkin.

    "We're a team of passionate artists who love telling our own stories—not just for ourselves, but also for other creators. This is our first opportunity to create a story and build a new world for an amazing group of creatives that we're big fans of!" — Danny Robashkin, Creative Director.

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  • Live. Love. And Discover Vivamor!

    by / July 9, 2024 /

    When agency friends at Betty (formerly Periscope) approached CRASH+SUES about creating a brand video for their client Vivamor, a Colombian chocolate company looking to break into the US market, the folks at CRASH+SUES put on their chef hats and stepped into the kitchen.

    A dash of motion design, a pinch of live action, a splash (literally) of 3D, an explosion of inclusions, a few fluid simulations, and a heap of compositing brought this mixed media project the bold, vibrant energy that[Read More]

  • “House on the Outlands,” Official Trailer by MAKE

    by / March 25, 2024 /

    Welcome to "House on the Outlands," a serialized adventure telling the dark tales of Harmony, a little girl endowed with eldritch powers. As she struggles to contain this dark magic, she uses her power to defend her impossibly crooked home from mysterious evil forces lurking beyond the fabric of our reality.

    Harmony lives with her Mother in a creepy house perched on the threshold between our world and vast unknown dimensions. A typical Monday for Harmony is spent doing chores, enterta[Read More]

  • Griffin Archer and Splash Jingle Their Way Through Winter

    by / December 5, 2023 /

    The classic advertising hook you know and love is back! The SPLASH jingle has been revived in a new, animated spot by Griffin Archer and Motion 504. This time, we follow the perilous journey of an adorable car named “Henry” as he battles everything from ice storms to angry bugs. With the help of Weather Repel Windshield Washer Fluid from SPLASH, Henry is able to dodge potholes, deer, and the occasional snow-throwing oak tree to make it safely to school. 

    This is the second animat[Read More]

  • Brian Barber Releases Animation and Motion Graphics Reel

    by / October 17, 2023 /

    Duluth animator, motion graphics artist, and videographer Brian Barber recently released a new reel of work. The reel includes work from TV advertising, training and corporate videos, explainers, documentaries, music videos, and experimental work submitted to film festivals.

    In addition to the usual spinning logos and transitioning graphics that make up an animation reel, the work includes stop-motion, character design, greenscreen, and frame-by-frame “cel” animation.

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  • Gasket Studios Creates a World of Rewards for Shell

    by / October 6, 2023 /

    Redbear Films and Wunderman Thompson tapped Gasket Studios to oversee a dreamy project for Shell. They were searching for an effective way to introduce their new Platinum Status for Fuel Rewards members, emphasizing the dream-like benefits it would provide. Gaskets Studios' close collaboration resulted in an engaging and exhilarating experience that struck the perfect balance. Take a look.

    [Video courtesy of Gasket Studios.]

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  • Introducing a New Micro-Short Series, “BraveHurts” from MAKE Originals

    by / September 20, 2023 /

    "BraveHurts" is a medieval fantasy series featuring the bravest of himbos who will do anything, and risk it all for the chance to hold onto something they can't have. Dumb. Star-crossed. Morons.

    Hear ye, hear ye! MAKE Originals is excited to roll out their latest micro-short series, "BraveHurts." Inspired by classic medieval tropes and fairytales, these are the stories that didn't quite make it into that storybook of yore. Conceptualized by Josh Schneider, "BraveHurts" was designed in[Read More]

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