Directed by Emlyn Davies for Bomper Studio, Wales, 2021.
Tools: Zbrush (character sculpts), Cinema 4D (rigging, animation, modeling, texturing), Arnold (rendering)
Project description from Bomper Studio:
After working on the music video for “No Son of Mine,” RCA approached Bomper Studio looking for a whimsical film for the dreamy and immersive track “Chasing Birds.” Described as “weird and mellow” by keyboardist Rami Jaffee, the initial brief was to explore motifs within the song through taking the band on a psychedelic, technicolor journey; reminiscent of The Beatles
Yellow Submarine. The production took place from February-April 2021. Director Emlyn Davies and co-director Josh Hicks worked to develop a story set within a colorful utopia which devolves into a nightmarish hellscape; filled to the brim with trippy imagery and animation. The chosen setting was a landscape reminiscent of the Sonoran desert; often chosen as a shorthand in narratives of existential isolat
Chris Bohjalian Can Read for Hours in the Bath
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April 22, 2021
“I also loved to read in swimming pools, pre-Covid, when vacations were a thing,” says the novelist, whose latest book is “Hour of the Witch.”
What books are on your night stand?
I’m old school and don’t read on a tablet, and so my night stand is a Jenga tower of galleys and manuscripts for books that won’t be published for months. It’s terrifying. One night, it’s going to collapse and kill me in my sleep. There are always at least one or two books that are research for whatever novel I’m writing, which means in this case I have a book about skydiving and a book about the Ottoman massacre of Armenians in Adana, Turkey, in 1909. But three novels were recently published that I’d been looking forward to, and so amid the unstable skyscraper are Carol Edgarian’s “Vera”; Kazuo Ishiguro’s “Klara and the Sun”; and Viet Thanh Nguyen’s “The Committed.”
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Shutterstock has announced the launch of its ninth annual Oscar Pop! poster series to celebrate the Best Picture nominees in the 93rd Academy Awards.
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Shutterstock, Inc. (NYSE: SSTK), a leading global creative platform offering full-service solutions, high-quality content, and tools for brands, businesses and media companies, today announced the launch of its ninth annual
Oscar Pop! poster series to celebrate the Best Picture nominees in the 93rd Academy Awards. Turning to world-famous pop artists for aesthetic inspiration, our talented creative team utilized Shutterstock s collection of over 360 million photos, vectors, patterns, and textures to capture the spirit of the films, while showcasing the infinite possibilities of these creative assets. Sound of Metal by Jac Castillo/Shutterstock with artist inspiration from Jamie Hewlett
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It’s where the arts, business and the battle against homelessness intersect and connect in London.
The 11th annual UPwithART fundraiser in support of The Unity Project and Museum London begins Sunday with 65 pieces up for auction, including donations from some of London’s leading artists and collectors.
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For the second time due to the pandemic, it’s a virtual event giving bidders and donors from 9 a.m. Sunday until 9 p.m. April 24 to have a chance to own a work of art with organizers hoping to match last year’s total of about $146,000.