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Loyalkaspar Hits The ‘’Tattoo Highway’’ For A&E

For A&E Network’s “Tattoo Highway,” a new reality series, Loyalkaspar used hand-drawn illustrations to create the tattoo art seen in the image spot; while for the MTV “Spring Break ‘09” package they referenced an analog photographic technique known as “Lomography.”
“Tattoo Highway” takes tattoo reality television on a road trip with master tattoo artist Thomas Pendelton. [...]

Low Tech Look Rings True For MTV’s Spring Break ‘09

For the show package to its “Spring Break ’09” coverage, MTV’s annual paean to bikini-clad fun, Loyalkaspar referenced a decidedly retro photographic technique known as “Lomography,” which takes its name from the LOMO, a compact 35mm camera popular in the 1980s, known for producing oversaturated colors, off-kilter exposures, blurring and other whimsical photographic images.

“It’s a [...]

Dr. Dre Helps Cut+Run Deliver Dr. Pepper Commercial

The new commercial for Dr. Pepper via agency Deutsch and edited by Cut+Run’s David Checel features Hip-Hop mogul Dr. Dre and the world debut of a track from his highly-anticipated “Detox” album. Directed by Paul Hunter, the commercial extols the benefits of savoring the 23 flavors of Dr. Pepper slowly to appreciate its true value. [...]

Smoke & Mirrors NY Puts Dinosaurs On Ice

Smoke & Mirrors New York (SMNY) teamed with Carmichael Lynch Minneapolis this past winter to launch a beautifully quirky spot for the Denver Museum of Nature & Science that showcases the New York studio’s ability to complete a project from production through post.

The “silent movie” like spot features the improbable, but amusing scenario of a [...]

“Monkey Island” Introduces Monkeyhead 2009 Showreel

Innovative motion design and production company Monkeyhead is very proud to present “Monkey Island,” an original animated short created specifically to introduce the company’s Summer 2009 Reel. In the humorous original “Monkey Island” short, which was created entirely in-house at Monkeyhead under the guidance of founder and creative director Josh Sahley, a fire-dancing tribal [...]

DUCK Produces Video For Country Superstar Keith Urban

Renowned music video director Chris Hicky teamed up with DUCK’s animation director Richard Borge for his stylistic animation techniques for the latest video for country superstar Keith Urban. Kiss A Girl, the second release off of the Australian singer’s fifth studio album, Defying Gravity, is the rollicking, upbeat story of two young lovers told through [...]

Click 3X Tops Friendly’s Ice Cream

Click 3X puts the toppings on Friendly’s Ice Cream in a deliciously eye popping new spot via Zimmerman Advertising. As swirling scoops of ice cream fill the screen, the voices of two kids debate the toppings they crave most when building the perfect Friendly’s ice cream sundae.
Whether it’s crushed Oreo® cookie pieces or KitKat® [...]

Assassin’s Creed II - Trailer & E3 Expo Interview

Truth is written in blood – I will seek vengeance upon those who have betrayed my family, and uncover a conspiracy bigger than I could have imagined. I am Ezio Auditore Di Firenze. I am an Assassin.

The Italian Renaissance is the ideal historical era and location for Assassin’s Creed II - the long-awaited sequel to [...]