For L’equipe Junior, some fun games and great motion/hip-hop stylie as only the french do it!

http://demo.les84.com/lequipejunior-lechallenge/

Is here: http://www.absolut.com/iaaw

Brought to you by the genius of North Kingdom, the new Coke Zero football game site.

How much fun it must be to work on projects like this!

Is right here: http://eccoworld.ecco.com.pl/.

What a cool, fun way to showcase these products.

Just got back from a GREAT symposium put on by SCAD-Savannah for Motion Graphics. Featured guests were Psyop, Troika, Brand New School, Digital Kitchen, and PES, and they did not disappoint.

The artists from Psyop were amazing in the amount and detail of their work in the creative process, but their presentation certainly needed some polish, and was quite scattered. Still, exploring the creative process is usually messy business. Troika put on display some of their branding projects, but the true standout, to be launched this summer, is the MHD branding :30 and :10 id’s, which were detailed, conceptual, and brilliant.

Brand New School put on a great display of their Adobe CS3 mural project, though their presentation was slow, boring, and (sorry guys) had too much “too cool for school” attitude, esp. with the suits and ties. Your work is great, now work on your people skills!

The standout presentations for me, though, were Eric Anderson, Creative Director at Digital Kitchen, and PES, world-famous stop-motion animator and filmmaker. Anderson had the most cohesive and expansive case study of the day, when he took us from concept to completion through the title sequence for “Dexter” of Showtime and now primetime fame. He was real and approachable throughout his preso, and actually seemed interested in explaining his state of mind while creating, while everyone else seemed more interested in putting on a front of “coolness”. And PES…….well, he’s just himself. No pretense, no bullshit, just honest, great work from a twisted mind. Even the dorky James Lipton-esque interviewer couldn’t ruin this one.

Overall, a great symposium was put on for all, and I’ll go to the next one as well.

Yes, the second LP from the “Odd Couple” of newstyle pop-funk, Gnarls Barkley, have got it goin’ on over at their new website, http://gnarlsbarkley.com/.

Really fun stuff, and a unique sound these two innovators are gettin’ these days. To think I ran into them working on the first album years ago here in Atlanta over at Milk Money Studios….hehe, with Ce-Lo and his posse’ passin’ around a FATTTY right in the middle of the rumpus room!

Have now been posted up here. It’s a small but representative collection of a great trip!

Our first trip out to Seattle to meet with the great peeps at REI was awesome! Great company, great people, very cool culture and scene going on out there in the northwest.

Spent a couple of hours at their public library. See here: http://flickr.com/photos/tobypast/

My body is still getting over the beating it took over the past week, spring snowboarding out in Kirkwood, CA. What a totally rad trip it was, though!

Pics to come soon, documenting the unbelievably amazing weather and shredding antics of me and my crew.

So the Papervision 3d hotness in Flash design continues, with a new site showcasing the collected works of megaband Pink Floyd throughout their entire career.

Check it out here: http://www.pinkfloyd.co.uk/obtw/