We partnered again with the legendary Portland-based motorcycle apparel company ICON Motosports to create this haunting social media animation promoting the release of their Airflite 4Horsemen helmet. Inspired by the helmet’s artwork and animated in the style of the 1970s Lord of the Rings film, this short brings Conquest, War, Famine, and Death into terrifying reality.
The Smashing Pumpkins | ‘In Ashes’ Animated Series
It’s been an honor to work with such a massively influential band and to collaborate directly with band frontman and series creator Billy Corgan. Translating his narrative vision into cinematic form has been a fun challenge for our team. There’s a lot of nuance. With this in mind, we created this dark futurist-goth art style, leveraging the traditional techniques of … Read More
System of a Down ‘Genocidal Humanoidz’
We partnered with the GRAMMY Award-winning alt-rock band System Of A Down to create the animated sequences in the official music video for their latest single “Genocidal Humanoidz”. Showing the toughness and resiliency of Armenians in the face of brutal terror, we follow a kid as he is pursued by demons through the rubble-filled streets of his city before he … Read More
Burmer Music | Nanakorobi (Seven Falls)
Nanakorobi (Seven Falls) is a multi-award winning animated short film created by Glenna Burmer that follows the adventures of a young girl who undergoes seven challenges to save a dear orphaned friend from the cold Hokkaido winter. This highlight video shows the beginning of the film, showcasing both the original orchestral score composed by Glenna Burmer and the sumi-e style animation by Gaby Breiter and Deep Sky. The animation is a tribute to Glenna Burmer’s mother, who was a sumi-e artist.
MG | Monkeying Around
Deep Sky collaborated with New Amsterdam Film Company and MG on their latest spot titled ‘Monkey Business’. We utilized our in-house CGI chimpanzee model on this rad and ambitious 30-second international spot. While we’ve have had several years experience animating and compositing digital animals (particularly chimps), this spot had a load of welcome challenges. From moving cameras, moving objects, interactions … Read More
ODOT | Pedestrian Safety
Our 4th spot for ODOT is the kickstarter for a fun campaign featuring these two unique characters. We had a blast designing and animating these colorfully loud personalities to shed more light onto the importance of standing out as a pedestrian. These characters are the embodiment of safety, and by having them interacting with people, it helped bring their message … Read More
Gilead Sciences | Research Scholars Program Animated Videos
WWE Communications reached out to us to design and animate a series of testimonial-like videos for Gilead Sciences. We were tasked with designing the overall look of this series, as well as future videos. A majority of the character animation is digitally hand-drawn, while the talking head characters were rigged for quick lip sync and turnaround. We incorporated circular shapes … Read More
OG&E | Positive Energy Homes
Our friends at CLEAResult reached out to us to produce an classical animated video for OG&E’s Positive Energy Homes. This lovely spot combined both hand-drawn animation, matte painted backgrounds, and 3D animation. Client: OG&E Agency: CLEAResult Studio: Deep Sky Creative Director: Jared Hobbs Producer: James Horn Art Director: Barret Thomson Lead 2D Animator: Jack Ellis 2D Animator: Tina Hsu 2D … Read More
Growing Up George | Animated Short Film
Growing Up George shows how the strong influence of Paul George’s mother Paulette and sister Teiosha helped shape the All-Star into the person, parent and athlete he is today. The piece highlights how his sister Teiosha’s success as a basketball player inspired and motivated him at a young age to develop his game. The film also touches on his mother … Read More
Bleacher Report | Julio Jones Stir Fry
We had a blast collaborating with Bleacher Report on another CGi animated short. A fun concept, talented team, and great timing, B/R unleashed this Stir Fry on Instagram generating over 1 million views in less than 24 hours. Lot’s of love and love those comments. More to come!