kuwait tv – fillers presentation from infofillers© on Vimeo.

The Story: This is a three months project (June,July,August 2011), s7production contact me to produce the Kuwait re-branding, with a big list of deliverables, I needed to depend on a team with strong art direction as will as technical skill. Wissam Altroudi, a friend of mind, Director and Art Director, co-founder of Ai Productionz, was in a visit to Dubai, we met, and we asked Saad Alqahtani and Talal Alenzi (s7production), for 6 days, to present an animated filler, it was the jumping fish. Three months later, we delivered 8 fillers, multiple version of logo animation, and Athan(call for prayer) sequence.

Videos, Details, and the Making: http://www.behance.net/gallery/Kuwait-TV/1643106

Name: Firas Country: Syria,Palestine , Kuwait, UAE Job: Producer, Designer,Director URL: http://be.net/firas3d About: Founder of infofillers.tv, and animation director. Get inspired by: Inspiration for me comes from ambivalence, I think we are very good in seeing the contrast, and all what I do is taking a break from the daily routine, get outside of myself.

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Ajwa’ ™ – weather news system from infofillers© on Vimeo.

Ajwa’ is a complete 3D weather system. It features advanced visualization for clouds, rain and snow. The system integrates with a broad range of online weather-data providers, and trigger graphics and animations automatically.

More info on behance.net/gallery/Weather-system-infofillerstv/1643610

Name: Firas Country: Palestine Job: Freelancer/CTO at infofillers.tv
URL: http://www.firas3d.com About: Palestinian born in Algeria, rise in Jordan, and living in UAE. An enterpeneur & freelancer. CTO at infofillers.tv & co-founder. Dedicate myself to create unique, entertaining visuals. Married, and got 3 kids. Get inspired by: I guess it was the early video games around 1986, computer graphics & animation at those days excited me, and I was very lucky that my family afford to buy an Apple II that was the beginning. At later stage, I was extremely lucky to meet great cell animator from Iraq 1991 (zaid swadi), and art/technology started to mix. I learned a lot from great people, and I am still learning.

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Name: Wesley Prince Entertainment Country: Switzerland Job: Design Student
Url: http://www.wp-ent.com
About: Wesley Prince Entertainment is a pan-European network of Graphic Design Artists. We do graphic design, webdesign, photography, video clips and post production, 3D modeling and animation. Wesley Prince Entertainment consists of four creative people. The whole movement is based in Lucerne, Switzerland. Get Inspired by: Everything happening around us is inspirational and influences each of our new projects. Of course we read a lot of design magazines, books, websites, blogs and go to exhibitions. That’s where we find our inspiration.

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Name: Timothy J. Reynolds Country: USA Job: 3D Illustrator URL: http://www.turnislefthome.com
About: I draw non-stop. Get Inspired by: Music. People. Life.

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What is Nathan Love and how did it all started?
Nathan Love is a world class animation studio in New York City that is known for creating memorable characters, detailed worlds and engaging narratives. Founded in 2007, Nathan Love is driven by a passion for storytelling, and our creative, technical and production capabilities are constantly evolving. Equally at home creating sensational 2D and 3D animation, the studio’s talents span all aspects of project creation and production. We are creators of commercial campaigns, original films, web content, video game projects, merchandise and more. Besides their extraordinary craftsmanship, Nathan Love is also fun and inviting to work with, enjoying daily collaborations with leading creatives, live-action and CGI directors, sound designers, composers, web developers and other artists.

Where/how do they get their inspiration?
Nathan Love gathers inspiration from everything around us. From the most popular Pixar film to the most obscure YouTube video, most visuals inspire us to some degree. We work with very ‘animated’ people and often are inspired by the voices and faces we see every day in our own office. Living and working in New York City gives us incredible inspiration whether it’d be a gallery, museum, or graffiti. We draw additional inspiration from our collaborators, clients, friends, and thinking about the ideas and methods out there that have yet to be explored.

What tools do they use?
While the majority of our ideas begin with the old fashioned pencil and paper, our main artistic tools include Adobe Creative Suite, Autodesk Maya for animation, and The Foundry’s Nuke compositing software for finishing.

Tell us something about their latest project?
We recently completed five CG broadcast spots for a Baskin-Robbins campaign with Atlanta based agency 22squared. These spots roll out Baskin-Robbins Flavor’s of the Month and each feature a loveable character who becomes energized and burst into action once the ice cream is introduced. For each featured character, the studio’s art department has focused on creating unique looks and personalities, while its animators have brought each creature to life, with a soul.

Where do they want to be (with their company) in the next five years?
In the next five years we’d love to be creating and producing our own series, shorts, features, and various other original content. We’ve been building the infrastructure and the talent over the last few years and have been producing our own work whenever and wherever we can. We’d love to extend our designs and characters out of the 3D realm and into more tangible items like toys and merchandizing.

On a client level, we’d love to continue to work with creative people on the agency and client level developing campaigns across all formats. We’d also like to continue to get more involved on the conceptual and script level, and on the distribution and promotional level as well. As a studio we’ve spent the last few years building up our live action, web, and sound/music capabilities, so we’re well equipped to take on a variety or projects, large and small.

Did they win any awards?
We most recently won 10 Telly awards, including 3 for Use of Animation, 2 for Art Direction, 1 for Sound Design, 1 Use of Humor, and the YouTube People’s Telly award.
Nathan Love’s Joe Burrascano also received the SHOOT New Directors 2010 award for his work on the Pop Secret campaign.

Any cool upcoming projects?
We’re wrapping up the last of 5 really fun and entertaining spots for Baskin Robbins, which have been playing and keeping us busy all summer. Currently we’re working on a 90 second spot for Kodak with Rochester NY based agency partners + napier which features a cinematic hybrid of live action and CG elements. This spot will be released in October and will be massive!

Contact Details
Website: http://www.nathanlove.com/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Nathan-Love/12102279293

Artwork

Blood Trail – animated horror trailer

Baskin-Robbins – ‘America’s Bday Cake’

City Harvest – ‘Suicidal Cabbage’

Cartoon Network – ‘Cat Sammich’

Nathan Love original short ‘Cracktop Christmas’

Nathan Love original short ‘Mothership’

NBC ‘Peacock’

Chips Ahoy ‘Oz’

Pop Secret ‘Dark Knight’

Chips Ahoy ‘Rocky’

Nathan Original Short ‘Sluggy’

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