Jeremysenglylist

Work / Animation

Jeremy Sengly’s collection of curiously comical animations

Words by Lucy Bourton, Monday 12 September 2016

Jeremy Sengly is an illustrator and animator based in Los Angeles. Currently working as the head of animation at Super Deluxe his work is a mix of contemporary design combined with absolute hilarity.

When asked how he found his place in the creative field, Jeremy says: “I curled up in the foetal position and sweated profusely for several years. When I woke up I had achieved my goal: I was a professional artist,” – a description that sums up his ironic sense of humour and work. Inspired by “Park Chan-wook, Milton Glaser, Sally Cruikshank, Gary Panter, Kazuo Umezu, and LA business mascots” one of Jeremy’s most recognisable pieces of work is Double Cup, an animated music video for Major Lazer. It makes for addictive watching, with every lyric popping on to the screen in a clever and dynamic way.

Alongside larger projects some of Jeremy’s finest work is the constant flow of gifs he updates on his website, where the animator has repurposed the comic book format in a way that’s ideal delivery for his puns.

According to the artist, he is currently finishing up a short film about growing up Cambodian in the midwest, and a comic about cacti and freedom.

Jeremysengly5 — Jeremy Sengly: Igloo

Jeremysengly1 — Jeremy Sengly: Trees

Jeremysengly2 — Jeremy Sengly: Weave

Jeremysengly3 — Jeremy Sengly: Sweet Revenge

Jeremysengly4 — Jeremy Sengly: Phone Ants

Jeremysengly6 — Jeremy Sengly: Dog Printer

Work / Animation DBLG and Animade’s cheeky stop-motion animation uses human skin and 3D stamps

Creative agency DBLG has collaborated with Animade on Hey Pressto an experimental stop-motion animation using the naked human body as its canvas. Created for DBLG’s tenth anniversary, the team first came up with the idea of using 3D printing to create a stamp that could be pushed into skin and leave an imprint. “Initially the stamp was typographically based but after some experimentation we felt it didn’t have a tone of voice or playfulness that resonated with us so we started to explore other avenues,” explains Grant Gilbert, founder and creative director at DBLG. “That’s when we got in touch with Animade. We’d been fans of Animade for a long time and always loved how their animations convey a huge amount of character in such a simple and universal way. Animade were absolutely perfect collaborators for this project and we were really excited with the idea to make an animation that crossed into a physical world.”

Rebecca Fulleylove — 17 October 2017
Work / Animation Chris Ullens directs charming stop-motion music video for Rex Orange County

Chris Ullens has directed a new music video for Orange Rex County AKA Alex O’Connor and his latest track Loving is Easy featuring Benny Sings. A stop-motion performance video, Chris was given just an image of a psychedelic living room for reference, which inspired the aesthetic of the film.

Rebecca Fulleylove — 16 October 2017
Work / Animation Jake Fried’s Paper Trail is an intricate animation of 1,500 layers of collage

Paper Trail is an impressively detailed animated short by American artist Jake Fried. Having started his artistic career as a painter, Jake realised what truly interested him was the “way an image evolved in the course of making a painting,” and so he changed track to become an animator.

Ruby Boddington — 13 October 2017
Work / Animation Victoria Vincent explores what happens when our obsession with online personas goes too far

Victoria Vincent’s new animation Kittykat96 has been inspired by the world of vlogging and YouTube stars, and follows the story of an “internet famous girl” whose online persona comes to life as a separate entity from her physical self. “Last summer I became really invested in the life of famous YouTuber Trisha Paytas, AKA blndsundoll4mi. I ended up watching nearly all ten years worth of videos,” says Victoria of her inspiration. “It was really interesting to me to watch how in some videos she would put on a character and others were more raw and emotional. So I decided to make a video about a vlogger and I mixed my own personal experiences with having an internet persona in with it.”

Rebecca Fulleylove — 12 October 2017
Work / Animation James Carbutt tackles the stigma surrounding losing your virginity

James Carbutt’s animation for The School of Life deals with the stigma surrounding being a virgin at age 20 and beyond and how we should probably get rid of those negative thoughts, along with “any other sexy stigmas”. The project came about after James emailed The School of Life asking to collaborate in some way and this animation is the second short he’s created for the education company.

Rebecca Fulleylove — 05 October 2017
Work / Graphic Design Xavier Monney's slick and unique three-dimensional manipulations of type

Xavier Monney is the 23 year old designer from Lausanne, Switzerland whose work caught our eye due to his refreshing but incredibly impressive manipulations of type. Xavier combines animation and typography to create three dimensional experiments, often incorporating some form of optical illusion. “I guess what’s most important is the perspective,” explains Xavier when asked how he manages to retain such high levels of legibility within animated text. He also considers the animation’s speed, colour and texture: “a simple change can create a completely different atmosphere.”

Ruby Boddington — 04 October 2017