In the News
Boards, May 2010
Character design: Nathan Love sees red in Dante's Inferno
Hell and violence. Those were the cues given by EA and Perspective Studios
when they commissioned NY-based animation studio Nathan Love to creative direct
12 narrative cinematics for the newly released videogame Dante's Inferno (directed
by Hopr). The game play revolves around Dante's journey through the nine circles
of hell. But what's hell without blood, fire and brimstone, all of which influenced
the color scheme of the environments...
SHOOTonline.com, May 14, 2010
Eighth Annual SHOOT New Directors Showcase: Taking The Leap Of Faith
...In addition to the directors in the panel discussion, the lineup of
2010 SHOOT Showcase talent consisted of Joe Burrascano of Nathan Love...
Boards, May 13, 2010
Behind
the scenes: Nathan Love plumbs hell for Dante's Inferno
Traversing through the depths of hell can be a monumental task, but animation
studio Nathan Love, New York was more than game when it took on creative director
duties for the in-game narrative cinematics of new EA title Dante's Inferno.
Nathan Love worked with a host of partners - mocap studio Perspective Studios,
animation company Augenblick and directors Hopr - to bring to life the back-story
of the videogame's protagonist Dante, who must journey through the nine circles
of hell...
SHOOT New Directors Showcase, May 8, 2010
Director:
Joe Burrascano
...What is the best part of being a director? Creating a memorable experience
for the audience and seeing a great, emotional reaction. Besides the payoff,
I really love the process itself—working with a lot of fun, creative
people, bringing these great stories to life...
SHOOT Magazine, May 7, 2010
2010
New Directors Showcase: Mini-profiles...
...Joe Burrascano, Nathan Love: Pop Secret's "Dark Knight"...
Boards, Mar. 24, 2010
Dante's
Inferno "Montage"
Nathan Love tell a knight's tale in this montage of the 12 narrative cinematics
the studio created for videogame Dante's Inferno. ...Creative Director: Nathan
Love, New York...
Boards, Feb. 18, 2010
Digital
Domain launches new creative studio Mothership
Visual effects house Digital Domain has launched Mothership, a new creative
studio that will represent a roster of directors and develop content across
a variety of platforms - from print and film to web and mobile - for ad agencies
and brands. ...The talent roster includes directors with backgrounds in VFX,
design and live action: Robert Hales, Dael Oates, David Rosenbaum, Sil Van
Der Woerd, Brent Bonacorso, Pierre Michel, Matthew Santoro, Happycamper, and
Nathan Love for the west coast...
Motionographer.com, Feb. 17, 2010
The
Mothership Has Landed
...Mothership is launching with talent including Robert Hales, Dael Oates,
David Rosenbaum, Sil Van Der Woerd, Brent Bonacorso, Pierre Michel, Matthew
Santoro, and Happycamper. They'll also represent Nathan Love on the U.S. west
coast....
SHOOTonline.com, Feb. 17, 2010
Mothership
Launches
...Mothership has curated an international creative roster of directors,
designers and artists; a handpicked group with roots in hybrid filmmaking approaches
that blend live-action, animation, CG, motion graphics and other techniques
to create new visual realities...
SHOOTonline.com, Feb. 12, 2010
Visual
Effects & Animation: SHOOT Top Ten Chart
Pop Secret's "Kernels/Dark Knight" - Nathan Love, New York for Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, San Francisco...
Stashmedia.tv, Feb. 17, 2010
All Aboard the Mothership
...Mothership's opening line-up includes Robert Hales, Dael Oates, David
Rosenbaum, Sil Van Der Woerd, Brent Bonacorso, Pierre Michel, Matthew Santoro,
Happycamper, and Nathan Love on the U.S. west coast — "directors, designers
and artists; a handpicked group with roots in hybrid filmmaking that blend
live-action, animation, CG, motion graphics and other techniques."...
Motionographer.com, Jan. 8, 2010
Nathan
Love for Pop Secret "Dark Knight"
As Shakespeare said, To thy own self be true. In Pop Secret's Dark Knight,
Nathan Love gets back to basics, and back to what they do best...
SHOOTonline.com, Jan. 7, 2010
Nathan
Love Celebrates Movies at Home With New Characters for Pop Secret
Nathan Love (www.nathanlove.com), the creative studio specializing in 3D
animation, known for developing iconic characters, memorable stories and original
content, recently created The Kernel Family, a soon-to-be-iconic bunch of movie-loving
popcorn kernels whose excitement frequently gets them into some eye-popping
trouble...
Stashmedia.tv, Jan. 6, 2010
Nathan Love's Pop
Secret
Nathan Love puts their considerable character skills to work on two spots
for Pop Secret thru GS&P. Watch "Caddyshack". Watch "The Dark Knight".
DreadCentral.com, Nov. 3, 2009
Watch
Nathan Love's Animated Short Blood Trail
...Our own Jon Condit found the goods in the forums for VFXTalk.com, where
we learned Perspective Studios, the production company overseeing creative
development and licensing for "Blood Trail" across all media platforms, brought
the project to Nathan Love, [who] used a hand-animated 3D style to conjure
the piece, and the work is expected to be developed shortly into a feature
film, videogame, and/or graphic novel...
My Predictions, July 8, 2009
Ads
of the week. Barclays - Skittles - RWE - Volkswagen - Budweiser - Coke Zero
- Nathan Love - Starburst.
Nathan Love: Blood Trail
CGnews.com, July 1, 2009
"Blood
Trail" An Animated Horror From Nathan Love
WARNING! This animation short is not for the feint hearted! buckle your
seatbelt before viewing! Creative studio Nathan Love recently completed "Blood
Trail," a three-minute animated trailer that promotes writer Matt Cochran's
screenplay of the same name...
Creativity-Online.com, July 1, 2009
Blood
Trail: Trailer
Creative studio Nathan Love and Perspective Studios hope to expand this
trailer into a feature film, videogame and/or graphic novel...
Stashmedia.tv, July 1, 2009
Nathan Love Leaves
A Blood Trail
Created in partnership between Nathan Love and Perspective Studios, this
animated trailer called "Blood Trail" is currently being shopped to be turned
into a feature film, videogame or graphic novel. The three-minute trailer comes
from writer Matt Cochran's screenplay of the same name. If you haven't watched
it yet, be forewarned it's pretty explicit in its graphic portrayal of violence.
Boards, June 30, 2009
Blood
Trail "Trailer"
Nathan Love animates a three-minute horror trailer to promote writer Matt
Cochran's screenplay of the same name. ...Production Company: Nathan Love,
New York; Director: Nathan Love...
Dexigner.com, June 30, 2009
Nathan
Love Creates Blood Trail
..."We were sold on the project the moment we heard 'animated horror piece,'
but became even more engaged in 'Blood Trail' after reading the full-feature
script," comments Joe Burrascano, Creative Director/Founder, Nathan Love...
Motionographer.com, June 29, 2009
"Blood
Trail" (Updated with interview and making-of)
Nathan Love's latest masterwork, "Blood Trail," is a neo-renaissance for
the studio, a breakthrough as they launch into game and film territory. "Blood
Trail" unfolds mysteriously. Its subtle storyline is boosted by bloody, body-ripping
visuals that are fervently executed as Nathan dives into...
Motionographer.com, June 19, 2009
Nathan
Love's Suicidal Cabbage
Nathan Love slam dunks stereotypical CG shaders with this out of control
oil paint style for RescueFood.org. How the hell did they master this look?
We have no idea, but check out their interview and behind the scenes mischief
here...
Motionographer.com, June 9, 2009
Nathan
Love: Pocket Plates!
Nathan Love aces this hilarious and spot on character ad for Pocket Plates,
the pocketed plate that keeps your food from touching! The spot features some
sick character development in under 30 secs. Who knew carrots were such little
bitches?
Motionographer.com, Mar. 30, 2009
NYC
ACM SIGGRAPH's Industry Spotlight VII
Don't miss NYC ACM SIGGRAPH's Seventh Annual "Industry Spotlight" this
Wednesday, April 1. Some of the top animation and post-production facilities
in the NYC-metropolitan area, including Curious Pictures, The Mill, Psyop,
Nathan Love, and Framestore, to name a few, will talk about their company,
show recent work, and discuss future projects...
Stashmedia.tv, Mar. 24, 2009
Nathan Love Signs
with Tandem
NY 3D collective now repped in UK and Europe. Check Tandem's impressive
roster of directors here. Check the Nathan Love site here. Nathan Love is repped
in the US by BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
Boards, Feb. 27, 2009
Chips
Ahoy! "Rocky"
Cookie-cutter classics. ...Production Company: Nathan Love, New York; Director:
Nathan Love...
Motionographer.com, Feb. 26, 2009
Nathan
Rocks
"Rocky" is the second of the two spot Chips Ahoy campaign by Nathan Love.
If you missed "Oz", check it. Unlike "Oz", Rocky is character heavy, which
is the life water for these guys. It also sports some artful 3D- lighting and
shading. Straight up dandy...
Boards, Feb. 6, 2009
Chips
Ahoy! "Oz"
Cookie-cutter classics. ...Production Company: Nathan Love, New York; Director:
Nathan Love...
Motionographer.com, Feb. 5, 2009
Ahoy,
Nathan Love!
The Chips Ahoy Cookie Campaign has long been based on creative kookiness
and comedic timing. Who best to execute this vision? Look no further than Nathan
Love, where you'll find a hodgepodge of toys, pornified coloring books, melted
baby dolls and gilded pipes (the plumbing kind, of course)...
Boards, Dec. 5, 2008
Oppenheimer
Funds "Escalator"
The stock market is just one big 'ol escalator. ...VFX Production: Nathan
Love, New York, NY; Executive Producer: Mike Harry...
Motionographer.com, Dec. 3, 2008
Blind:
Oppenheimer Funds
...According to Chris Do, this is definitely the most ambitious project
Blind has tackled. Directed by Erik Buth, and with the help of Nathan Love
on the VFX, the task at hand was extremely challenging...
Motionographer.com, Sep. 18, 2008
Nathan
Love for Humana
Insurance giant Humana and agency Red7e tapped the prodigous character
animation talents of Nathan Love for a series of shorts featuring two characters
living in parallel universes, Happy Steve and Sad Steve....
Stashmedia.tv, Sep. 12, 2008
Nathan Love's Humana
New Nathan Love oddball shorts for insurance giant Humana and agency Red7e.
Flexing their 3D character muscles, Nathan Love details the life choices of
two identical characters, Sad Steve and Happy Steve, as one chooses Humana
insurance while the other pays the consequences. Watch Humana "Claim", "Date", "Fitness", "Purple
Spots" and "Massage"...
Stashmedia.tv, July 22, 2008
Dreams and Sparks
at Nathan Love
FEED recently caught up with NY animation studio Nathan Love to talk about
life after Psyop and all the little things that make their studio tick; classic
rock, decapitated dolls, and spreading their love for cool characters...
Motionographer.com, May 19, 2008
Lilium
Urbanus
Lets kick this Monday off with some killer student work. Lilium Urbanus
is a collaborative senior thesis project by Anca Risca and Joji Tsuruga, recent
graduates from SVA. There are a few student works that come out every year
that just blow me away and this is one of them. Very playful and polished throughout,
I could easily say this is created by a studio and no one would question it.
If you are thinking of nabbing them up it looks as though Joji is already part
of the Shilo machine and Anca is on the other side of the island with Nathan
Love. Lucky bastards. Also, the great music and sound design the rounds off
this animation was done by Dante Nou.
Boards, Apr. 10, 2008
Cellular
South "Samurai"
Defeat those pesky asterisks. Production Company: Nathan Love, New York...
Boards, Apr. 10, 2008
Cellular
South "Sheriff"
Production Company: Nathan Love, New York...
Boards, Apr. 10, 2008
Cellular
South "Squid"
Production Company: Nathan Love, New York...
Motionographer.com, Apr. 9, 2008
Nathan
Love for Cellular South
Young studio Nathan Love recently finished a punchy campaign of character-driven
spots for Cellular South and agency Martin Williams. The sparse layout of each
spot puts the characters at center stage, and they don't disappoint. The richly
detailed character designs are backed by strong, nuanced animation...
Stashmedia.tv, Apr. 9, 2008
Nathan Love for
Cellular South
New from Nathan Love are these two tidy and tight 3D character spots for
Cellular South. Joe and Kate Burrascano, the married director and CD pair behind
Nathan Love are both Psyop ex-pats best known for their work on Coca-Cola's "Happiness
Factory". Watch Cellular South "Sheriff" and "Samuari"...
Motionographer.com, Dec. 20, 2007
Two,
with love... From Nathan Love
Most people spend their holiday down time revising Christmas lists and
relaxing. If you're a member of the Nathan Love gang, you spend your holiday
time pulling all nighters and creating demented animations with loose Christmas
themes. I'm proud to pass along to you to new animations by none other. Enjoy.
Motionographer.com, July 18, 2007
"Nathan
Love" Has Arrived
The mission is simple: Have fun, do great work, and make people smile.
Judging by their website, Nathan Love has been involved in some fantastic work.
Cat Sammich has been one of my favorite sets of bumpers since I was first introduced
to it. They obviously have no problem flexing their muscles in different styles...
Boards, May 8, 2007
Fanta "Caught
In The Act"
Psyop animate a teenage tryst for Fanta. ...Animation Director: Nathan
Love; CG Supervisor: Joe Burrascano...
Boards, May 8, 2007
Fanta "No
Play Zone"
Psyop crafts a suitably bubbly spot for Fanta. ...Animation Director: Nathan
Love; CG Supervisor: Joe Burrascano...
Creativity-Online.com, May 8, 2007
Fanta:
Let Them Play
...Animation Director: Nathan Love...
Creativity-Online.com, May 8, 2007
Fanta:
No Play Zone
...Animation Director: Nathan Love...
Creativity-Online.com, May 8, 2007
Fanta:
Caught In The Act
...Animation Director: Nathan Love...
Motionographer.com, Feb. 26, 2007
Daniel
Garcia updates
You may remember recently Daniel Garcia, the dark master of motion graphics,
directed videos for MF Doom and the late, legendary J. Dilla. He's back at
it again this time with a video for El-P Featuring Trent Reznor. The video
was co-directed with Nathan Love, who you should also have your eye on...