The New York Times

An animation to accompany the New York Times' annual 'Holiday Books' supplement. Here's what books get up to when we step out of the room.

I made some print illustrations, one for the supplement cover featuring a wild office party at the library, and two more inside for cookery and travel.

We also created an infinitely looping version, to amuse ourselves:

Client: The New York Times
Art Direction: Nicholas Blechman

Production Company: Nexus
Director + Designer: Johnny Kelly
Producer: Isobel Conroy
Project Lead: Mark Davies
Animation: Sergei Shabarov, Michal Firkowski, Fabrice Fiteni, Mark Davies
3D Rendering: Michal Firkowski, Jeremi Boutelet, Mark Davies
3D Modeller: Florent Rousseau
Compositing: Elliott Kajdan

Music & Sound Design: David Kamp