Hornet

04/16/2024

See the latest from the Hornet team on Instagram () and LinkedIn.

06/05/2023

These exploratory collages by Hornet Director Ariel Costa () traverse the history of rock 🎸⚡️

05/04/2023

Dive into a world of wonder with wallpaper explorations from

Swipe for some R&D for their second collaboration with Samsung ➡

04/13/2023

A fun family vacation takes a turn for the worst 🏂

Artwork from the Pitch Graveyard by

03/21/2023

How do we build a better world? 💭 To illustrate this question for 's journal, Hornet Director Kyle Bean () built an "urban environment on sunglasses to illustrate how ideal futures look different to everyone (everyone has their own lens)."

🪄 Always a connoisseur of practical magic, Kyle Bean brought this image to life using laser cut acrylic and wood

Directed by Kyle Bean
Client: RSA Journal
Commissioned by Wardour

02/08/2023

Welcome to Cell City, an ill-fated ecosystem freshly resurrected from our Pitch Graveyard 🪦

We sadly did not get this pitch, but we wanted to spotlight the incredible way Hornet Director designed this utopia seized by catastrophe 🧬

11/18/2022

After working on digital projects from home, Hornet Director wanted a new medium that took her away from her computer.

"I also thought it was interesting that something that is usually so active - a pencil - was now essentially frozen in time. I could try to write with the led of this pencil but nothing would come out. This paint tube would always be mid squeeze." – Julia Pott

Go to 's link in bio to shop her ceramic pieces before they're sold out!

11/11/2022

For this year's holiday campaign, we developed a new look to tell the story of Jack and Isabela's family. All of the environments, from the neighboring houses to the kitchen decor, needed to be researched and rendered in new ways.

The house in the film helped tell the story of Jack's life from the 60's to the current era. The team looked at a Craftsman style home and how the woodwork, wallpaper, and decor would change over time. The house is its own character and set the stage for the story.

Swipe for some of the environment design ➡️

11/10/2022

This year's holiday campaign is our most ambitious work in our three-year-long partnership with Kroger and .

For this campaign, we gave the characters an all-new, tactile look that still honors the original Kroji designs. The team added strategic detail to make them feel almost miniature and handmade- from adding fuzzies on the sweaters to defining the strands of the hair. Jack and Isabela's characters also needed to grow up over the course of a few decades, so the team researched clothing styles and fabrics from the 60's, 70's, and now.

Swipe for some of the character design ➡️

10/13/2022

🎉 Welcoming Ashley Monaghan to the team! As Executive Producer, Ashley will focus on business development and sales.

With over 15 years of experience on the production side of advertising, Ashley's background in live action production, editing, VFX, and CG design & animation makes her a very well rounded EP. Ashley has a gift for fostering talent, building teams, and finding the best opportunities that fit their creative aspirations.

"There are three exciting things about the future at Hornet, in no particular order. Continuing to create beautiful work, Hornet Karaoke nights, and wooing all my new coworkers with my uncanny ability to find the perfect GIF for any moment." –

10/10/2022

October 10 is 💗
Valuing mental health has been an intrinsic part of Hornet's culture for 2+ decades, and the conversation has only grown over course of the pandemic.

Our workplace is built on the idea that mental health should be valued, promoted and protected. Everyone should have equal opportunity to enjoy mental health and access the mental health care they need.

Image: Hornet Director 's paper piece for BMW

10/06/2022

Help us welcome Jo Arghiris, our first West Coast-based EP 🎉

With over 20 years of experience in VFX, design, animation, and mixed media production in London, NYC, and LA, Jo is perfectly positioned to help bolster our West Coast presence 🌴🌞

“We always believed that fortifying our existing relationships with brands and agencies in the West Coast market required true leadership from someone who understands the market from within. Jo’s collaborative spirit, passion for discovering and nurturing talent, and ability to push the bounds of storytelling through design and animation are all talents we truly admire, and believe can serve as an exciting Northstar for our brand in the West.” – Hana Shimizu, Hornet Managing Director/Executive Producer

10/04/2022

Here, we are comparing the "Balance" storyboard and its corresponding styleframes. Usually with client work, we start with a storyboard and a few styleframes to show where we want the narrative to go. The styleframe is a fully-realized still image that that allows everyone to visualize the look, feel, textures, and emotion of the final product.

𝔒𝔟𝔰𝔢𝔰𝔰𝔢𝔡 is our internal initiative to explore motion design in a series of films. We have released three so far: "Color", "Systems", and "Balance".

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Production:
Storyboards: .amalialage
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Original Audio:
Animatic: .in.motion

10/03/2022

"It's very rare that an internet company lets you make a music video." – Creative Director Corey Langelotti

We're back for year three of our partnership with Ziply Fiber! Hornet Director Sarah Beth Morgan teamed up with Creative Director Corey Langelotti to create a bright, bold, high octane world for Ziply's first foray into live action 🎥

"The style is meant to be super energetic, bold, playful, and fun with clean lines that portray the stability and reliability and clear picture of the Ziply Fiber internet." -Sarah Beth Morgan

10/03/2022

As students head back to school, 🎒 the examines the future of education. Hornet Director creates the latest cover for the WSJ series ‘The Future of Everything’ which focuses on the state of education in the aftermath of a pandemic. 📚

We have always loved Kyle's playful, concept-driven imagery and whimsical use of everyday materials- in this case, a paper crane 🏗️ Swipe for BTS and the full cover ➡️

Artist:
Client:
WSJ photo editor:

09/15/2022

Hornet has arrived at !

We can't wait to meet artists, showcase our work, and be inspired. ✨

If you're here at Pictoplasma, come say hi!

09/15/2022

These crime-stoppers are going worldwide 🌎

is officially a Winner at and , and an official selection at Dublin International Short Film and Music Festival 🥚🏆

11/05/2021

Director Sam Mason and Miller McCormick jumped on the phone with Interview Magazine and Mara Veitch to discuss "Colors and Shapes" and the journey they took together to create a music video that would honor the late rapper Mac Miller.

Miller McCormick honors his late brother, the rapper Mac Miller, with a nostalgia-rich music video, made in collaboration with Sam Mason.

11/02/2021

Welcome back, Julia Pott!
After 5 years creating HBO Max’s TV Series Summer Camp Island, we’re thrilled to re-introduce Julia Pott back into the short-form world.
Find out what she's been up to here: https://bit.ly/3nPWKYT

10/01/2021

Delighted to welcome Sarah Beth Morgan to the Hornet family.

Little Black Book, Sarah Beth is a Portland-based illustrator and animation director with an assorted past and an auspicious future

09/15/2021

In this surreal & stirring music video for “Colors and Shapes,” Hornet Director Sam Mason teamed up with the family of Mac Miller to imagine the visual language for Miller's cult favorite "Faces" mixtape: https://bit.ly/3zgEFad

08/03/2021

We're delighted to welcome Ariel Costa to the Hornet family.

From the release: Hornet is proud to announce the signing of Emmy award-winning animation and mixed media creative director Ariel Costa (aka, Blink My Brain). [Read more]

05/20/2021

Celebrating the Pokémon 25th Anniversary in Happy Meal style. Check out Peter Sluszka's latest McDonald's UK spot here: https://bit.ly/3yprq7Z

04/21/2021

It's with heart-felt pleasure that we welcome Andrea Love to the Hornet director roster. https://www.stashmedia.tv/andrea-love-brings-wool-stop-motion-to-hornet-roster/

From the release: It's with heartfelt pleasure that we welcome Andrea Love to the Hornet director roster. Andrea is an animator and director who specializes in stop motion animation with needle felted wool. Her work is truly one of a kind. [Read more]

04/12/2021

When it comes to protecting what matters most, we could learn a thing or two from the animal kingdom. That’s the idea behind this latest campaign from Hornet Director Natalie Labarre for Mutual of Omaha: https://bit.ly/3dRMCtO

02/03/2021

Delighted to announce Vucko has joined the Hornet director roster!

Little Black Book, Led by Andrew Vucko, the Toronto-based creative practice specialising in design systems and motion's work and worldview are guided by three core principles: clarity, function and movement

01/27/2021

Exciting team movement happening at Hornet! Dez Stavracos becomes Hornet's first-ever Production Supervisor. Karen Lawler joins as HOP: https://bit.ly/3adQenY

09/28/2020

Hornet & Prime Day are back and fun as ever! This is 5 years in a row Amazon.com has trusted Hornet to handle the campaign for their largest sales event of the year, and 5 years in a row we’ve absolutely relished the challenge.