Our first iPhone app: Status Blabber!

Galaxy 61, together with Animetwork.tv, is one of the developers of StatusBlabber, an app for iOS4 that allows you to post your Facebook Status or Twitter tweet as an animated character with a funny voice. The app attained "new & Noteworthy" status at the iTunes app store upon its release. Download it here and have fun!

Eisai LED Marquee

This LED billboard animation was created for Manhattan-based 1919 films. It features simulated splashes and columns of water that had to match the "Oncology With Soul" logo, yet keep moving and have life. We created most of the splashing using Next Limits' RealFlow 4, with additional elements added in Maya 2011 and After Effects CS5.

Crew: Doug Johnson, Fola Akinola

Izod/Verizon Penske End Tag

We've worked on a variety of spots this year that Izod created to highlight its sponsorship of IndyCar racing. This end tag included a simulated Verizon iPhone app, which we tracked and composited into a live action phone. We then exploded it to form the Izod Indy Car racing logo. The spots also featured the band Weezer, who provides the soundtrack here.

Van Heusen Institute of Style

This hilarious Van Heusen spot was first shown during the Pro Football Hall of Fame awards show preceding the 2011 Super Bowl and stars Steve Young and Jerry Rice. If features many animated data screens and transitions designed and animated by Galaxy 61. There's even a 21st century digital update of Leonardo Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man.

Crew: Doug Johnson, Fola Akinola, Willie Torres

Arrow at Pitti Uomo

In January we created a 6 minute looping video for Arrow shirts, showcasing the brand and its history for Pitti Uomo, a biannual men’s trade show held in Florence, Italy. "The Contemporaries" is but one section of the piece, highlighting one of several Arrow lines. A huge library of source material, both contemporary and historical, was provided by Arrow and we at G61 were tasked with distilling it into a beautiful and coherent narrative.

Crew: Doug Johnson, Joe Herman, Willie Torres, Fola Akinola
Music: Justin Timberlake

See. Love. Buy.

Galaxy 61 designed this shiny and distinctive heart icon for SeeLoveBuy, an iPhone app by Zazum, Inc. When a user sees a video with this icon, they can sync their iPhone to the video and directly purchase clothing worn by the actors and other featured items. This is our first foray into the world of iOS applications, but it won't be our last!

Galaxy 61 at the Indy 500

One of several title sequences we did for Izod which aired during the Indy 500 over Memorial Day weekend. This one was a joint venture with Hot Wheels promoting a world record stunt- a life-size Hot Wheel car jumped 332 feet, the farthest ever for a four-wheeled vehicle. You can read more about the stunt here.