Sunday, May 20, 2012

Nick Jr. UK's Short Series "I Love Art" Nominated For Global PromaxBDA Awards

According to Tina McCann, the Managing Director of Nickelodeon UK and Ireland, on her official Twitter stream (@NickMDTMc), the Nick Jr. UK and Ireland vignette series "I Love Art" (also known as "I ♥ Art" and "I Heart Art"), which is a series of short films encouraging children to engage with classical works of art and discover them for themselves, has been nominated to receive an award at the upcoming Global PromaxBDA Awards:
Congrats to Nick nominees for Global PromaxBDA awards - big shout out to @PeterDrake & Nick UK creative for their beautiful work I Love Art
Nick Jr. UK and Ireland's series of Nickelodeon Shorts called "I Love Art" were made in-house at Nickelodeon UK by Nickelodeon UK's Creative Team, which includes Peter Drake, who is VP creative director at Nickelodeon UK, and Akin Akinsiku, who is a Art Director at Nickelodeon UK, with 3D and branding services provided by London, UK based CG studio Manifold.

Below are three high quality (HQ) streaming video clips which feature three episodes from Nick Junior UK's short series titled "I Love Art":

Nick JR "i Heart Art" Surprise:

NickJR "i Heart Art" Surprise from manifold.tv on Vimeo.

Client: Nickelodeon
Role: 3D Artist

Nickelodeon - I Heart Art
Animation, Branding

Manifold provided 3D services to Nickelodeon's in house graphics team. The campaign has been a huge success, not only from the personal feedback received from parent's of the audience, winning two gold UK promax awards and getting nominated for a Children's BAFTA. Manifold is currently busy working on another episode, be sure to expect a notification on its arrival!
**Credits Pending

NickJR "i Heart Art" Adoration of the Kings:

NickJR "i Heart Art" Adoration of the Kings from manifold.tv on Vimeo.

Client: Nickelodeon
Role: 3D Artist
**Credits Pending

NickJR "i Heart Art" Umbrellas:

NickJR "i Heart Art" Umbrellas from manifold.tv on Vimeo.

Client: Nickelodeon
Role: 3D Lead
**Credits Pending


Also, Tweeted (posted) by Nick Jr. Channel UK and Ireland on their official Twitter profile page (@NickJrUK):
Has your little one seen the I Love Art videos on #NickJrUK? Children explore the National Gallery in these lovely vids http://on.nickjr.co.uk/wuwv [direct link to Nick Junior UK's "I Love Art" video collection on Nick Jr. UK's official "Wake Up World" website on the official Nick Jr. UK website, NickJr.co.uk]