aliceblue studio

10/24/2024

Who could forget the iconic yellow school bus we all know so well? Discover our fully CGI computerized world through Thomas Built Buses’ electric journey.

Every element was designed and created to replicate a mechanical component that corresponded with a building in a city, a silo on a rural highway, or even a suburban neighborhood, complete with trees and shrubs. While the detail looks seamless, the process to replicate its motherboard counterpart was anything but simple. All details of the three environments, as well as the additional scenes that connect the environments in the animation, were created with 360° detail that allowed for dynamic camera moves and high-def closeups throughout the story.

The result is a playful, high tech environment that supports our hero’s mission for a world that reduces emissions and supports the goal for a greener Earth. 🌎

10/02/2024

You want your creative vision to be captivating, dynamic, and striking - right down to your online banners. But file size can often prohibit these qualities in an animation. Instead of defaulting to static advertising, our HTML animation capabilities provide the ability to keep the content equally engaging and creative, without sacrificing the motion itself. Technical yes. Creative always. Let’s make something together!

07/22/2024

Today was ‘Bring Your Besties to Work Day’ in the studio. Alice Blue loves the Fable gang and today we got to break bread, hang out, and do character T-poses together! Thanks to for being a trusted partner and for starting this week off right.

05/02/2024

We love our jobs and it shows in our work and relationships. Proud to be a part of the Richmond Advertising Community!
Another great Richmond Ad Show in the books celebrating with our fellow creatives. Congrats to all the winners and cheers to defeating AI for at least one more year!

03/21/2024

Who knew? It is National Tattoo Day!!! We will play!

03/20/2024

The term Topiary is derived from the Latin word for an ornamental landscape gardener, topiarius, a creator of topia or “places”, a Greek word that Romans also applied to fictive indoor landscapes executed in fresco.

We work much the same - imagining worlds and bringing them to life in a digital fashion. Creativity is always blooming at Alice Blue!🌷

03/08/2024

As a woman-owned business, International Women’s Day is near and dear to us. And so is the incredible woman that we are highlighting on this special day, because she happens to be Alice Blue founder, Meredith Ott Sullivan’s grandmother. Eleanor Parker Sheppard was a political force in Richmond during the 1950’s and 60’s. She was the first woman to be elected to the City Council of Richmond, and later went on to be Virginia’s first female Mayor of an incorporated city. One quote states, “The work of Eleanor Parker Sheppard really showed the men in Richmond in that time period that a woman could do a man’s job and, in fact, do it better. She really fought for Richmond, and she fought for people who didn’t always have a voice.”

03/08/2024

As a woman-owned business, International Women’s Day is near and dear to us. And so is the incredible woman that we are highlighting on this special day, because she happens to be Alice Blue founder, Meredith Ott Sullivan’s grandmother. Eleanor Parker Sheppard was a political force in Richmond during the 1950’s and 60’s. She was the first woman to be elected to the City Council of Richmond, and later went on to be Virginia’s first female Mayor of an incorporated city. One quote states, “The work of Eleanor Parker Sheppard really showed the men in Richmond in that time period that a woman could do a man’s job and, in fact, do it better. She really fought for Richmond, and she fought for people who didn’t always have a voice.”

02/13/2024

11/21/2023

We got really busy this week so we had AI create our Thanksgiving post.

In case you’re having trouble deciphering, here’s what the artists at Alice Blue are Thankful for: sweatpants, (Costco) wine, sweet tea, meditation, the outdoors, reverse image search, creative expression, coworkers, and VCU Basketball.

Happy Thanksgiving from our family to yours.

-Alice Blue

11/17/2023

When old worlds collide with new ones!! Thanks for coming to RVA to shoot with . Such great memories and new ones to make!!

11/11/2023

Love my Modelogic family!! Congratulations on 30 years! You are the best in the biz and loved celebrating you. 🥳

11/02/2023

When newly-christened Two Tango (formerly NDP) contacted us to produce a gaming style video with a driver’s POV, filming in four Virginia locations, what’s the first thing we did?
Call Carleen Martin of course!
With a combination of both location and in-studio video, graphics design and animation, CGI design and creation, complete with a 3D girlfriend, this gig was tailor-made for Alice Blue. It was a very fun, elaborate and fast-paced production that we will detail in the coming days.

10/06/2023

Mission Accomplished. Enemy Conquered. Assignment: design and create both the character and his world with an illustrative and dreamy feel. Result: a strategic combination of CGI and hand painted detail resulting in a uniquely creative campaign with elevated storytelling and emotional aesthetic.

Engage Alice Blue to capture your concepts with creative integrity.

10/05/2023

Our hero has now located the enemy deep within the lungscape forest. Assignment: design and create both the character and his world with an illustrative and dreamy feel. Result: a strategic combination of CGI and hand painted detail resulting in a uniquely creative campaign with elevated storytelling and emotional aesthetic.

Not a drop of AI in sight.

10/04/2023

Follow along as our hero takes flight to locate and battle the enemy deep within the lungscape forest. Assignment: design and create both the character and his world with an illustrative and dreamy feel. Result: a strategic combination of CGI and hand painted detail resulting in a uniquely creative campaign with elevated storytelling and emotional aesthetic.

09/26/2023

While CBD is all the rage, not all products are created equally. Check out our animation for Epidolex and 21 Grams, to understand what is really meant by 'The 0.3% THC Rule' and to view some pretty cool camera work!