When the Swedish organization responsible for collecting tv licence fees needed to ‘remind’ the good people of Sweden to pay those darn fees, they decided to do so in a big and original way. They commissioned a no-dollars-barred customizable short web film that appeals to everyone, not just to Swedes. We like it! It’s funny … Continued
This uber-original illustrator/animator from Canada is Featured User of the Week on Vimeo. Just marvelled for 12 mins. at the sheer psychedelicacy of his animated short The Astronomer’s Dream. Sutherland’s Vimeo page hosts no less than 47 animations, from animation tests to complete shorts in glorious HD.
Spike Jonze unveiled his first ever love story this week, a 30-minute romance between two robots living and loving in Los Angeles. Those of us who couldn’t make it to the first-ever Opening Night’s Shorts Program at Sundance due to prior engagements however, must make do with the (albeit tasty) trailer until March, when the … Continued
Thank you Animate Projects! On the most depressing day of the year (according to Dr. Cliff Arnall) their site updates with no less than three brand-new drawing-based animations. Keywords: Experimental, Artsy, Explicit! The online premiere of these three animated works by artists Edwina Ashton, Ann Course and Barry Doupé coincides with their presentation as part … Continued
WOWZAH! A Uruguyan director / super-bot made this CGI-tastic short sci-fi gem about giant monster robots demolishing the city of Montevideo in a glorious frenzy of unbridled brimstone and fire. Having spent a mere 300 bucks making it, he uploaded to YouTube on the Thursday and by Monday he had been offered a 300 million … Continued
Emanuel Cohen is a Montreal based graphic designer who is currently studying design at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM). This 30 second short was made for a school project. We were really impressed by this piece and the animation style, which lovingly emulates experimental animation from the mid 20th century. There’s definitely a … Continued
A hot June day in 1970, and Dock Ellis was doing what any self-respecting Major League Baseball hotshot would do: opening the doors of perception with LSD. That self-same evening – and still “high as a Georgia pine” – he managed to throw one of just 263 no-hitters ever made in the history of the … Continued
Ooh yeah: magic in the truest sense of the word. Unwind for a few seconds with this miniature masterpiece. And then un-magic it instantly by watching the Making Of! But I digress: this guy has the Bad album AND a Rubik’s cube! Man after my own heart.
Golly gosh, isn’t this week jam-packed with animation greatness! Must be the onset of the cold front (Southern hemisphere excepted), getting the old creative juices into action. In a similar vein to the brilliance of stop motion graffiti maestro Blu, cardboard enthusiast Sjors Vervoort shot this delightful animation in a non-descript Dutch town, where his … Continued
Motion painting! It’s when you create animations with live painting by capturing the lengthy, arduous, but ultimately thrilling process on candid camera. Like this glorious, multiple-sense boggling stop motion re-decoration of a baroque courtyard, created by giant muralist extraordinaire Blu, and his buddy David Ellis. Holy guacamole, they’re good!
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