Culture Buzz How are you feeling today? Is February fab or drab for you so far? Leave a response in the comments with an animated GIF that sums up your state of mind! Let's do this thing.
‘Little Nemo’ was meticulously hand animated and coloured by Winsor McCay over 100 years ago (1910). The fluidity of the animation is astounding!
This is a piece created to question whether it was possible to film animation in realtime. As part of my CSM third year disseration project, I was looking into proto animation (really early basic animation) in contemporary design.
Culture Buzz Artist Don Hertzfeldt created these “rejected videos” over a decade ago. The video presents itself as a reel of rejected commercial work done by a fictional version of Don Hertzfeldt. So put on your silly hat and let hilarity ensue!
Science Buzz This GIF will confirm for you that your brain is firing on all cylinders today.
Culture Buzz Animator Cyriak is deep in Internet speak on this one, I'm just not sure what about. BRB, the walls are melting.
A stunning animation by Qwaqa that will keep you guessing from start to finish. Get ready for a wild ride. (via visualnews.com)
Tech Buzz Happy birthday, Gumby creator Art Clokey! The animation legend, who would have been 90 today, receives a well deserved Google Doodle tribute today.
Cameron Lew is a talented artist/student who has put together an amazing animation using all of his old homework and tests. It's beautiful and fun. (via huffingtonpost.com)
I want to find a way to frame this and put it on my wall. (via nickrrrad.tumblr.com)
Watch a retro cartoon Jesus use some Merlin-like moves to put a hurtin' on those heathens in this weird documentary I found on YouTube. So SCARY!
Politics Buzz The Daily Show looks the new debt crisis congressional “supercommittee” and the “amazing powers” they posses. At least find out how Sen. John “The Trickler” Kyl got his superhero name. (via thedailyshow.com)
Aardman Animations has put together the world's largest stop-motion animation. The scope of this is crazy and even more surprising is that it was shot with a phone. Insane. (via reddit.com)
This is an amazing animation for people who love pinball, animation, or both. And if you aren't such a person, what the hell is wrong with you? (via thedailywh.at)
If you are too busy to read the book and/or are listlessly waiting for the Peter Jackson movie, you may want to consider sharpening your Tolkien knowledge with this animation short. Enjoy.
A Tumblr entitled Boobs Don't Work That Way features pictures of ladies from Video Games, Comics, Animation and beyond whose breasts can't be explained by things like physics or biology. Check it out and snicker at the craziness of these gravity defying jugs. The site is sort of NSFW. (via The Uniblog)
No cartridge blowing necessary. Another salvo in the anti-Mario propaganda that seems to be flavor of the moment on the Internet these days. Maybe we were wrong to call him a hero.
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Brilliant and beautiful stop motion. These 12 minutes will not go to waste, I promise. (via Official Hype)
Drug deals, blood and bullets. This music video from Is Tropical has it all. (via tigs.tumblr.com)