'L'Ile Noire' Trailer by Nino Christen

Wicked style

L'Île Noire / Trailer from Nino Christen on Vimeo.

Anthony Howe - Kinetic Sculptures

Kinetic sculptures, in my opinion, are a form of animation. Agree?

Skhizen - by Jeremy Clapin

Skhizein (short film) from Jeremy Clapin on Vimeo.

Why Draw?

As we approach the middle of the semester in the Drawing for Animators class I've decided to stretch the students into thinking critically about the reasons they are pursuing this intensive, grueling, demanding artistic medium.  I stumbled across this beautiful write up about why this particular artist draws.  Have a read.

http://www.vice.com/read/why-draw-pictures

Image byMolly Crabapple

Why Some People are Better at Drawing

http://www.livescience.com/19878-drawing-ability.html

I Am Alone and My Head Is On Fire by David OReilly

I Am Alone and My Head Is On Fire - Mclaren's Workshop App from National Film Board of Canada on Vimeo.

Celestial Dynamics - Kim Taylor

I, Love, This!

Celestial Dynamics from Kim Taylor on Vimeo.

'Everything I can See' - Sam Taylor and Bjorn Aschim

Everything I Can See From Here from The Line on Vimeo.

To This Day

Anti-Bullying PSA.

KouKou - Takashi Ohashi

こうこう | koukou from takashi ohashi on Vimeo.

Loop Out

LOOP OUT from Loop out on Vimeo.

"The Juggler of Our Lady" - R.O. Blechman

This is one of the strangest Terrytoons that was ever made.    It was created during the brief period of 1955-58 when Paul Terry suddenly sold the studio to CBS and Gene Deitch was hired as the new art director.  He in turn hired a bunch of young blood to take the studio in new directions.  One of these outcomes was this fantastic little short that originated as a book written by a sophomore R. O. Blechman who also designed the work.  Animated by Al Kouzel and Produced by Bill Weiss, this UPA-esque short is part of a brief but brilliant point in the long and influential Terrytoons legacy.


Juggler of Our Lady by cbrubaker

Color Method of Action

Here is a fantastic little game that exploded on Reddit today.  If you went or are attending art school, you MUST get a 10 or its all been for naught.

Here is a hard link if you don't like to click on pictures http://color.method.ac/

Shugo Tokumaru - "Katachi"

A Very Large Increase in the Size, Amount, or Importance of Something Over a Very Short Period of Time

A Very Large Increase in the Size, Amount, or Importance of Something Over a Very Short Period of Time (by Max Hattler) from Max Hattler on Vimeo.

'A Gum Boy' - Masaki Okuda

whoa!


Kuchao/A GUM BOY from Masaki Okuda on Vimeo.

'One Froggy Evening' - Chuck Jones

One of my favorite shorts from one of the best Warner Brothers directors.


One Froggy Evening .. from Газда Митке III .. on Vimeo.

Shintaro Ohata - 3-D Paintings

Check out Shintaro Ohata's integration of sculpture and painting here, and a little bit below.

'Exodus' - Magnus Ostergren

Space


EXODUS from Peder Norrby on Vimeo.

Bruce - Tom Judd

Sweet baby meats!


Bruce from Animade on Vimeo.

Bento Bestiary - Ben Newman & Scott Donaldson

I just received my copy of the Bento Bestiary in the mail from Nobrow Press.  These modern spins on 18th Century Toriyama Sekien's far east mythological monsters are beautifully drawn and amazingly printed in an all too cute hardback book.  The back stories are written with clever prose and humorous wit.  Plus I've been a fan of Ben Newman since I bought his short visual comic Ouroboros last year. Great stuff!

ALPHABET - Mihaly Szilagyi

The English language is really starting to fall apart.


ALPHABET from Mihaly Szilagyi on Vimeo.

Tender Ferocity: Art, Science and Faith - Linnea Spransy

Here is a beautiful write up about Art, Science, and Faith by Linnea Spransy.
http://breadandglitter.wordpress.com/2013/01/01/tender-ferocity-art-science-and-faith-2/
And an image of one of her works as well.

'Neon Effulgence'- 2010

Sufjan Stevens - 'I'll Be Home For Christmas

Sufjan Stevens - I'll Be Home For Christmas from Asthmatic Kitty on Vimeo.

The Soil and the Sun - 'Prolegomenon'

I do so thoroughly enjoy me some radial symmetry.


The Soil & The Sun - "Prolegomenon" from It's just nice. on Vimeo.

Where the Wild Things Are - Spike Jones

Love this movie...