MÖBIUS

MÖBIUS from ENESS on Vimeo.

“MÖBIUS” by award-winning Melbourne-based art and design practice ENES...

MÖBIUS is a sculpture that can be configured into many cyclical patterns and behave as though it is eating itself, whilst sinking into the ground. The result is an optical illusion and a time-lapse of people
interacting with the sculpture and moving through Melbourne’s landmark location throughout the day.

Filmed in and around Melbourne’s Federation Square.

Gulp. The world's largest stop-mo

Gulp.  The world's largest stop-motion animation shot on a Nokia N8. from Nokia HD on Vimeo.

'Gulp' is a short film created by Sumo Science at Aardman, depicting a fisherman going about his daily catch. Shot on location at Pendine Beach in South Wales, every frame of this stop-motion animation was shot using a Nokia N8, with its 12 megapixel camera and Carl Zeiss optics. The film has broken a world record for the 'largest stop-motion animation set', with the largest scene stretching over 11,000 square feet.

Gulp.  The making of. from Nokia HD on Vimeo.

Terry Gilliam's Do It Yourself Animation Show

Monty Python - Terry Gilliam gives a lesson in cut out animation. 

Frame by Frame

 

 

All anims should have this one bookmarked...

Frame by Frame

Animator's Letters Project

This letter was found on the Animator Letters Project blog. 

Great inspiration here.

I dedicate this post to my students.

p.s. click on the images to read them at a larger size.


Transcript

PIXAR

May 17, 2011

To Whom it May Inspire,

I, like many of you artists out there, constantly shift between two states. The first (and far more preferable of the two) is white-hot, "in the zone" seat-of-the-pants, firing on all cylinders creative mode. This is when you lay your pen down and the ideas pour out like wine from a royal chalice! This happens about 3% of the time.

The other 97% of the time I am in the frustrated, struggling, office-corner-full-of-crumpled-up-paper mode. The important thing is to slog diligently through this quagmire of discouragement and despair. Put on some audio commentary and listen to the stories of professionals who have been making films for decades going through the same slings and arrows of outrageous production problems.

In a word: PERSIST.

PERSIST on telling your story. PERSIST on reaching your audience. PERSIST on staying true to your vision. Remember what Peter Jackson said, "Pain is temporary. Film is forever." And he of all people should know.

So next time you hit writer's block, or your computer crashes and you lose an entire night's work because you didn't hit save (always hit save), just remember: you're never far from that next burst of divine creativity. Work through that 97% of murky abyssmal mediocrity to get to that 3% which everyone will remember you for!

I guarantee you, the art will be well worth the work!

Your friend and mine,

Austin Madison

"ADVENTURE IS OUT THERE!"

The Ice Book

The Ice Book (HD) from Davy and Kristin McGuire on Vimeo.

I part pop-up book, two parts Russian fairy tales and eerie German Expressionist films.  Husband and wife team Davy and Kristin’s McGuire’s The Ice Book blends film, animation, theater, puppetry, and installation art. The Ice Book is described by its creators as a “… miniature theatre show made of paper and light… An exquisite experience of fragile paper cutouts and video projections that sweep you right into the heart of a fantasy world. It is an intimate and immersive experience of animation, book art and performance.”
Says Davy:

“We created the show during a four month artist residency at the Kuenstlerdorf Schoeppingen in Germany. All we had was a 5D Mark ii, an old Macbook with After Effects, some builders lights and a green cloth that we improvised as a makeshift green-screen. Before we started we had no idea how to make pop-up books let alone how we could combine them with projections. With a lot of care, love and arguing the idea eventually came to life.

The idea for the Icebook was to create a miniature maquette for this dream – a demonstration model to show to producers and other funders in the hope that they would give us some money to make the full scale show. (And we still hope that this will come true one day!) The Icebook has since however, grown its own legs and turned into a miniature show all by itself. An intimate performance for small audiences.

We love the old pre-cinematic optical illusions, such as zoetropes and magic lanterns, and the magical way in which they can mesmerise audiences through basic mechanics. Rather than simply projecting images onto a screen, we wanted to create an object with a life of its own – a tangible and magical “thing” for an audience to experience.”

Everything is a Remix

Everything is a Remix Part 2 from Kirby Ferguson on Vimeo.

This series is fascinating...

If you haven't seen it, start with part 1

Animation Smears Tumblr

Animation Smears Tumblr

Adam Beane

ummm, whoah...

Since ADAM BEANE began sculpting in 2002, he has been asked to work with some of the best companies in the industry on many high-profile projects. He is known for his dynamic compositions, action poses, nuanced drapery work and his ability to capture likenesses with expressions.  He now sculpts exclusively in CX5, a tremendously versatile material he developed which handles like clay when warm but is hard as plastic when cool.

ADAM BEANE

Shift. Experiemental Short Film

SHIFT v2 from mirari on Vimeo.

lovely...

Loom

Loom from Polynoid on Vimeo.

wowsie wowsie wowwwwwww

KENT WILLIAMS: CONVERGENCE - Tonight 8 pm

KENT WILLIAMS: CONVERGENCE

May 21-June 18, 2011  Opening Reception: Saturday, May 21, 8-11pm

Hosted by ALEX O’LOUGHLIN

 New Spring, 2011, oil on canvas, 48 x 72 in., 122 x183 cm. 

Merry Karnowsky Gallery
170 S. La Brea Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90036
323.933.4408 

My MFA painting mentor has a show tonight.

If you live in the Los Angeles area, you really should make a point to stop by.

He worked in graphic novels for years and his paintings must be seen in person. 

You can see more here.

Sumo Lake

 Sumo Lake from Panic Productions on Vimeo.
More About Sumo Lake  A rapid re-telling of the story of "Swan Lake"

Conan O' Brien as seen by artist John Kascht

This is just plain awesome...

DANIELS – “PUPPETS”

PUPPETS - Daniels from F5 on Vimeo.

ummm whoah...

“RE:PLAY is a wonderful chance to be creative with no boundaries.  When given total freedom as a storyteller, we (daniel&daniel) found ourselves battling between a desire to make something meaningful and honest and a desire to make something perverted (which is also in our case honest).  Entirely by accident, Puppets became a perfect analogy for our self aware creative process.  But mostly it’s lots of butt jokes.”

Handspring Puppet Co.: The genius puppetry behind War Horse

I am working on an art show with a fellow artist and it involves life-sized puppets. This talk is really amazing!

Giant Episode 3 : CLOUD

 Giant Episode 3 : CLOUD from Celine&Yann on Vimeo. 
Celine & Yann have created three animated shorts entitled Giant that are very cute... (pssss - watch through the credits.)

meta

  meta from Jurriën Boogert on Vimeo.

50 hours a week animating,

another 20 hours of grad school,

i am so tired,

but i enjoyed this...
u should full screen this baby.

Jurriën Boogert’s Graduation thesis video Meta

art + film + vfx = awesome

Dinorider

another animation workshop short...

I just love this one too!

An animated short film by: Peter Lopes Andersson

STORY:
A kid with a pent-up anger and a dinosaur in his pocket gets fed up with adults. A rock n´ roll animation short about not loving your neighbour.

I have a friend working on a new animated show for MTV.  Evidently, MTV is bringing back Beavis and Butthead and developing some new shows for their animated segments like they used to have in the 80's.  This piece would fit into that bit nicely.  I encourage the filmmakers/animators to submit!

Animation Workshop Favs

...more favs of mine from the Animation Workshop!

Bachelor film project 2011 from The Animation Workshop.

Story
When an accidental plane crash causes a devoted father to lose his little daughter, he follows her into death and discovers a mechanical Afterlife. This uncompromising, robot-controlled system presents him with both danger and hope.

this one reminded me of a frind of mine...
you know who you are :)

Bachelor film project 2010 from The Animation Workshop.

Story

In this post apocalyptic Heavy Metal film you will be sucked into an Ocean of flames, grease and dirty monster walkers, where the Biker Oatmeal and the gentleman Orson Wheels will fight in a mad race across the Red fields of Mars in search of the last gas station on this desolate planet.

It will rip out your spine out of your weakened bodies and leave you in the red dust begging for more.

awesome character development and design here!

Bachelor film project 2010 from The Animation Workshop.

Story

Deep in the woods a lumberjack and his team work to the rhythm of their joyous working melody. However, this melody is soon to be disturbed by the introduction of new technology and the Lumberjack must now face the violent

...and for some good ol fashioned comic book, over the top, gassy fun!

Bachelor film project 2011 from The Animation Workshop.

Story
Captain Awesome is about to save the day once again, when an upset stomach threatens to ruin it all. A story of a superhero's race against time to save his image or humanity before it all goes down the drain!

By: Ercan Bozdogan, Mikkel Aabenhuus Sørensen, Andreas Husballe, Jonas Mølgaard Jensen, Ninni Munch Pettersson, Lars Kramhøft