How many animations can you make on the head of a pin?? Well, here's one.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGtUDffAdy8 Son Lux - Change is Everything.
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A one minute animation of a poem "In the Dead of Winter"
Clearing up after the party – animation
Betty Boop struggles to clear up after yesterday's party. Fortunately, her inventor friend, Gramps, has some inventive ideas. I especially like way he deals with laundry. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvvPrjNKYmw The sound and picture may seem a little dated and scratchy - but what do you expect from a lady who's 80 years old? It's still got energy …
Fly through a book: “Moonshine: Dreamwork Artists after dark!”
A quick flick through a book of art made by Dreamworks animators in their spare time: vast range of graphic styles and illustration.
What art do animation artists love to make?
Blog post from commaand.co on "Moonshine" a book of 49 animators and the work they make privately for themselves.
Response to “Workout” prompt
Here is my doodle animation inspired by the word "Workout." Don't blink or you'll miss it; don't turn up the sound, it's silent. It's very brief and simply made on mobile phone. https://vimeo.com/236649997 It seems to be that I'm getting slower and slower to respond to the prompts. I wonder how you are getting on …
Screenwriting Masterclass: Phil Lord and Chris Miller
Phil Lord and Chris Miller, screenwriters or producers on such diverse projects as "The Lego Movie", "21 Jump Street", "Cloudy with a chance of Meatballs", TV's "How I met your Mother" (3 episodes), "The Lego Batman movie".... give a masterclass on screenwriting and producing. They break it up really well. So although they speak for …
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“Weather the Storm” Short Musical Animation
"Weather the Storm" by Trunk & Radish Pictures is just exquisite animation short set to a song, examining a difficult time - in this case, bereavement, in under 5 minutes. Unsurprisingly, it won an award in the 2016 British Animation Awards. https://vimeo.com/161580806?from=outro-embed I heard the most wonderful quote recently from a TV presenter, Sandi Toksvig, …
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New Generation Animators
This short video by Monocle films theorises that people are a bit fed up with the smooth automation of computer animation - and appreciate the handmade aesthetic of stop motion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyUdVpn59k0 To prove it, they show 3 women animators - Vera van Wolferen, Lucie Sankova, Daisy Jacobs, working with wooden model houses, painting scenes on …
Steve Martin and Banjo
Happy Birthday Steve Martin! Even though it was yesterday, I just heard about it today. In celebration, his latest song/video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1l96kIfi3A&feature=youtu.be A bit of banjo, a sense of fun, some animation and lots of saturated colour. And what about that name, "Caroline"? It's got a perfect rhythm to be in a lyric - and this …
