Animation
Niki & The Dove: The Fox
Faces may shift and change but The Fox remains the same. Intriguingly brilliant animated promo from WINTR for Niki & The Dove. via The Curious Brain Niki & The Dove – The Fox from WINTR on Vimeo.
We Don’t Play Football | Cellule
École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs student Thomas Pons’ animations may shift in style from piece to piece but all seem to share a common surreal nature woven into their very fabric. We Don’t Play Football sees him team up with Julie Chheng to create a soothing watercolour filled walk-cycle which represents the dynamic and [...]
Back to the Start
Johnny Kelly’s Nexus spot for Chipotle sees a simple farm lose its way by succumbing to the evils of industrialisation. Luckily, the farmer recants and shifts to a sustainable, and much happier, means of production. Back to the Start from Visually Pithy on Vimeo. And here’s the making of:
Bird Benny
A group of young ornamental birds compare plumage in Bird Benny, a laugh out loud animation from Kristof Luyckx. Bird Benny from Kristof Luyckx on Vimeo.
Aesop: Kingdom of Frogs
Based on Aesop’s fable the Frog’s that Desired a King, Jesse Ewles has combined his unique stop motion style with the Dean Tzenos’ music for his take on the tale of the dissatisfied masses ruled by the kings they deserve, if not want. Aesop: Kingdom of Frogs from Jesse Ewles on Vimeo.
Word as Image
Challenge: Create an image out of a word, using only the letters in the word itself. Rule: use only the graphic elements of the letters without adding outside parts Bran Dougherty-Johnson brings Ji Lee’s wordplay book to clean and playful motion graphical life in the Word as Image promo. Word as Image (by Ji Lee) [...]
Kyrielle
Whilst some shorts make you smile and others make you laugh, every now and then one comes along which just makes you gaze, slack-jawed in complete awe. Boris Labbé’s multi-layered, looping animation is one of these films. Kyrielle from Boris Labbé on Vimeo.
Electroshock
It may well be true that with great power comes great responsibility, but unfortunately for Buck and the residents of Cactus Groove, his incarnation as Electroshock, doesn’t also come the much needed skills to effectively wield his new time stretching abilities. Electroshock is a funny and refreshing new take on the superhero story from Hugo [...]
Heartburn
Heartburn is a wonderfully charming, stop motion thesis project about a girl at odds with polite society, from a team of students (Giulia Barelli, Valentina Branchetti, Benedetta Cariani, Eleonora Gambula, Julie Luchsinger, Laila Sonsino & Alessandra Todaro) at the European Institute of Design. In a sumptuous room an old clock doesn’t get tired of counting [...]
Copia A
In Gervasio Rodriguez Traverso and Pablo A. Díaz’s Copia A, a projectionist finds that a glitch in his equipment gives him a glorious new sense of freedom, but even the best gear can only take so much abuse. Copia A (3D animated short film by Trexel Animation) from Trexel Animation on Vimeo.
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