Animation, Art, and Other Shiny Things
I had a wonderfully eccentric Grandmother. A short, fire-plug shaped woman who taught me how to use the local bus system. Most of the time, though, she herself walked. All over the north end of Seattle you could find her puttering along with her collapsible pull-basket which was often full of books. Sometimes she’d bring home flowers from her walks. Always a neighbor’s flowers, but she was careful so no one ever showed up at the door.
She taught me the power of omission. She was that kind of Grandma. The kind of grandparent I want to be, with a big dash of this grandfather…
Directed by John Kahrs, this Oscar-nominated animation shows the power of the paper airplane (and persistance). This wonderful short from the animators at Disney uses a new technique that seamlessly merges computer-generated and hand-drawn animation.
Simple shapes, simple movement, simple idea, simply riveting.
Director Renaud Hallee’s first venture into animation, Sonar, has been described as a perfect example of ‘how to listen to music with your eyes’.
This award winning animation is beautifully done and adds an ominous atmosphere to a tensely macabre tale.
Released in 2009, Dreamworks was quick to begin production on a full-length feature based on this short and, as of June 2012, things are moving right along on it.
This is a track from the self-titled album Storm Corrosion, a collaboration between Porcupine Tree‘s Steven Wilson and Mikael Åkerfeldt of Opeth. According to Wilson, this album is supposed to be the completion of a trilogy which includes the Opeth album Heritage and Wilson’s solo work Grace for Drowning. (both excellent albums imho)
This is the title track from Steven Wilson’s upcoming album due for release on the 25th of this month. The third solo album from the Porcupine Tree front man was engineered by our old friend, the legendary Alan Parsons, and tells tales of the supernatural.
Steven Wilson has worked with several bands I’ve become a fan of including Opeth, Blackfield, No-Man, and Storm Corrosion, to name a few.
I’ve been playing Everquest for almost 12 years now. These days I’m one of those casual players that puts in an hour or two an evening grouping with an old friend, although I did my time as a guild leader and sometimes raider years ago. Hopefully that explains why I love this short animation.
From what I understand, the backgrounds and character models were essentially ripped from the game, rather than doing a modded machinima video. Official EQ patches cause enough problems with the game so I can only imagine what kind of nightmare trying to mod a local server instance would be…
Anyways, it uses the old models (pre-Shadows of Luclin) and looks to be staged at the appropriate home city for the character races; Wood Elf in Kelethin, Dark Elf in Neriak, etc. At just over a minute, however, it’s way too short and I hope someone picks the project back up.
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