Animation, Art, and Other Shiny Things
One should always beware of Laser Cats and the Little Girls that love them.
Video directed by Kristofer Ström. Animated by Kristofer Ström & Erik Buchholtz.
This incredibly well done science-fiction short shows us a scene of the interrogation of a four-armed alien by a machine intelligence.
Kaleb Lechowski is in his first year at Berlin’s Mediadesign Hochschule — for now. It appears the film has caught the eye of movie execs and word is that the 22 year old will be on his way to Hollywood soon.
Yes, I realize this isn’t animated. One look at the vocalist’s hair, however, (and for being a kick butt track) I gave it a pass. If you don’t like it then go here.
Not quite the Andrews Sisters, but a fun cover anyways.
With the Puppini Sisters, directed by Laurie J Proud
h/t Miss Cellania
I came across this short some years ago on the Cartoon Network show O Canada which was a weekly compilation of animations from the National Film Board of Canada. (a most wonderful institution, imho) Alongside other classics like The Cat Came Back and The Log Driver’s Waltz, The Big Snit is one of those shorts that was an immediate classic.
Richard Condie also animated the fun short The Apprentice.
Is this the road of progress?
Animation by Steve Cutts. Music is In the Hall of the Mountain King by Edvard Grieg, part of his most excellent Peer Gynt Suite.
I bet she was trying to give them a bath.
From Platige Image and Plastic Demoscene Group.
A bonus for your new year. I’ve been an unabashed ABBA fan since forever. One of my first 45s, back in the day, was ABBA’s Waterloo (b-side was Honey, Honey, as I recall). In all my fandom, however, I’d forgotten this holiday tune.
As an incredibly popular international band they were a huge success, as people they were pretty normal. The ups and downs of the personal relationships and dynamics among the band members were sometimes painfully laid out in their lyrics. Winner Takes It All was one such song and this is another.
The year is 1980 and though the touch stone of the song is one of hope, it’s more of a “persevere out of the ashes” sort of song, possibly wrung out the collapse of one pair’s marriage (Björn and Agnetha) and the impending collapse of the other two’s marriage (Benny and Anni-Frid).
Even so, I have to say that sometimes perseverance is all that’ll get you through. Never discount it.
Animation by Stefan G Bucher at Daily Monster. Music by David Norland. Via Aniboom.
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