Animation, Art, and Other Shiny Things
This is probably the best example of paper cut stop-motion animation I have seen in a very long time – if ever.
Animation by Andersen M Studio
Your (sporadic) Friday Rogue Video is an educational film of the highest import!
Forget zombies, vampires, giant insects, or homicidal turkeys; if anything will be destroying life as we know it (that is not a politician), it will surely be robotic.
Daniel H Wilson is the world’s foremost authority on the potentials of a robot uprising and penned the book Robopocalypse. Epipheo Studios put together this instructive film to help maximize the possibility of our species’ survival.
h/t Miss Cellania (you should stop by her site, it’s most excellent. yes, you can go now, i’ll be right here when you get back. be sure to bookmark her site while you’re there, it’ll save you the trouble of trying to remember to do it later)
Exploring the tension between Surface and Volume. One gives birth to the other as white lines rise from black space and give shape to invisible structures that are driven by sound. via
I’ve watched this video a few times, being a Glitch Mob fan, and I still have no clue as to what in the hell that description means and how many drugs I’d need to take to relate that to the video. If you have an idea please let us know in the comments. Please.
Whatever the video is all about, it’s some interesting animation and The Glitch Mob lay down beats with some serious gravity.
Animated by Markus Feder.
Training at a new job can be terribly stressful – and rough on the hardware…
from KEDD Animation Studio, Geza M. Toth, animator (who also made Ikarosz)
An art thief has a particular ‘taste’ for the masters.
This tribute to Jackson Pollock is a piece of quality animation. The various art styles are animated beautifully and the score follows along perfectly making for a top-notch film.
From Chez Eddy, h/t Surface & Surface
This incredible short is a visualization of the 1st violin of the 2nd symphony, 4th movement by Ferdinand Ries.
Animation by virtual republic
In a re-imagining akin to the Chris Felker art I posted a couple weeks ago, New York graphic artist Steve Bialik created a series of Ukiyo-e-style (浮世絵 “pictures of the floating world”) prints of Star Wars characters.
You can find more of Mr Bialik’s work at his blog STEVAPALOOZA!
Darth Vader
Jabba the Hutt
Boba Fett
Yoda
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I just discovered The Glitch Mob for myself a few months back and am rapidly becoming a big fan. This video is definitely helping that along.
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