Animation, Art, and Other Shiny Things
With the beginning of Daylight Savings Time in many parts of the US I am sure I’m not alone in being a little tired and rather grumpy this Monday morning. For that reason I can get on board with a bit of random and indiscriminate mayhem. This short was written as a PC benchmark to test computer speed and abilities. While I’m sure it does that job well, it is also a good primer on the dangers inherent in two-cat households.
The main idea of the project was to develop an antithesis of other benchmark productions which are mostly boring and aesthetically weak. Michał Staniszewski from the demoscene Plastic group came to us with a draft of an interesting, action-filled story with a unique design and aesthetics that would be as close as possible to an animated movie on one hand and to a video game on the other.
A collaboration between Platige Image and Plastic Demoscene Group.
Surrealistic and, appropriately, dreamy with a colorful, vibrant edge. Animated by artists Victoria Samoilova and Yaroslav Primachenko.
“We wanted to tell a story that happens on a misty night, when the world falls asleep. A story, which would be somehow dark, mystical and mysterious but at the same time would feel friendly and vibrant.”
A low-budget monster hunter and his camerawoman venture out into a lake where odd disappearances occur.
A fun, and satisfying, story from Isart Digital.
This little toon reminds me a lot of Pixar’s Minions – probably why I like it so much! Maca and Roni are henchme… uh, henchpeop… er, assistants of one Doctor Albert. I suspect that, without their laboratory garb they would be a cat and a penguin, so one must give the good (or is he bad? hmmm…) Doctor credit for equal opportunity employment.
When Dr. Albert returns from vacation, Maca and Roni need to do a bit of cleaning. Fast!
Film by Kyungmin Woo (who also did Johnny Express)
Yes, another day-late Friday night music video. Kinda. This is an animated model test and is not something I’d generally post, but I’ve been keeping half an eye on the development of Shuck (and other of Fennah‘s characters like Lucy Lacemaker, the pink and white uh, monster(?) singing Mrs Lovett’s part).
I mean, what’s not to love about Shuck? A black, toothy, spiny, incredibly deadly-looking, probably-a-demon that can sing opera?! You tell me that’s not star material!
Even if Shuck, or Lucy, or Winnifred don’t make it into whatever animated-opera-singing-demon Big Time there is out there, Fennah has created some brilliant models in my opinion, that have a very good grace and nuance of movement now and are only getting better.
This is less a story than a moment in time. You can feel the heaviness of the atmosphere and the weight of time passing as the denizens of the hotel mark the minutes of eternity.
Early 1950s. In the tropics. A luxurious hotel dives mysteriously in the darkness. All it’s clients sink into an oppressive atmosphere …
Made at Supinfocom Rubika in Valenciennes, France.
In a world of robots where the mobility of energy is power, two tethered locomotive robots become friends and decide it is time to risk everything to be free.
A Pixar SparkShort by Brian Larsen.
Produced for the 500th anniversary of the church reformation in 2017, this short tells a big story in a charming and rather cute animation style.
From Tumblehead Studios, animated by Mette Tange.
Phil is a security nanobot and his territory has been invaded. It’s not glamorous, and it is dangerous, but Phil is just the nano to deal with it.
By the students at 3Dsense Media School in Singapore.
Perhaps due to my own certain age, I tend to particularly enjoy the shorts when an older person outwits or non-plusses the Grim Reaper. It’s not an uncommon story, there are a few laying around the crow’s nest here already, and I love ’em.
This animation is also in French – with French subtitles. I don’t know French. There is a lot of dialogue, or at least monologue – in French. Which I don’t know.
And I don’t think it matters. The story is independent of the dialogue and is a fun bit of romp.
From the folks at ESMA.
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