Moving Elephants - illustrators animating

they might be giants - here comes science.

2009-11-15T17:56:00.000-08:00

they might be giants, an american alt rock band, have created an album of songs for children of all ages called 'here comes science' that is full of factual, fun and whimsical tunes and there are wonderful animations created to go along with them too!

here are a couple of my faves:

how jolly :)

Cheveux Dangereux by Benoit Guillaume

2009-08-17T23:45:00.000-07:00

Animation by the very talented Benoit Guillaume, music by David Fenech
You can find some of his graphic BD here:
http://grandpapier.org/_b-e-n-o-i-t_

David Fenech - Cheveux Dangereux from david fenech on Vimeo.

Autumn Story by Lucinda Schreiber and Yanni Kronenberg

2009-07-08T14:47:00.000-07:00

Firekites - AUTUMN STORY - chalk animation from Lucinda Schreiber on Vimeo.

you can see the influence of BluBlu all the way through

Please Say Something

2009-05-31T08:44:00.001-07:00

A friend of mine showed me this and I thought it was amazing and worth sharing!

NAKD

2009-05-26T13:49:00.000-07:00

click here for animation!

Nakd, via bi-coastal production company The Ebeling Group, helped Country Music Television (CMT) usher in a new direction for the network with "Gonna Be Better," a :30 network ID that brings to life the illustrations of acclaimed artist Mark Todd.

info for the above animation here:
http://www.uemedia.net/CPC/designinmotion/articles/printer_9028.shtml

God's Machine

2009-04-28T13:23:00.000-07:00

god's machine. from azusa on Vimeo.

an animation about god and his machine.
animated by azusa nakagawa
designed and illustrated by laura bird, rose blake, and azusa nakagawa

Fantastic Scrabble commercials

2009-04-26T11:37:00.000-07:00

Title: THE BEAUTIFUL WORD
Advertiser/Client: MATTEL
Product/Service: SCRABBLE
Agency: OGILVY & MATHER, Paris
Country: FRANCE

more shorts, and prints here:
http://www.advertolog.com/paedia/reels/2009/04/23/550702/show/

The Age of Stupid - animated sequence making of

2009-03-25T02:34:00.000-07:00

There was an amazing animated sequence to accompany a description of the history of war in The Age of Stupid.

It seems very like The Tale of How by The Black Heart Gang too! How lovely! The method of animating seems very doable, even for illustrators! Especially the way the sea was made.

The Making Of - War from Age of Stupid on Vimeo.

A short video by Jonathan Hodgson that shows the making of the animation segment 'War'.

2009-03-24T14:12:00.000-07:00

http://www.thirteen.org/sites/reel13/indies/indie-sita-sings-the-blues/241/

This animated short film blew me away by the amazing Nina Paley.
Beautiful, captivating, hilarious and educating. Well worth a watch.
You can watch the whole film for free on the address above, really good quality.

Sita is a goddess separated from her beloved Lord and husband Rama. Nina is an animator whose husband moves to India, then dumps her by e-mail. Three hilarious shadow puppets narrate both ancient tragedy and modern comedy in this beautifully animated interpretation of the Indian epic Ramayana. Set to the 1920’s jazz vocals of Annette Hanshaw, Sita Sings the Blues earns its tagline as “The Greatest Break-Up Story Ever Told.”

Hope you enjoy
daisy x

"Cabinet of Curiosity - a Graveyard Romance" by Alec Chalmers and Rosemary Knowles.

2009-03-08T00:47:00.000-08:00

Flatpack Festival 3 - Installation Trail #2, Up and Running shop window, Temple Street.
Showing until 15th March!

The brief was to create an installation and film to feature in a shop window. The theme was early cinema. This was the general treatment we submitted:

"A deceased couple awaken from the ‘big sleep’ to reminisce, possibly through dance, the ups and downs of their relationship."

See the full proposal and our process here.

We created the animation using a effect that could be described as a living collage. We liked the idea of re-using material to make something new, which fits with our theme of coming back to life!

Above is the animation in its installation context. As you can see it would be much better to see it in the flesh! See it quick before it disappears on the 15th! Up and Running is a running shop opposite Swordfish Records just off New Street.

More info on Flatpack Installation Trail, and Flatpack Festival generally.

Read all about it! BBC news article.

Watch larger HD version of animation here.

Cory Godbey's Le Cadeau Du Temps

2009-02-07T11:02:00.000-08:00

animation by Cory Godbey:

http://lightnightrains.blogspot.com/2007/12/le-cadeau-du-temps.html

Andy Martin - "Escape" - Alfa Romeo Mito

2009-02-03T15:29:00.000-08:00

http://www.passion-paris.com/flash.html#page=d101

Lorenzo Fonda - Bright Eyes - No One Would Riot For Less

2009-02-03T15:26:00.000-08:00

Bright Eyes - No One Would Riot For Less
Uploaded by Bright-Eyes

http://www.passion-paris.com/flash.html#page=d42&video=v670

Revolución - Amaral - EMI MUSIC

2009-02-03T15:20:00.000-08:00

better quality and downloadable:
http://amautalab.com/works/broadcast/independent/amaral.html

BONZOM

2009-02-03T15:03:00.000-08:00

MIKA - Lollipop
Uploaded by Mika-official

RELATIVES OF PASSION PICTURES:

http://www.passion-paris.com/flash.html#page=d69

Zaza!

2008-12-10T12:51:00.000-08:00

Second animation i've made through pen and scanner!

25th Estate Film

2008-12-10T07:55:00.000-08:00

stunning animation created Apt Studio:

This Is Where We Live from 4th Estate on Vimeo.

more films on:
http://vimeo.com/2295261

Lemon Tree

2008-12-09T13:39:00.000-08:00

This is one of my animations, marker pen on a scanner, planning to make a little series of these, got my second one nearly finished, should maybe have it done either tomorrow or def thurs!

the human zoetrope

2008-12-09T04:43:00.000-08:00

Mazz's scanner animation

2008-12-04T16:17:00.000-08:00

Ruth Lingford

2008-12-04T03:32:00.000-08:00

suggested by an MA animator Ruth Lingford. She draws on the computer, changing each scene with a tablet and pen

scanner animation

2008-12-03T12:00:00.000-08:00

20 second animation

2008-12-03T06:05:00.000-08:00

Heres my "10 second" animation which is actually 20 seconds because it is HALF speed and I cant fix it!

Am embarrassed to put it up - look at it wobble!! lol it didn't look this bad on my tripod-less camera....
But better than nothing I guess!
:)

Animation

2008-12-03T02:16:00.000-08:00

^ This is one of my favourite animations. I think the illustrator Jonny Hannah was involved.
(sorry dont know how to post video links!)

My ten seconds is done but i need to finish downloading After Effects before I can put it up!
Kt.

Sarah Lynch's Owl

2008-12-02T08:17:00.001-08:00

Very very scary

2008-11-30T07:38:00.000-08:00

This is a very strange way to animate an image indeed.
Check out the other facepainting animations this guy has done on his flickr account. I think this guy has a lot of time on his hands!
James Kuhn's facepaint videos on Flickr.

The Crossing. Chiara Ambrosio. Mixed media animation.

2008-11-30T06:48:00.000-08:00

The Crossing
Uploaded by chiaraambrosio

Really great example of actually using stills to give the illusion of animation. This artist uses photographs with effects added such as hand drawn elements and excess contrast to distort them. There is a bit of stop motion but it is not smooth so it complements the rest of the animation (and not smooth means easier!)

I like how so much atmosphere is created by using black and white and tilted camera angles. There is also a part near the end where images are projected onto other objects, very inspiring! There are some other interesting effects to try out also, I think on one part each frame of the stop motion has been inverted so it gives the effect of an X-ray!

Thomas Hicks

2008-11-29T10:16:00.001-08:00

Thomas has several pages in the latest issue of Varoom the aoi illustration magazine. I first saw his work as animation and immediately fell in love with it - perhaps one of the only animators to really inspire me enough to start animating!

http://www.vimeo.com/thanimation/videos

Thomas Hicks Animation Montage from Thomas Hicks on Vimeo.

http://www.notamax.it/

2008-11-27T15:30:00.000-08:00

I love this person's simple animation shorts, compiled here in a longer reel:

http://www.notamax.it/notazine/scrathing.html

SHORT Brief can be found here!!

2008-11-27T05:17:00.000-08:00

Four week frenzied animation experience:

http://www.myeyeisonfire.net/animation.html

first week pixelation! Or other forms of stop motion, check the links below, to understand more.

FOR MONDAY you will need your first 10 second experiment! 120 frames, at 12 frames per second - either imported into flash, or after effects! Can add sound if you so wish!

simple and do-able animations

2008-11-26T10:28:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone, I thought I'd post a few animations that fit well with what Chui was saying about the idea being good and the animation simple. I think as illustrators you aren't gonna want to produce something that's too complex but shows off you're style.

Some local animators "The brothers Mcleod" are good at keeping their animations simple, short and strange. I put spamland on here cause it's just so unique. They took the words that spam emails use to get through spam filters, and made it into some sort of dark poetry recital by an odd creature. There are only a few frames here really for every movement he does, very minimal really. there's more on youtube as well.

here's one with old ice lolly sticks

and here's an example of what you can by thinking outside the box and not even really animating at all

This one is done by filming flipbook and then compositing the films like a mosaic

The Black Dog's Progress from small time inc. on Vimeo.

I'll post some more up if anyone finds these useful, but i'll leave it at that for now
carry on.

Other Good Stuff! (If only in my opinion >.>)

2008-11-25T06:35:00.001-08:00

The Cat Came Back
(Classic)

Simon's Cat
(Courtesy of Debbie)

The Cat with Hands
(Also courtesy of Debbie...see we were working Chiu >.>!...Also highly freaky)

Procrastination
(I saw this on the culture show earlier this year. Essentially the creator was studying animation at the RCA and couldn't decide what to do for his final project so did it about his inability to decide...Its so relatable..I'm sure when you watch it you'll say 'yeh I do that' to atleast a few things in there!...I'll have a look because they showcased animation every week for a while and they were all good...might be able to find them!)

The Adventures of Mark Twain
(Highly disturbing)

A Fairy's Tale
(My favourite...I want a tooth fairy)

I thought I'd also put my own animation which I did for my elective last year (the only one I've ever actually done >.>) just to show you that even simple people can animate! (I realise it doesn't really fit with that good title)...Remember I handdrew each frame using a mouse (really stupid thing to do) and did it in a few nights. I also did the whole soundtrack (either played pieces on the piano or sampled stuff). It's called Bangkok Ugly about a dog I met in Thailand that I dubbed Goblin Dog (because he was hideous) who eats a fat child and then proceeds to explode >.>...I made up some speel about consumerism and how it was destroying traditional values in the far east...but that was just to get me more marks for my elective xP

Also my friend Will is studying vis comm but specialising in animation (specifically hand drawn animation) so I might be able to get him to help with stuff or even come down to do like a workshop..err...maybe >.>"

2008-11-24T16:22:00.000-08:00

Movies That were shown today!

Home of the Twisted Films of PES:

http://www.eatpes.com

The making of the Tale of How (a team of three)

http://theblackheartgang.com/2007/12/18/the-making-of-the-tale-of-how-2007/

Chad Banger:

http://www.4mations.tv

How We Met:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=dBvDm_JLEcI&eurl=http://www.designer-daily.com/page/21

I Met The Walrus:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=jmR0V6s3NKk&NR=1

Casiotone for the Painfully Alone - White Corolla

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=z3dUgPvkYnw

Taller Than Trees:

http://josephmann.co.uk/menu2.html

MUTO – A Wall Painted Animation by BLU

http://www.vimeo.com/993998

Amnesia:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=bvg0vEAHm30&feature=related

David Fenech - Cheveux Dangereux:

http://www.vimeo.com/375823

Short – Donky Toys

http://www.metronomic.fr/

Channel Bumpers

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=z7pNrWTFhJ8

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animation

2008-11-24T15:07:00.000-08:00

Lots of basic animation information here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animation

and thanks to Alec/x I now know the following:
Pixilation involves the use of live humans as stop motion characters. This allows for a number of surreal effects, including disappearances and reappearances, allowing people to appear to slide across the ground, and other such effects. Examples of pixilation include Norman McLaren's Neighbours (Canada, 1952).