March 08, 2013
Mat Zo & Porter Robinson - Easy
Directed By: Louis & Tim McCourt
Art Direction by: Bjorn Aschim
Animators: Jonathan 'Djob' Nkondo, James Duveen, Sam Taylor, Wesley Louis, Tim McCourt,
Backgrounds and Layouts: Bjorn Aschim, Mike Shorten
Compositing: Sam Taylor and Jonathan Topf
3D VFX: Jonathan Topf
Graphic Design by: Hisako Nakagawa
Producers: Jack Newman and Drew O'Neill
"Prometheus Bound" by Peter Dodd
This is a 13 minute 2D hand drawn animated film made in-between commercial jobs. Based on the play of the same name by Aeschylus , it retells the myth of Prometheus, who stole fire from the gods to benefit mankind, and as a result was crucified atop a mountain.
March 07, 2013
Bob Godfrey - RIP
Two weeks ago, legendary UK animation director Bob Godfrey passed away. His career lasted over fifty years, spanning dozens of shorts films and TV series. In the process, he became the first British animator to win an Oscar for Best Animated Short, and he greatly helped the maturity and evolution of European animation by exploring contemporary and adult themes in his many of his works.
Elements: Experiments in Character Design
For her senior thesis project, Minnesota-based illustrator Kaycie D. turned the elements from the periodic table into whimsical cartoon characters.
She personifies each element by implementing its individual characteristics into the character design.
To check out the full list of characters, click here.
[via Kaycie D.]
March 06, 2013
NFB's "Universe" (1960)
Previously unavailable anywhere, The National Film Board of Canada has finally released this movie online. A triumph of film art, creating on the screen a vast, awe-inspiring picture of the universe as it would appear to a voyager through space, this film was among the large sources of inspiration used by Stanley Kubrick in his 2001: A Space Odyssey. Ground-breaking animation takes you into far regions of space, beyond the reach of the strongest telescope, past Moon, Sun, and Milky Way into galaxies yet unfathomed.
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