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Watch the Funny Aug(de)mented Reality of Hombre McSteez
Hombre Mcsteez uses transparent animation cels to add his quirky and humorous animated characters into real world situations. His little monsters and cute creatures interact with the environment that is seen behind them, through the transparent cel. Mcsteez uses a method of animation known as stop frame or stop motion animation. The way that he’s […]
The Wonder and Wisdom of Qinni’s Magical Art Works
Qing Han, aka Qinni, is an artist from Canada who works in both traditional and digital art mediums. When creating a painting with traditional methods, he leans towards watercolor paint, creating emotive manga scenes with an artistic flair. When working in a digital art format, Qing likes to work in Painttool SAI, Corel Painter and Photoshop CS4. […]
Funny Animation shows how a Shopping Trip can go Wrong
Birdbox Studios brings the world another funny animated short film with “Carpark”. This humorous look at the psychology of your average Joe and the relationship between humans and dogs has the same understated humor that Birdbox revealed in “Wildebeest“. For more funny animations by this studio, visit the Birdbox website.
The Science of Heartbreak
ASAP Science explains the science behind emotional pain and its similarity to physical pain. Interestingly, the same region of the brain is stimulated by both physical and emotional pain, and in this video, ASAP Science explores why this is. Watch more whiteboard animation and science and psychology videos by ASAP Science on their Youtube channel. […]
Food, Fashion and City Life come alive in Cinemagraphs’ GIF Animations
Cinemagraphs is a New York based company compromising of Jamie Beck and Kevin Burg. This artistic duo combine photography and animation to create images that are more than simply a photograph. Each GIF animation brings the scene shown in the image to life through the movement of one or more elements. In some images, it […]
Creepy Cute Animation Reveals Why Dolls are so Life-like
“Alma” is a short and spooky animation directed by Rodrigo Blaas. The character designs, animation and overall rendering of the film are beautiful, adding to the surprising story line. The film uses no verbal cues to tell the story, instead utilizing the quiet intent of an ambitious child to tell the tale. You can learn […]
Animated Armadillo Turns the Tables on a Human Hunter
Mike Klim, Stanley Moore, Dominic Pallotta and Mikey Sauls create a cute animated short in which an adorable armadillo is chased by a hillbilly hunter and his dog.
Maker vs Marker: Man Beast Fights an Animated Warrior
Using a whiteboard and erasable marker, Jonny Lawrence creates a stop frame animation in which he interacts with his animated character. Lawrence’s left hand becomes the nemesis for an animated warrior who was drawn and erased over and over by Lawrence to create the animation. Take a look at more videos by stop motion animator […]
Steve Cutts Animates the Industrial Evolution of Man
Animator Steve Cutts shows how man has gone from creating simple tools to taking over the world with technology. This animation was created with Flash and Adobe After Effects.
Fight! Ariel the Mermaid vs the Peeing Statue
Ariel the mermaid takes on a cheeky statue of a little boy who piddles in her pond. Summoning her father, the king, and Sebastian the crab, Arial goes to extreme lengths to stop the widdling work of art from polluting the water. (This is a GIF animation and may take a few moments to load.)