At first I was put off by the faceless and somewhat jittery animated characters in this short film by Polder Animation, which is called Blik. But once I got past that, I was intrigued by how well they told the story of the young boys first crush through body language alone. Check it out.
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Keith Lango, an animation veteran who has devoted his blog to sharing his knowledge of animation to anyone who seeks it, has stepped away from his computer long enough to create this puppeted short called My Bathroom. While Keith is not quite ready to give up his day job animating in front of the computer, he’s made a channel of Vimeo for more shorts done with puppetry.
Check out My Bathroom staring Yurt the Yeti:
Check out this beautiful, holiday short called Snow Angels directed by Hornet’sYves Geleyn with Gotham, Inc. The film was animated in After Effects and serves as the holiday greeting for theChobani Greek Yogurt website, and delivers a nice little message, perfect for this time of year. For a full list of credits check out the Hornet, Inc website.
Enjoy and Happy Holidays!
On multiple occasions we have posted about the personal short film Leonardo, by Pixar story artist and director Jim Capobianco. 
After ten years in production on this pet project, the finished product has garnered numerous accolades and screenings at various festivals across the globe. [watch a trailer here]
With the recent DVD release of the film, Leonardo: The Complete Codex, and in conjunction with his upcoming appearance at the CTN Expo in Burbank this weekend, Jim was kind enough to send us a copy to check out. If you haven’t seen it yet, it’s a great short about Leonardo daVinci’s creative quest to explore his dream of flight. Animated traditionally on paper, the film takes inspiration from daVinci’s very own notebooks, complete with rough, and sometimes even unfinished, animation, timing and drawing notations, and subtle color variations of the parchment-like background. Through accurate depictions of flying inventions daVinci himself drew, we are treated to a number of gags, some of which have a Warner Bros. feel to them, as the film’s hero makes several failed attempts to test fly his inventions, and leads to a conclusion that often alters the lives of many great men, even today.
If you’re a fan of traditional animation, and collect DVDs for the sole purpose of checking out the DVD extras, then you don’t want to miss out on getting a copy of the film. In my opinion, it is what every DVD should come packaged with. Inside the well crafted packaging made from recycled materials and images from the film, you are treated to a bunch of cool extras, including 4 versions of the film with commentary at various stages in production, stills of preproduction sketches, as well as final designs, descriptions and facts about various inventions that can be seen throughout the film.
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From the folks at Bird Box Studio and BBC Comedy who brought us Blues, and Ice Creams, had this little gem hidden away until now. Ok, maybe not hidden, but we just stumbled upon this short called Duel.
Credits Include:
Writer and Animator – Ant Blades
Producer – Jon Petrie
Exec Producer – Ash Atalla
Last year we did a couple of posts highlighting British Gas spots directed by Guilherme Marcondes over at Hornet, Inc, in NYC. This year, British Gas calls upon Hornet and Marcondes again for another round of stunning spots, starting with this one called Call Back. Returning to the helm of animating these spots in After effects are Mike Luzzi, and Frank Summers who are joined by Joe Andriola and Mark Pecoraro. Just an FYI, this spot in particular had more characters in it than any spot of the whole campaign so far, the amusement park planet itself had 50 people, and in case you wondering, that’s a helluva lot of work, and almost certainly with the same schedule as the lesser “casted” spots. Anyways, nice job you guys!
Fellow NYer’s, Max Porter and Ru Kuwahata, a dynamic duo of the NY animation scene, have shared with us and the rest of the online world their latest short, Something Left, Something Taken, a dark comedy inspired by a trip to San Franciso, which was in production for about 2 years and 3 months, in between commissioned work and done at night and on weekends.
I had the pleasure of seeing it several times already, and I can’t say enough good things about it. The style is fresh, the animation is amazing and full of clever subtleties. But I think what gets me excited the most is getting to see all the making of material on their blog. They’re certainly not shy with their creative process and it’s shows just how much pride and enthusiasm they have for even for the tiniest details.
The film has already received a number of achievements, and I am sure will continue to do so in the coming months, so check their site for updates, as well as the full list of credits for the film. Also check out some of their other work, including Electric Car which recently took home a 3rd place award at the ASIFA East International Film Festival. Congrats Max and Ru!
