Oscar-nominated animation maestro Bill Plympton has revealed his latest short, Cheatin’. However, it’s not finished. What you’ll watch below is a (lavish) pencil test, that includes the entire story and a near full realization of the animation. Plympton has been steadily releasing his traditionally-animated dog series (Guard Dog, Guide Dog, etc…), and you’ll see a brief canine homage early on.
A finalist for Best TV Series at Annecy, Cuppa Coffee’s Nerdland has been viewable on their website for months now, but I recently spotted the 7-minute pilot over on Vimeo. The stop-motion series concept was generated internally by puppet maker Ted Heeley, and then after teaming up with TELETOON’s Detour the 22-minute series was set into motion. In related news, the 2nd season of Nick at Nite’s Glenn Martin DDS, which is produced at Cuppa Coffee, was just announced.
Guillermo Navarro directed this new live-action/animated spot for Disneyland’s Halloween Time event, which runs from September 25th to November 1st. I spotted Eric Goldberg in the background of a scene in a “making of” video on the Disneyland site. He directed the animation by way of Duck.
Canadian Jason Doll, via his company Animation Dog, directed this humorous spot for Bonobos. The animation is peppered throughout, and it’s accompanies by some clever copy. I especially like the reference to KDB, or “Khaki Diaper Butt.”
The super-talented animator Kristen Lepore (Sweet Dreams) recently produce this 20-second exercise for a class. Cool combination of live-action stills and green-screen puppets. It’s titled Artsy Fartsy.
This new spot for Hershey’s “Happiness Is…” campaign takes a clever look at t-shirt art. It was directed by Chris Bahry at Toronto-based Nakd. Production was handled by The Ebeling Group.
For years, scientists have believed cocaine contains vitamins, but now we have proof. In this 4th Dr. Tran Mail episode, series creators Breehn Burns and Jason Johnson reintroduce us to Hotel Soap, the cocaine-loving cleaning product with lovely, perfumed balls.
