Tomas Redigh’s stop-motion lego short is blasting to the top of the Most Popular list over at YouTube today, and it’s a hard earned victory. Redigh spent over 1,500 hours (assuming 12-hours of work, that’s 125 days) crafting the film, which is titled 8-bit Trip.
Paul Whittington (aka Carrot Kid), has turned the harmless act of drinking carrot juice in a crime scene. The Juiced Carrots is Whittington’s latest stop-motion short film.
Like millions of us netizens, Jelle van Dun, an animator based in the Netherlands, recently joined Twitter (twitter.com/jellevandun). He subsequently asked people to name an everyday object, which he would then bring to life through his art. The result is this stop-motion tale of terror on the high seas. It’s his first Twitter Animation Improvisation:
The original Comedy Central South Park pilot is currently available for viewing over at SouthParkStudios.com. It’s not the original South Park film, which was The Spirit of Christmas – Jesus vs. Frosty, which you can see below. It’s the first half-hour show, Cartman Gets an Anal Probe, which premiered on Comedy Central in 1997. As you can see in this inset image, this episode was the only all-construction-paper produced for Comedy Central, and it’s only going to be on the site for 30 days. Also, check out the gallery of images from the production.
(notice Cartman is named “Kenny” in this one)
The second short was Jesus vs. Santa:
Here’s the second stop-motion commercial for Close Up Finger Skateboards, featuring their mascott character Skull Boy. The first was a pretty huge hit on YouTube.
Back in March, we covered the partnership between British gas and electric company npower and the animation masters at Aardman Animation. A new spot has emerged, titled Loft Insulation, starring Wallace and Gromit and we’ve got it for you below, along with look behind the scenes:
And here’s the Behind the Scenes vignette, which includes some comments by Aardman director Merlin Crossingham.
Okay all you astronauts out there – don’t go thinking this is your ticket to get hammered before the next moon mission. This is simply a clever, stop-motion ad by animation wizard PES for Bacardi Coconut Flavored Rum. Sadly you spacemen will have to stick to the ol’ recycled urine, okay? Agency on the spot, titled Bottle Rocket, was David&Goliath.
