Tag: Animation

Digital

If Lego made Game of Thrones

Game of Thrones is on everyone‘s minds these days, and soon, its LEGO version will be as well. Kristin Kuciński is a visual effects and concept design student who was tasked to animate in 3D concepts of a LEGO-fied version...

By Umar Ansari · Nov. 27, 2020

Creativity

Video explains Pixar's secret formula for developing amazing ideas

It's hard to run into someone who is not a Pixar fan. By now, everyone knows about the kind of masterpieces that are produced over at Disney's animation department. But as much as it is about creativity and fun, there is a process....

By Umar Ansari · Oct. 26, 2020

Graphic Design

8 Animated valentines for the book lover in your life

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, New York City blogger and illustrator Adam Ellis has produced a series of humorous 'Literary Valentines' that pay tribute to some of our most admired authors. Each Valentine alludes not only...

By J Hudson · Jul. 19, 2020

Video

Elephant on a trampoline animation and 8 other unlikely animal adventrures

French animator and film director Nicolas Deveaux has created a series of imaginative short films that are a delight. After graduating from university in 2003, his first short film “7 tonnes 2” featured a realistic animation...

By Steph · Jul. 18, 2020

Digital

5 animated body x-rays show how we bend, clench and twist

GIFs are addicting nuggets of Internet content, but it turns out they can be educational as well. These 5 animations made by Cameron Drake show typical x-rays of various human bones and joints in motion. It is really interesting...

By Justin Crowe · Jul. 08, 2020

Digital

6 images from the Library of Congress turned into super creepy GIFs

Kevin Weir spends his time scouring the Library of Congress online archive for perfect images for his creepy animated GIF art. The oddly slow speed, black and white image and horror themes make his work incredibly unsettling....

By Justin Crowe · Jun. 20, 2020

Photography

Grid Corrections: Timelapse of aerial shots reveal Earth's grid system

All those maps you were conditioned to believe were a real depictions of the face of our planet are heavily distorted. That is pretty well-known (the realization still shocks me to this day). Dutch photographer and filmmaker Gerco...

By Umar Ansari · Jun. 19, 2020

Music Artwork

Colombian artist attempts to show us Latin-American mythologies and traditions through a digital lens

Diego Maldonado is an artist from Bogotá, Colombia. Here, he shares with us an animated video he just finished. It's an attempt to show Latin-American mythologies and traditions through a digital lens. In this case, it's pure...

By admin · Jun. 01, 2020

Video

A touching animation of a woman's walk through life

As we age, we undergo sometimes extreme physical changes, particularly if you're female and experience things like pregnancy and childbirth. And those changes are not always met with open arms. 'Sidewalk', a short film directed...

By Cameron Chapman · May. 21, 2020

Digital

8 mind-blowing geometric GIFs that will transfix you

Erik Soderberg creates mind-blowing animated GIFs that, while composed merely of thousands of pixels, are captivating in the way that they pulse and repeat. Soderberg is a multi-disciplinary artist who works in both 2D and 3D...

By Cameron Chapman · Apr. 04, 2020

Video

Too many selfies may land you like this mutilated animation

This new animation by Andy Martin is a humorous 60-second warning about self-obsession. He made this short for the “Character Selfies” project at Pictoplasm. In the video below the pickle-looking character faces...

By Justin Crowe · Feb. 11, 2020

Video

New “Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared” episode tackles love with a disturbing twist

After a long hiatus, cult Youtube animated series 'Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared' is finally back with a fantastic third episode. The brainchild of British animation duo Becky Sloan and Joseph Pelling, the webshow offers fun edutainment...

By Nhan Tran · Feb. 06, 2020

Retro

Strangely mesmerizing 3D GIFs of wobbling objects

Julien Rivoire is the founder of Bastard Graphics, a Lyon-based design studio that specializes in art direction, illustration, and animation. In his spare time, the French graphic designer enjoys making surreal 3D GIFs inspired...

By Nhan Tran · Jan. 31, 2020

Creativity

Spectacular short film of beautiful geometric worlds

Cleverly titled, “Traveling Lights”, this short film gives you glimpses of beautiful two-dimensional worlds while exploring the ominous characteristics of positive and negative spaces. The geniuses behind this masterpiece hail...

By Umar Ansari · Jan. 14, 2020

Digital

6 craft beer favorites brought to life as animated GIFs

Unless you’ve had a few too many drinks, beer labels are likely to be a stationary image. Boston-based beer lover, Trevor Carmick, has been bringing craft brew labels to life and posting them to his tumblr blog, Beer Labels in Motion....

By Steph · Dec. 31, 2019