A Little Critique - Flash Animation

Animator Sam Chi has posted a new film that he made in Flash. It is a quiet, unrushed film with fluid movement and a nice setting.

Watch 'A Little Critique.'

Thank you to Cold Hard Flash for posting this.

Ook the Book - The Making Of

Artist Shannon McNeill has posted a web page about how her new book, 'Ook the Book' was made. Plus there are plenty of illustrations and greeting card designs on her site.

Thank you to Drawn for posting this.

Sparkle Friends

Here's an animation from New Zealand animation studio, Mukpuddy. It's called 'Got Gunge?' and stars the Sparkle Friends. It's sort of nutty and colorful and does video game stuff and has goofy sounds. And lots of green slime!

Watch it here.

Zip and Li'l Bit in the Upside-Down Me

Trade Loeffler writes and draws an online comic that is updated every Thursday and Sunday. It's about a brother and sister and a mysterious upside-down character. It looks very nicely drawn and has that quiet charm and subtle humor that is somewhat lacking in many comics and animations.

Read the comic here.

Strawberry Pie - CGI Animation

Here's a great little film by a university student named Antonio Reyna. It's about a boy on a hilltop who tries mightily to welcome his new neighbor.

It is a charming little tale and it looks very good. You know, with all these incredible university animators around there should be enough entertainment available to save us all sorts of money we might otherwise waste trying to watch movies about talking Chevron cars.

Watch the film here.

Tenggren Illustrations for Grimms' Tales

The ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive has posted illustrations from a 1923 book of Grimms' Tales by Gustaf Tenggren.

You can see them here.

I do believe the one to left here is from Hansel and Gretel. Look at those big wondering eyes on the children. And I think Gretel has just dropped the piece of the gingerbread that she was eating. It's never a good thing to be caught eating someone's house.

An Inconvenient Truth - Global Warming Movie

Former Vice President Al Gore has been presenting a talk and slide-show around the country on the extremely serious problem of global warming. That presentation inspired the making of 'An Inconvenient Truth.' This movie presents information that the vast majority of the world's scientists say is accurate. They agree that global warming is a global catastrophe that can only be averted through immediate action.

Usually, when the vast majority of world scientists say something is so it is so. When the vast majority of scientists said we could land on the moon, we did. When the vast majority of them said we could split atoms, we did. When the vast majority of them said we could fly faster than sound, we did. The guy standing there arguing with them usually ends up as a historical joke. I am going to trust the vast majority of scientists on this issue.

Go see this movie. Take the kids. Watch a trailer for it here.

Sébastien - Another Gobelins Animation

'Sébastien' is another student animation from the Gobelins school in France. I like this one's idea about creativity and its excellent backgrounds.


Watch it here.