Animation Software Archives - Page 16 of 23

Another completely charming piece from animation-world darling, Kirsten Lepore. Her quirky, sweet and very pure films always have such beautiful pacing and plenty of quietness for the viewer to fill in with spirit. A ‘celebration party’ of the medium, this piece tips its hat to many other animation superstars, including Mikey Please. Perhaps this is a call to other aspiring artists, who’ve been ‘bit by the bug’, to persist on the rocky path of creation. Read on to watch the making of, which is a pretty awesome music video in its own right.

Boxtrolls trailer by Laika

2013-12-10

2025-06-272013-12-10

Christmas has indeed come early this year. The excitement mounts as Laika releases a tantalizingly gorgeous peak at the behind the scenes art construction and animation wizardry of their upcoming feature “Box Trolls”. The film uses Dragonframe and releases September 26, 2014. It is more than kind to provide a look into this box. Blog … Read more

beelzebub by landau

2013-11-10

2025-06-272013-11-10

Ivan Landau‘s latest music video for the band “Beats Antique”, featuring Les Claypool, is on the exciting forefront of film blended with live music performance. The piece nicely recalls classic sci-fi horror and also music videos from the early days of MTV, back when the revolution was still being televised. Landau’s film is being projected using digital mapping, and is being produced, by Obscura Digital, pioneers in radical large scale projection. It plays behind the band and also onto stage set components at their live shows for a wildly immersive design experience. “The Thousand Faces Tour” is on the west coast of the U.S. now, so, be sure to check the mindblow-mix-media-masterpiece if you live near one of its points. Read on as accomplished animator Webster Colcord, also with an impressive resume in visual fx, gives us a peek at the technical underbelly of this fantastic-phantasmic production.

tim horton’s coffee by poon

2013-11-10

2025-06-272013-11-10

Coffee has long been the animator’s best friend. But, rather than being medium roast, this roast is the medium. This is a spot from Common Good and Director of Animation Alan Poon for Canada’s ubiquitous and much loved Tim Horton’s coffee. Some frames took over an hour each to create. Read on to watch an awesome making of video.

mooon by kwan

2013-11-10

2015-06-282013-11-10

A big animation and puppet-hand applause to James Kwan, a student at Pratt Institute, who created this fetching little film. It is a great example of the power of beautiful lighting and refined simplicity. It has nice flavorings of the work of Sean Pecknold and Mikey Please while playfully following its own spirit. Read on to hear from the director.