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Madonna Barbie Animation by Rowena True
SMILE, A Student Film
Music Video "Blackbird" by giraffentoast
Mirrormask- a VFX treat
mgFest08 Intro Video
JibJab - In 2007
My First Crush - Julia Pott
Birds on Fire for Zune
Playstation 3 Viral
Top 10 Most Bizarre Videos
The Work of Cyriak
Sweet Starfire - Mott Julian
The Adventures of Mark Twain (1985)
Kitty Kat Rave
Don't Go In The Basement
Stash, the Monthly DVD
Mysterious Mose
Butterfly
Doll Face
Justin.tv Live 24/7
Strange Frame: Love & Sax
HellHoles Series by Efram Potelle and Kyle Rankin
Contribute to Toolfarm Inspirations
YMO - Computer Game/Firecracker (PV)
The Animation Show presented by Mike Judge and Don Hertzfeldt
Tideland by Terry Gilliam
Grizzly Bear "Knife"
N.A.H.P.I. - Do They Know It's Halloween
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Madonna Barbie Animation by Rowena True
Based on Madonna's ever changing look in the 80s, filmmaker/painter Rowena True uses stop motion, an old TV and Madonna videos to create a piece of art/fun. I'd love to see this a bit longer with the Madonna of the past 20 years also. Definitely need some 90s cone boobs and slicked back pony tail... wouldn't that be hilarious on a Barbie!? Okay, maybe it's just me.
Posted by Michele Yamazaki
SMILE, A Student Film
Wow. This is a very intense, super-freaky student project. Here's a short blurb:
"SMILE is an impressive 2005 student film by Yuval Markovich and Noam Abta produced at Bezalel Academy of Arts & Design in Jerusalem. Horror films are all too rare in animation, and this short does a solid job of building the tension and creating a mood of paranoia and uncertainty. Technically, it looks like the film was shot in live-action, with over sized CG heads placed on the live bodies. It's a surprisingly effective technique that adds to the film's uneasy mood."
You can check out more of their films at: www.lioninzion.com
"SMILE is an impressive 2005 student film by Yuval Markovich and Noam Abta produced at Bezalel Academy of Arts & Design in Jerusalem. Horror films are all too rare in animation, and this short does a solid job of building the tension and creating a mood of paranoia and uncertainty. Technically, it looks like the film was shot in live-action, with over sized CG heads placed on the live bodies. It's a surprisingly effective technique that adds to the film's uneasy mood."
You can check out more of their films at: www.lioninzion.com
Labels: 3D, Bizarre, Character Animation, Student Work
Posted by Alicia VanHeulen
Music Video "Blackbird" by giraffentoast
This mesmerizing video was created by giraffentoast for Michael Fakesch. They took a simple costumed character and built a mountain of effects and distortions around them- it's a really unique look.
Labels: 2D, 3D, Bizarre, Music Video
Posted by Alicia VanHeulen
Mirrormask- a VFX treat
Designed and directed by Dave McKean, Mirrormask is stunning and chock-full of visual effects. Dave McKean is one of my favorite artists, and I was excited to see the film retained much of the look and feel of his work.
Labels: 2D, 3D, Bizarre, Character Animation, Experimental, Movie Trailer
Posted by Alicia VanHeulen
mgFest08 Intro Video
Lift Motion Design and Creative Chaos created this astounding intro video for the Motion Graphics Festival 2008 in Chicago, Jan 15-21st. The production process heavily integrated the motion design with the sound design by The Great Mundane.The inspiration came from the integration of several creative practices at this year's festival, which focuses on motion design, sound design and motion programming.
Production, costuming, and makeup were done at Foundation Post and the piece was edited by Matthew Glover.
Adobe After Effects was used for almost all the animating and compositing. The final edit was done in Final Cut Pro and the audio composition was created in Ableton Live.
The final piece will play before a live audience at each of the 4 motion graphics screenings at the festival: Stash's Commercial Art screening, Lumen Eclipse's Video Art screening, the Art in Motion screening, and the Conscious Motion screening.
"It was wonderful to have the opportunity to collaborate with other motivated and talented artists. I really do not think this project would have been possible with out each individuals passion and dedication to do what they love. And that love is responsible for the drive to follow through on the never ending quest for perfection to create a positive final product." from Jeffrey Acciaioli (The Great Mundane, Composer/Sound Designer)
Labels: 3D, Bizarre, Commercial
Posted by Michele Yamazaki
JibJab - In 2007
It's original, funny and creative. JibJab is genius.
Labels: Bizarre, Character Animation, Film Short, Flash, Humor
Posted by Michele Yamazaki
My First Crush - Julia Pott
Real stories about first loves animated by hand and spoken by ponies and sharks. It's very cute. This was created by Julia Pott for her final film project at Kingston University. The music and sound design was done by Christopher Frost. It's just wonderful.
Labels: Bizarre, Character Animation, Student Work
Posted by Michele Yamazaki
Birds on Fire for Zune
I know they've been around for awhile, but some of these Zune spots are very well done and are interesting to look at (shocker!).
Labels: 3D, Bizarre, Character Animation, Commercial
Posted by Alicia VanHeulen
Playstation 3 Viral
This is a really bizarre and entertaining viral ad for Playstation 3 from Norm Murro and TBWA\LONDON. The Mill did the VFX/post on the ad. Via Stash Media
Labels: Bizarre, Commercial
Posted by Michele Yamazaki
Top 10 Most Bizarre Videos
Here's an interesting site, with some of the more freakish films that messed me up in my college art history and film courses- all in one convenient location!
The List Universe- Top 10 Most Bizarre Videos
Some of the "classics" from the likes of David Lynch and Jorodowsky are here!
One case in point:
Thanks to Kevin Lang for the link.
The List Universe- Top 10 Most Bizarre Videos
Some of the "classics" from the likes of David Lynch and Jorodowsky are here!
One case in point:
Thanks to Kevin Lang for the link.
Labels: 2D, Bizarre, Experimental, Film Short
Posted by Alicia VanHeulen
The Work of Cyriak
Cyriak sounds like the name of a magician to me, and he is.... a magician with Photoshop and After Effects! Cyriak is a freelance animator in Brighton, UK. His website bio is very funny:" Hello, I am Cyriak from 100 years into the future, where I have been exhumed and sent backwards in time via cyberspace in order to welcome you to the unabridged contents of my brain-damaged imagination." He's unbelivably creative. Jim G. passed his stuff on to me. Jim is in the know.
Check out two of his amazing animations.
I never thought Frankie Valli sounded like the guy from Maroon 5 until now.
Check out two of his amazing animations.
Moo!
The cow DNA is mindblowing! A screen shot just doesn't do it justice.
Beggin' - Frankie Valli video re-mix
This is just cleverl The mutant head in the vortex.... wow. This is just disturbing and oh, so fun to watch.
I never thought Frankie Valli sounded like the guy from Maroon 5 until now.
Labels: 2D, Bizarre, Experimental, Humor, Music Video
Posted by Michele Yamazaki
Sweet Starfire - Mott Julian
This is so bizarre, it's awesome. Trapcode Starglow? Echospace, maybe? I can't stop watching the video. I love it. Totally fun effects.
I will have 'Sweet Schtarfire... all across the univearse' in my head all night. Thanks Jim G. for the great link!
That reminds me a bit of Zilad's Electronic Supersonic. ROFL.
I will have 'Sweet Schtarfire... all across the univearse' in my head all night. Thanks Jim G. for the great link!
That reminds me a bit of Zilad's Electronic Supersonic. ROFL.
Labels: Bizarre, Music Video
Posted by Michele Yamazaki
The Adventures of Mark Twain (1985)
Okay, this is just disturbing. This is for children! The creators are very talented and creative, but man, this is creepy.
(Via Axiomsun
(Via Axiomsun
Labels: Bizarre, Stop Motion
Posted by Michele Yamazaki
Kitty Kat Rave
A little Friday night fluff. This is one of the oddest videos I've ever seen but they've done a great job animating still photos.
Labels: Bizarre, Music Video
Posted by Michele Yamazaki
Don't Go In The Basement
It says: Surreal images in this song from Sally Cruikshank's FACE LIKE A FROG, 1987, written and performed by Danny Elfman and Oingo Boingo, under pseudonym.
Crappy compression but trippy, old school animation makes up for it.
Via Fark.com
Crappy compression but trippy, old school animation makes up for it.
Via Fark.com
Labels: Bizarre, Music Video
Posted by Michele Yamazaki
Stash, the Monthly DVD
Stash Media Stash 33 trailer came out earlier this month. Man, this is some seriously cool work. I'm too lazy to re-write the description: Fun, in all its shades and guises, is the operative word for Stash 33.
For instance: we open the main program with complete bunny-mad chaos from Pleix and MacGuff for Groove Armada, and then trample on through Psyop’s hip-rebel-comedy for Fanta, HSI’s deadpan take on Reyka Vodka, manic pirate/bovine/bicyclist stop motion for Cravendale from Nexus, crazed MTV Asia work from JL Design in Taiwan, Wilfrid Brimo going berserk for V Energy drink, Han Huggebrooge’s unhinged vignettes for Dutch TV, Make’s extremely flammable chipmunks, very curious characters from Curious Pictures for Crunch and we cap it all with a surreal and utterly original bit of action-lunacy about courage, show business and inter-media love created at Supinfocom by Corentin Laplatte, Samuel Deroubaix and Jerome Dernoncourt,,, you get the idea – check below for the full list of contributors.
Labels: 2D, 3D, Bizarre, Demo Reel, Experimental, Film Short, Stop Motion
Posted by Michele Yamazaki
Mysterious Mose
"The most amazing puppet short film by Mark Caballero & Seamus Walsh" This is so old skool. Wow. Gorgeous colors. It does seem to take forever to load though.
Labels: Bizarre
Posted by Michele Yamazaki
Butterfly
A beautiful, but also creepy, cg piece about a woman who grows butterfly wings through her back. This makes me think of a non-mucus spewing version The Fly, and with a lovely soundtrack. It's very pretty, but that whole bug-human thing makes me itchy.
I may have actually posted this one a while ago, but came across it again today at Axiomsum.
I may have actually posted this one a while ago, but came across it again today at Axiomsum.
Posted by Michele Yamazaki
Doll Face
Yeah, this is creepy but really very impressive. "A machine with a doll face mimics images on television screen in search of a satisfactory visage. Doll Face presents a visual account of desires misplaced and identities fractured by our technological extension into the future." Created and directed by Andy Huang and starring Christina Frenzel. (Via)
Posted by Michele Yamazaki
Justin.tv Live 24/7
Okay, not the type of thing I've posted here before but this is so mundanely interesting not to share. Justin.tv, the most aptly named site ever, is the place to watch some guy named Justin's life, 24/7. At this very moment, he's folding his laundry at a laundromat. It's really boring. He leaves the camera on when he's sleeping, in the bathroom and even on a date. That must be a bit uncomforable for the lady, I'd imagine.
Kind of like the Truman show, except without the sunrise on queue.
Kind of like the Truman show, except without the sunrise on queue.
Labels: Bizarre
Posted by Michele Yamazaki
Strange Frame: Love & Sax
Strange Frame is a unique, lush computer animated film with the tagline "One musician's journey to save her lover from a killer few can survive: STARDOM""Mangolo", who is working on the film, posted a question to our Forum about the Liquify plug-in in After Effects. The trailer looks fascinating. Check out the Strange Frame website.
Labels: 3D, Bizarre, Movie Trailer
Posted by Michele Yamazaki
HellHoles Series by Efram Potelle and Kyle Rankin
HellHoles was posted to the AE-List this morning and was done in Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, Audition, Photoshop and Maya. This is the first episode of the AtomFilms series. It's very funny and clever, which you wouldn't know by the image to the left, but it's about a guy who buys a trailer for a buck only to find that it is a portal into another dimension.Labels: Bizarre, Film Short
Posted by Michele Yamazaki
Contribute to Toolfarm Inspirations
We're looking for a few good animators, editors, students or even just fans of visual effects to contribute to this blog. Not HTML skills necessary, but a good eye for the most ground-breaking and rule-breaking techniques and styles out there. We want eye candy! Yes, we do.
Interested? Drop me an email and tell me why you should be considered. You would be expected to make one post per week, but you can post more, as long as they're quality videos. You're welcome to add your thoughts and opinions about the video, too.
Interested? Drop me an email and tell me why you should be considered. You would be expected to make one post per week, but you can post more, as long as they're quality videos. You're welcome to add your thoughts and opinions about the video, too.
Labels: 2D, 3D, Bizarre, Commercial, Demo Reel, Documentary, Experimental, Film Short, Interview, Movie Trailer, Music Video, Podcast, Stop Motion, Student Work, Television, Titles
Posted by Michele Yamazaki
YMO - Computer Game/Firecracker (PV)
Labels: Bizarre, Experimental, Music Video
Posted by Michele Yamazaki
The Animation Show presented by Mike Judge and Don Hertzfeldt
The Animation Show is a travelling animation festival that features some unbelievably cool animations from traditional cell to computer animated. The one pictured to the left is Rabbit by Run Wrake. It's creative, although very violent. Collision by Max Hattler is kalidescopic and trippy Islamic patterns and American quilts mix with the colors and geometry of flags. Collision is an abstract field of reflection. City Paradise by Gaëlle Denis is a breathtaking mix of live action and 2D/3D. (Tomoko arrives to London from Japan and accidentally discovers a mysterious, secret city underground, inhabited by friendly little aliens and a beautiful blossom. After she's found it, everything changes… )Clip from City Paradise:
Labels: 2D, 3D, Bizarre, Experimental, Film Short, Student Work
Posted by Michele Yamazaki
Tideland by Terry Gilliam
Posted by Michele Yamazaki
Grizzly Bear "Knife"
Grizzly Bear is a band that's received quite a bit of buzz on the indie music blogs. This video for Knife has got to be one of the strangest and most original and innovative music videos I've ever seen. It takes place in Death Valley and there is a crazy machines that squeezes blood from stones, a geologist that looks like a caveman from a Geico commercial and a lady made of stone that heals with gemstones. Plus, the song is delicious.The video was done by Encyclopedia Pictura and they have an interesting production update on the site which shows lots of their green screen shots and other production shots. Stereogum.com has a Behind the Scenes: Grizzly Bear's "Knife" Video.
(Video | Via)
Labels: Bizarre, Music Video
Posted by Michele Yamazaki
N.A.H.P.I. - Do They Know It's Halloween
Yeah, I'm a month late on this one, but I just came across it. You probably know I'm a Halloween-mega fan, and this one is really good, so it's worth posting off season. The song is performed by Vice Recordings artists including Devendra Banhart, R.E.M.'s Joey Waronker, Beck, Chris Murphy (Sloan), Thurston Moore, Syd Butler (Les Savy Fav), Peaches, Elvira, Malcolm Mclaren, Karen O (Yeah Yeah Yeah's), and others.Lots of 2D/3D animation and effects and just lots of fun. It's way better than "Do They Know It's Christmas?" It's a charity-benefit song with all proceeds being donated to UNICEF.
Labels: Bizarre, Music Video
Posted by Michele Yamazaki
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