Posts Tagged "Animation"

Inspiring motion graphic montage by New Zealand Designer + Animator Lucas Redfern Brooking.

Photographer Matthew Williams + Animator QIL have created some amazing animated GIFs of Jack Donoghue based on photos taken for an upcoming issue of L’Officiel Hommes. I just can’t stop staring at that undulating cube and the clarity of the GIF. My mind is blown.

More crazy cool GIFs on QIL’s website

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One hour of video is uploaded to Youtube every second.  That’s kinda hard to comprehend, so some smartypants over there put together a slick website to illustrate just how big that number really is.  And the whole site is done with CSS and HTML animations and svg elements – no Flash!  If anyone can track down who the illustrators are, I’d love to know.  Really well done.

http://www.onehourpersecond.com/

Thanks to my borderline scary obsession with all things LFC, I stumbled on the agency Uniform, based in Liverpool, by way of a creative tech at the firm. I was really impressed by their work, but more importantly by how they communicated their philosophy and how they work. Often designers or agencies can, ironically, come across fairly convoluted and excessive when trying to communicate their process. I find it especially annoying if they do it only with words. Uniform’s execution, on the other hand, comes across really approachable & succinct. It’s not overwhelmingly detailed (the point is to explain your process to clients, not to your competition), but it also has enough meat that their audience won’t feel short-changed or patronized.

What I really appreciate about the videos, though, is the example they set in how important it is to spend time polishing your own messaging. Spend some time on your own brand, and people will trust you to spend time on theirs. You don’t really want your personal physician to be a 300lb, rock-climbing smoker, do you? You probably do.

Have 2 minutes for something inspiring and cool? Of course you do.

This animated short is directed and created by four obviously talented students at the Utrecht School of Arts in the Netherlands. I truly appreciate the cinematic techniques used and the way they edited it. The speed, style and imagination of this is inspiring and really fun to watch. There is a nice balance of traditional looking and computer assisted 3D animation.

Get all more details about this short film by hitting up their site.

While in NYC earlier this week, I heard about an exclusive club in Jersey (who doesn’t want to join a club in Jersey??) founded on the notion of destruction. Get together and destroy shit with the weapon of your choice. Sounds intriguing right? Well it’s not. It’s a members only club dedicated to super-rich people getting together to smash expensive stuff. I’m sure they think it’s some sort of liberating, existential exercise; but in this economy? It’s ridiculous.

In the meantime, check out this rad animation by Helios Labs for a different kind of exclusive club.

It’s not even borderline. It’s a full blown obsession.

I love the fluidity of the game. When it’s played at the highest level, it’s like a beautifully choreographed dance. Every pass, every movement off the ball, every juke looks premeditated. But of course it isn’t. It’s all bubbling up from a natural rhythm embraced by the players & the fans alike. And right now, Barcelona FC are dancing like no one else.

Richard Swarbrick doesn’t an amazing job at capturing this in this piece from a new series of animations highlighting soccer matches. The above is taken from the 5-0 spanking Barca gave Madrid earlier this year in La Liga. Be sure to check out Man United take on Barcelona in the champions league final on May 28th.

I have no capacity for motion design/animation so I’ve naturally got mad respect for those who do. Joel Lazano is a freelance designer/animator hailing from Barcelona who has a nice, slick vintage design inspired style that translates super well to animation. No official real, so enjoy these four clips from his portfolio!

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An inspiring video from Sebastianbap that has a great message about self improvement. Whatever you do, always try to be the best you can be. Plus it doesn’t hurt the video is well done.

MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON from Dean Fleischer-Camp on Vimeo.

This video makes me smile. Check out Marcel the Shell with Shoes On by Jenny Slate + Dean Fleischer-Camp.