This just gets better and better

I'm really enjoying my search for animation via StumbleUpon. Today I found Mac 'n' Cheese using Stumble. I honestly don't know if I'll ever be able to find anything better than this. I am very impressed and encouraged by this group of four guys who created this short animated film for their graduation. These guys could go to work for Pixar, or easily start their own competing animation company. I spent some time viewing some "making of" film too as well as their website.

This has a Wile E. Coyote feel to it, with some incredibly well done graphics and effects on the characters themselves. The environment is a bit choppy, but I honestly didn't pay any attention to that until they pointed it out in their "making of" film. It has everything that makes an animation successful: anticipation, squash 'n' stretch, speed effects, hesitation.  You feel like these two guys are really alive and running. Amazing!  Cudos to this group of four students of the School of Arts in Utrecht the Netherlands. Job well done.

Another great animation find

Here is a great example of animation. I found it at: http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1BAdbc/512kb.net/flash5.htm/

I am so glad that I found Stumble since Paul told us about it. I use it daily now just to find new things.

This has an awesome classic Japanese Anime feel to it. It has a really fast techno beat playing, so if you have your speakers up really loud, you may want to turn them down a notch. It takes a while to load for some reason, but the experience is worth it. This animator spent a lot of time including speed lines, squash & stretch, anticipation, and a great comic book effect. He even got body in motion down really well. I am impressed by the ability of this artist in getting the motion just right. It is admittedly kind of an amateur work. It is probably a student's piece, but it is definitely work a look.

Leo Burnett

I saw this posted in a facebook post done by my wife's cousin who works for Leo Burnett. Her Uncle - His father works there as well. Anyway, I thought this applied well to our motion graphics research theme. Check this out. It's very cool. It was probably done before the days of flash too, I imagine.