Monday, January 30, 2012

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.

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