Changethethought

Here is some quick and fun stop motion by Alex Schulz.

written by Christopher | tags: Alex Schulz, Animation, Art, Stop Motion

Onedotzero just released this little montage (everybody needs a montage) of some of their recent endeavors in the realms of motion graphics, short film, animation and music videos. It’s an impressive show and proof of Onedotzero’s inspiring talent.

written by Christopher | tags: 3d, Animation, Motion Graphics, Onedotzero

Mike Winkelmann AKA Beeple created this 3D animated video for Flying Lotus’s single ‘Kill Your Co-Workers’. You can actually download all of the 3d characters in the video for free at beeple-crap.com/​resources.php. Strange but good (just like Flying Lotus).

written by Christopher | tags: 3D Graphics, Animation, Beeple, Flying Lotus, Music

I almost forgot Daniele Manoli’s alphabet video of the week this week. So this time we have the letter ‘Q’ (one of my favorite letters) that stands for Quadrilateral. How awesome are all of these videos? One for every letter in the alphabet. Still blows my mind.

Video & Audio : Daniele Manoli
Styling, Art Direction, Handmade Props & Accessories : Phoebe Tong behance.net/ ​phoebetong
Model : Isabella L

written by Christopher | tags: Animation, Daniele Manoli, Hong Kong, Motion Graphics

Sylvain Tardiveau puts forward a somewhat expected video but that doesn’t make it any less fun or kick ass. It is also right on the money for the music.

written by Christopher | tags: 3d, Animation, Danforth, Music, Sylvain Tardiveau

“We wanted to make a series of moving sculptures that take inspiration from the great surrealists like dali and in particular his lobster telephone. We have tried to build intriguing objects that leave you wanting to see more. These objects are mechanical but at the same time organic in their movements. They are a collection of textures, objects and movements that create images that we wanted to see.”

Produced and directed by We Are 17. You can read a little more about them here.

written by Christopher | tags: Animation, Motion Graphics, We are 17

Mr. Harrison (if you please) is a graduate from Central St. Martins and has been on a streak directing some highly unusual but brilliant music videos. The most recent of which is the above video for Asprins single ‘Cutter’. It’s not quite like anything I have seen lately. Mr. Harrison is one to keep an eye on.

written by Christopher | tags: Animation, Direction, Motion Graphics, Mr. Harrison

Brazilian graphic design and animation studio Lobo has been animating graphics since the very idea of doing so started to become fashionable (at least in the capacity that it is done today). They have recently completed several new projects for several large clients that you can check out at their website. They have stayed at the top of their game and are still one of the very best in the business.

written by Christopher | tags: Animation, Brazil, Graphic Design, LOBO, Motion Graphics

David Wilson decided to go old school trippy 70s animation style for the latest video for The Japanese Pop Stars (featuring Green Velvet) single ‘Let Go’. Hang on for the ride because it gets more interesting as it goes. It helps that it’s a nice tune as well.

You can catch a ‘making of’ video here also.

Directed by: David Wilson
Produced by: Serena Noorani and Tamsin Glasson at Colonel Blimp ( colonelblimp.com )
Commissioned by: Nicola Brown for Virgin/EMI
Primary Illustrator: Keaton Henson
Secondary Illustrators: David Wilson and Andres Guzman
Drawn Animation: Malcolm Draper, Matt Lloyd, Ed Suckling, Toby Jackman, Elena Pomares, David Wilson, Jamie Page
Flash Animation: Michael Zauner, John Malcolm Moore, Ed Suckling, Toby Jackman, Elena Pomares, Andrew Clarke
After Effects Compositing and Effects: Andy Montague via The Mill
Colouring: Christopher Wright, Sally Hancox, Zoe Hough, Alex Simpson, Josh Stocker

written by Christopher | tags: Animation, David Wilson, The Japanese Pop Stars

This weeks alphabet video by motion designer, animator and illustrator Daniele Manoli is all about the letter ‘W’.

written by Christopher | tags: Animation, Daniele Manoli, Hong Kong, Motion Graphics

Oh Buck let me count the ways you inspire me. I have had the unique experience of working for an agency that hired Buck and was totally mind blown by what they produced. They are still high atop my list of the very best motion, animation and creative film studios out there. Above is plenty testimony to that fact.

written by Christopher | tags: Animation, Buck, Los Angeles, Motion Graphics, New York

From what little I can gather from Facu Samman’s website is that he is Brazlian (or Portuguese) and an illustrator, 3D artist and animator. He’s most likely young as his portfolio reflects that but he is definitely doing some interesting things and could be rolling out a much more aggressive portfolio in the future. Definitely someone to check back on in the coming months.

written by Christopher | tags: 3d, Animation, Brazil, Facu Samman, Motion Graphics

I am going to to something a little different here starting today. Swedish born Hong Kong based director/designer/illustrator/animator Daniele Manoli sent me an email about a project he did with no budget just to stretch himself creatively and I must say that I was incredibly impressed. He created a short film for every single letter in the alphabet. That’s 26 different short films full of animation, motion graphics, live action and any other technique Daniele felt like experimenting with. It’s quite an amazing project and we (at the Ctt studio) were super impressed with the effort and the shear volume of experimentation and techniques employed. We were also totally stoked that he shared it with us right away.

So all that being said (and back to my original sentence), I am going to post one of the videos everyday for the next 26 days starting in random order. Today it is the letter ‘G’, which we were rather fond of. You can see all of the videos here.

written by Christopher | tags: Animation, Daniele Manoli, Hong Kong, Motion Graphics

ThreeLeggedLegs has some choice words for all of us as we continue to multiply like an infestation and destroy our planet. And they put together these choice words in the form of a fantastic little animation created simply for the hell of it.

written by Christopher | tags: Animation, Humans, Motion Graphics, Three Legged Legs

“When the forces of conservation and industrialization within a common society compete head to head, the only entity that can regulate the fight is the fantastic measuring contraption known as the Envirometer. But, as the conflict escalates and the situations become increasingly more destructive and selfish, the vengeful and godlike Envirometer may be the only hope to unite the opposing viewpoints and create a progressive world where everyone can live in harmony.”

Lovingly crafted by Makevisual.

written by Christopher | tags: Animation, Envirometer, Global Warming, Make Visual

Robert Hodgin AKA Flight 404 was tasked by Wired to create an opening animation for the iPad version of their magazine. The issue number was 18:08 and the number served as the crux of the piece. You can see the final version here but I am actually more a fan of the earlier version which can be seen above. You can’t go wrong with Hodgin’s amazing work. The music was provided by Tim Stutt. You can read more about the process involved in the creation of the animations at Hodgin’s website.

I find it rather ironic that if you really want to see and appreciate the quality and color of these animations, you have to watch them on Vimeo, which in my opinion from a quality standpoint is heads above YouTube but Vimeo isn’t supported by iPad or iPhone.

written by Christopher | tags: Animation, Flight 404, Motion Graphics, Robert Hodgin, Wired

London based motion and animation firm Treat Studios produced around 20 minutes of visuals for Natasha Khan (Bat for Lashes) in early 2010 and cut it down to this wonderful little edit.

written by Christopher | tags: Animation, London, Motion Graphics, Music, Treat Studios

This is old. I didn’t really know about it until a friend shared it with me last night and it just kind of blew my mind. It’s completely hilarious. The short was produced by animator Don Hertzfeldt and was nominated for an Academy Award. Hertzfeldt has a massive fan base and his work is lauded over and often quoted in popular culture. The music and comedic timing of ‘Rejected’ is insane. Seriously funny and absolutely genius.

written by Christopher | tags: Animation, Comdedy, Mockumentary, Short Film