Adult Swim reinvigorates the exquisite corpse genre with a three-minute avalanche of style and action featuring the talents of 28 animators and centered on TOM 5.0 the current host of Toonami, the channel’s adult animation block. [Watch]
Category Animation, Broadcast Design, CG, Character Animation, Featured, Illustration, Stop Motion · Tags Adult Swim, Alex Grigg, Alicja Jasina, Brian Smee, David Reilly, Edward Artinian, Einar Baldvin, Grace Mi, Grace Nayoon Rhee, Guilherme Marcondes, Henrique Barone, Jeanette Bonds, Jesse James Dean, Joseph Bennett, Katie Tamboer, Katrina Ruzics, Kris Merc, Lee Hardcastle, Louis Morton, Miguel Jiron, Peter Millard, Quique Rivera, Robertino Zambrano, Ryan Gillis, Sean Buckelew, Sean Glaze, Shoko Hara, Toonami, Yawen Zheng
Barcelona creative director and motion designer Abel Reverter takes on the colour red in the second film from CNN’s Colorscope series, admitting: “The bar was set super high after the amazing job Moth Studio made on the first piece.” [Watch]
Brazilian animator Antonio Vicentini is the latest in a string of intrepid motion talent to tackle a visual interpretation of the wisdom and social insights UK philosopher and The School of Life founder Alain de Botton. [Watch]
Vancouver director/animator Eoin Duffy explains his views on the announced cuts to public broadcasting in the US (PBS, NPR, etc.) with this thoughtful visual essay. [Watch]
Rendering modern phone-zombie masses in the style of early 1930s cartoons, London director/animator Steve Cutts creates a stark contrast between form and tone in his interpretation of Moby’s ode to the dangers of the always-connected life. [Watch]
They weren’t the first virtual animated band but they were the coolest. Sorry, ARE the coolest. After seven years, 2D, Murdoc Niccals, Noodle and Russel Hobbs (aka Gorillaz) are back with a new album and most importantly a new video. [Watch]