Bennys Badekar

You might think I'm just getting old when I say this, but they don't make 'em like they used to. Dutch cartoon from the 70s called Bennys Badekar which is totally awesomed-up with a quality funk track called ‪Blækspruttesangen‬, or Octopus Song.

Jaime Martinez Animated gifs

There's just something about the simplicity of animated gifs I really love (click the image above if it ain't movin'). There's a bunch of them on Jaime Martinez's site which have a lovely calm, surreal feel to them. The rest of the portfolio's worth a look too.

I laughed so hard...

...I parked the fudge. (see the animated version that's funny)

We Are From L.A.

I first saw work by We Are From L.A. a few months ago with this video for Yelle's track, La Musique. Great stuff on their site for Cassius too. I predict big things for these guys.

Jason Freeny Anatomical Views

Big shout out to Jason Freeny at Moist Production, who's created some great images and hand customised vinyl toys showing the anatomy of various well knowns. From Mr Potato Head and a Lego man, through to Kidrobot's Dunny, and others like Qee, Domo and more. You can buy some of his stuff on his site and, if you're quick, a hand customised Nemo is up for grabs on Ebay until 21st September...

Time Flies

"Time Flies" is a little stop frame animation of a two hour budget flight condensed into seven seconds. I've just cobbled it together for now, if I can think of a real use for it I'll commit a bit more time for proper grading and transitions as it's a bit raw right now. I tried to capture as many interesting clouds, wing tilts and flap movements as possible to cram as much difference into a short space of time as I could.

Pixels

This short film, Pixels, by Patrick Jean is getting posted, blogged, tweeted and generally bandied around like wildfire. And rightly so. It's totally awesome.

Eric Testroete's Japan Stop Frame Video

This stop frame video by Eric Testroete of his photos from a trip to Japan is really well put together and, partly because it's Japan, enchanting to watch. Anyone who's been there will fleetingly recognise so many of the flashes of places and thoroughly enjoy the video even more.

Graffiti Analysis

If I ever have the time, I'll do this - graffiti analysis, showing there's a lot more that goes into a tag than might meet the eye...

Gorillaz - Plastic Beach

Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett join forces once again for the Gorillaz next outing to Plastic Beach. The single "Stylo" will be released in a couple of days on 26th January with the album following on 9th March. Stylo features Bobby Womack and Mos Def makes a couple of appearances on the album as new character "Sun Moon Stars."

3 Frames

Pretty simple concept, take three frames and animate them on a loop. A little entertainment every day.

Animated Print

Totally bonkers. This is an example of a flyer printed with photosensitive inks which uses an embedded microchip to control the ink and actually animate the flyer. This is something I want to see in the flesh...

Keith Schofield

Keith Schofield will be an event speaker at Semi-Permanent Melbourne at the start of October. He's made some brilliant work which which tends to be based around an idea, as opposed to a technique, which is a winner every time for me. His most well known work has been out there for a while now - notably this Toejam music vid for BPA and the massive Diesel birthday viral (which has had over 15 million hits on YouTube) as well as the excellent vid for Supergrass which, like a lot of the stuff on his site, I find myself cursing inside, saying "I wish I'd made that."

The Making of Electrabel

A bit of a late spot, but this animation for Electrabel's Happy New Year ad is stunningly simple and beautiful. After 4 weeks of testing, it took director Raf Wathion 5 days to shoot 1600 photographs with the help of 20 animators using 288 thousand tealight candles.

NASA - Money

Pete Fowler Lino Prints

After the sale of artist's proofs of four lino cut designs like "Skullscillator" pictured above, the next lino print by Pete Fowler is a "...Little Bittern/Human mutant playing the soprano uke..."

The inside track from Pete is he'll probably release something like a limited run of around 30 prints, so keep your eyes peeled and snap one up quick sharp when they're released.

Oh, and in case you've not seen it, here's a Pete Fowler animation from 2007.