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A 7 minute animated film by Isaac King that uses both stop motion and traditional animation.

“The term ‘second hand’ refers to the ticking hand on a clock; it also describes re-used items. Would you rather save time? Or save stuff? This film examines the imbalance and waste created by these modern obsessions.”

Music by Jeremy Singer
Audio design/mix by Greg Sextro

Written By Christopher | Tags: Animation, Isaac King, Second Hand, Stop Motion

08.28.11

‘In August’ is a fifteen minute short film utilizing both 2D and 3D animation which took nearly two years to create. The film was written and directed by Andrés Barrientos and Carlos Andrés Reyes and produced by Daniel García. Oruga served as the Executive Producer Pedro Tosin with music composed by Sergio A. Trujillo and the band Sinapis.

Written By Christopher | Tags: 3d, Art, En Agusto, Motion Design

08.21.11

Trexel releases it’s latest animated short film and it’s a work of beauty. The production of the animation took a large team of people and the short film has so far been screened around the world and back. To see full credits and learn more about the film please click here.

Written By Christopher | Tags: 3d, Animation, Copia A, Trexel

Animator Daniel G Moreno thinks this is something you should know and actually it probably is something a real world traveling action hero stud kind of a guy should definitely know. So take notes.

Written By Christopher | Tags: Animation, Cigarettes, Daniel G Moreno, Illustration

08.14.11

I was totally consumed by Schwarzenegger as a child. I even competed in bodybuilding as a teen I wanted so much to be like him. So I was pretty jazzed by this animation piece paying homage to the now dethroned king of manliness by Brainbow.

Written By Christopher | Tags: Animation, Film, Movies, Pop, Schwarzenegger

08.05.11

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We recently came across the work of Japanese cell animator Mirai Mizue and have been pretty blown away by her body of work. Reminds us a lot of the psychedelic work of filmmakerHayao Miyazaki.

Written By Mike Slane | Tags: Cell Animation, Mizue

07.20.11

Defective Detective is a film by Avner Geller and Stevie Lewis that debuted exclusively at the the Cartoon Brew’s 2nd Student Animation Festival. Wow. This is student work? Time to up the game seriously.

Visit the filmmakers’ websites at:
Avner Geller: AvnerGeller.blogspot.com
Stevie Lewis: Chocosweete.blogspot.com

Written By Christopher | Tags: 3d, Animation, Cartoon Brew, Defective Detective

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This is the strange, whimsical but fun to watch official music video for Jeez Louise’s single ‘Secret Skwirl’ directed and animated by Maxime Bruneel.

Written By Christopher | Tags: Animation, Jeez Louise, Maxime Bruneel, Music

06.03.11

Wild Robot 2 is the second installment in the Wild Robot series by talented director/animator Sam Mason. It’s a psychedelic Tim Burton steampunk kind of affair that has been expertly crafted by the hands of a real talent.

Written By Christopher | Tags: 3d, Sam Mason, Short Film, Wild Robot

05.27.11

German animation/motion studio Polynoid, have launched their short film entry entitled Loomas a part of the Resonance project.

They released through the short film through their website at www.polynoid.tv. The film was originally released in 2010 and has so far been the recipient of numerous film festival awards including ‘Best in Show’ at Siggraph 2010, an ‘Honorary Mention’ at ARS Eletronica 2010, and the 2010 VES Award for ‘Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project.’

It’s stunning piece of work.

Written By Christopher | Tags: 3d, Animation, Polynoid, Short Film

05.26.11

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Apparently this is a teaser for a full length animated feature. It looks pretty amazing and is being released by Blacklight Movies and is being produced by Guillaume Ivernel. Wow.

Written By Christopher | Tags: 3d, Animation, Film, Motion Design

05.25.11

The OFFF On Tour Madrid 2011 titles have hit the net and they are long, strong and down to get some friction on. There was a large cast of people on this one and it shows through a long and highly developed animation. Credits: Direction & Creation: Cocoe Animation Direction: Rubén García Art Direction: Duprez 3D & Compositing: Antonia Salas Compositing: Microbians, Duprez, Miguel Márquez and Dolores Escamilla VFX: Microbians Additional Animation: Rubén Fernández and Sergiopop Additional 3D: Sergio de la Varga Music & Sound Design: Omar Tenani

Written By Christopher | Tags: Animation, Madrid, Motion Design, OFFF

04.17.11

Will Sweeney directed this animated romp (Heavy Metal style) for Das Pop’s single ‘The Game’.

Director: Will Sweeney
Lead Animators: Daniel Britt, Joseph Pelling
Animators: Andy Baker, Tom Bunker, Nicos Livesey
Character Design, Background Illustration: Will Sweeney
Background Illustration: Susumu Mukai

Written By Christopher | Tags: Animation, Big Active, Das Pop, Will Sweeney

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Kate Spade asked Mike Perry to generate motion visual piece on the color green for the Live Colorfully project and the wonderful result can be viewed above.

Written By Christopher | Tags: Animation, Green, Kate Spade, Mike Perry

04.12.11

Dimitri Stankowicz direct this absolutely fantastic animated interpretation of ‘Bjork’s Innocence’ for Passion Pictures.

Written By Christopher | Tags: Bjork, Bjork’s Innocence, Motion Design, Passion Pictures

04.05.11

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“I shot a photo roughly every two miles between take-off in San Francisco and landing in Paris CDG to make this airplane time lapse.”

Posted: 21st September 2011 by aorraccoon in Uncategorized

Illustrator Kevin Tong has been on a roll this year with some seriously amazing prints created for the likes of Mondo and Spoke Art. He is about to drop some new prints this week and that makes it as good a time as any for the uninitiated to check out his work.

Written By Christopher | Tags: Art, Drawing, Illustration, Kevin Tong, Posters

Gerhard Human is more than just an awesome name, he’s an illustrator who generates colorful, poppy and gyrating images of crazy characters.

Written By Christopher | Tags: Art, Drawing, Gerhard Human, Illustration

We are digging illustrator and screen printer Bill Connors loose, cartoony pop culture clash mashup imagery that he then silkscreens onto colorful, kick ass posters. Delicious.

Written By Christopher | Tags: Bill Connors, Illustration, Posters, Silkscreen

Japanese illustrator Tatsuro Kiuchi has a nice gritty yet dreamy style that feels hand-rendered. It’s a nice juxtaposition of style and content that makes for a likeable image.

Written By Christopher | Tags: Drawing, Illustration, Japan, Tatsuro Kiuchi

Graphic Designer, Illustrator and Typographer Boris Pelcer immigrated to the Midwest in search of a better life from Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He received his degree in illustration from the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design and is currently Design Faculty at the University of Idaho’s College of Art and Architecture.

Written By Christopher | Tags: Boris Pelcer, Bosnia, Design, University Of Idaho

09.14.11

Designer/illustrator Ben Thomas has a very interesting style complimented by the use of 3D. He is one of the few designers using these elements that is regularly releasing prints. It’s all an extremely bright and surreal experience looking through his work but we dig it. He mentioned in an email to us the possibility of a collaboration and we are all ears to that idea.

Written By Christopher | Tags: 3d, Art, Ben Thomas, Illustration, Prints

“Follow Marie’s adventures and misfortunes through mountains and seas in her no-go quest to become the super powerful La Fabuleuse, the chick illustrator capable of conquering the entire universe in a blink.

Illustrations, Screenprints, Comics and Stupidity.”

I think ‘stupidity’ might be a little strong but it’s used in the spirit of ‘fun’ and ‘fun’ is definitely the right word to describe Marie’s work.

Written By Christopher | Tags: Art, Drawing, Illustration, Marie

What I dig about Scott Balmer’s illustrations is that they somehow manage to be current while invoking references to great illustrators from the 60′s and 70′s He’s putting Illustrator to good use.

Written By Christopher | Tags: Illustration, Retro, Scott Balmer, Vector

09.08.11

Jay Shaw calls himself ‘Iron Jaiden’ and has gathered quite a following on hardcore print and poster websites like Expresso Beans and OMG Posters (I know because I am one of the nerds who constantly frequents those websites and collects posters). You can see his excellent work at Kingdom of Nonsense. I was totally excited to recently discover that Jay is actually a resident of Denver, Colorado and his studio is just downtown. That excitement was compounded when I also discovered that he is hosting a silkscreen poster exhibition tomorrow night as a tribute to the amazing writer/director Sydney Lumet. The show was expertly curated by Jay himself and features some fantastic posters by artists like Kevin Ang and James Rheem Davis. You can see most of the posters in the show here at OMG posters. This is going to be a great event and it’s a little something new for the art scene here in Denver. So don’t miss out tomorrow night. I am planning on being there myself.

Here are the details:
Laundry on Lawrence
2701 Lawrence
Denver, Co

Doors open at 7. Be there or be square or at least miss out on that poster you are coveting.

Leftover posters will be sold at Jay’s online storefront the following day.

Written By Christopher | Tags: Illustration, Iron Jaiden, Jay Shaw, Movies, Posters

Joshua Andrew Belanger creates illustrations that are wicked evil head-bangingly good. He also documents a lot of his process which is super informative if you are a digital illustrator. He captures his efforts in ‘speed drawing’ videos and there is a lot to pick up on with technique if you watch closely.

Written By Christopher | Tags: Digital Drawing, Drawing, Evil Art, Illustration

Michael Meier is a German illustrator and designer. He is also a cofounder and member of the publishing company rotopolpress in Kassel, Germany. He has a loose, interpretive style that starts from a sketch and is finished digitally.

Written By Christopher | Tags: Art, Drawing, Germany, Illustration, Michael Meier

The illustrator know as Von who made a name for himself with his airy, dreamy liquid-like graphite illustrations will be releasing a silkscreen print of one of his more well-known images from his ‘Semblance’ series. The print is a single screen metallic screen print and it looks like it will be beautiful in person. More details on purchasing the print can be found at Shopvon.

Written By Christopher | Tags: Hellovon, Illustration, Screen Print, Silkscreen

09.07.11

Don’t ask us dumb Americans how to pronounce Mateus Zkolek’s last name but his kinetic, colorful and simply drawn illustrations need no translation.

Written By Christopher | Tags: Art, Drawing, Illustration, Mateus Zkolek

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Digital illustrator and pixel pusher Rob Shields has updated with some striking new imagery. It’s a touch darker than some of his past work but his technique is getting sharper and imagery more interesting.

Written By Christopher | Tags: Digital, Photography, Photoshop, Rob Shields

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B-i-r-d-i-e is making some cool stuff. There isn’t necessarily a lot of rhyme or reason to what that stuff it but some of it is very good.

Written By Christopher | Tags: Art, Birdie, Graphic Design, Illustration

09.01.11

Lucas Nogueran is a Paris based illustrator and designer with a regularly updated blog of highly imaginative and artistic imagery drawing influences from street culture to skateboarding.

Written By Christopher | Tags: Art, Grafitti, Illustration, Lucas Noguera, Paris

08.28.11

“A Beast Every Week is an illustrative collective inspired by the bestiary of yore. Every week a different illustrator will compose a new illustration of a beast, creature, monster, etc. from their own unique perspective.

A new Illustration will be added every Monday.”

Written By Christopher | Tags: Art, Beast, Drawing, Illustration, Monsters

08.26.11

It’s been a while since we dropped in on Blind Salida but he’s kept busy and recently updated with a fresh cache of richly detailed and colorful vector illustrations.

Posted: 21st September 2011 by aorraccoon in Uncategorized

Painter Michael Peck uses oil to create some truly beautiful works of art that feel almost like snapshots from distant memories. The ability to paint in such a style has always amazed me and Peck is a master.

Written By Christopher | Tags: Art, Michael Peck, Painting, Portraits, Urbanism

09.14.11

Artist Jeremy Fish is still doing his thing and has updated lately with some excellent work. His hand is so airtight now it almost looks like vector art. He keeps honing his craft though and getting better at what he does and there are some wonderful works in his portfolio.

Written By Christopher | Tags: Art, Jeremy Fish, Painting, Upper Playground

Chinese illustrator Qian Yi is generating some downright beautiful digital and traditional paintings at a rate that belies a serious talent not just as a digital artist or illustrator but a contemporary one.

Written By Christopher | Tags: Art, China, Illustration, Painting

Painter Joe Forkan has created an entire series based off of the film The Big Lebowski. Awesome you say? Why yes but before you accept it at face value as a fan of one of the strangest and most wonderful films of all time, Forkan is a serious painter who has done his homework and in many ways paints in the style of the old masters. He was drawn to the symbolism and attention the Coen brothers brought to the movie and has attempted to translate that very energy into his paintings.

Written By Christopher | Tags: Art, Joe Forkan, Painting, The Big Lebowski

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Everyone’s old art pal has taken to the streets, commenced sticking his finger in the pot and has begun stirring again. As always with Banksy’s work, expect moments of simple brilliance.

Written By Christopher | Tags: Art, Banksy, Graffiti, Painting, Street

09.07.11

I may have posted Wayne White’s work a long time back but his word paintings are simply well…you can read it above. It’s absolutely amazing just how many of these he has done and how well rendered each one is. I’d love to have one to hang at home or in our studio.

Written By Christopher | Tags: Painting, Typography, Wayne White, Words

Artist Eric Daigh creates his imagery using nothing other than pushpins. His portraiture can sometimes require up to 25,000 push pins at a time. The imagery is amazing but even more amazing is the gigantic amount of patience required to sit there and physically push 25,000 pins into a canvas.

Written By Christopher | Tags: Art, Eric Daigh, Portraits, Pushpins

09.01.11

Apparently you are supposed to be a bit of a geek to appreciate the paintings on black velvet by tattoo artist Bruce White. But I don’t think you have to be a geek to appreciate that White is a talented painter who has genuinely mastered his chosen medium. The fact that his work depicts famous movie characters is an added bonus.

Written By Christopher | Tags: Art, Bruce White, Movies, Painting, Velvet Geek

Wow, there are some surreal images floating around in the mind of painter Tania Blanco. Fortunately she is able to put them on canvas in an absolutely exquisite way that beguiles an amazing talent.

Written By Christopher | Tags: Art, Painting, Surrealism, Tania Blanco

08.28.11

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Lucas Bueno de Camargo has updated his ongoing artistic experimentation site at Untitled Army with new, wild, imaginative, colorful and psychedelic illustrations.

Written By Christopher | Tags: Art, Art Director, Illustration, Ogilvy, Untitled Army

08.14.11

Juan Travieso is a young Cuban painter and illustrator with a strange, cubist, psychedelic naturalism to his work that is on trend but still unique. It makes me think a bit of what it might look like if the band MGMT were to paint instead of sing.

Written By Christopher | Tags: Art, Cuba, Juan Travieso, Painting

08.10.11

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Mobius is a stop motion piece by Australian environmental design group Eness that was commissioned by the city of Melbourne to take place over two weeks in Federation Square. The result is an optical illusion and a time-lapse of people interacting with the sculpture and moving through Melbourne’s landmark location throughout the day.

Written By Mike Slane | Tags: Public Sculpture

08.05.11

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We recently came across the work of Japanese cell animator Mirai Mizue and have been pretty blown away by her body of work. Reminds us a lot of the psychedelic work of filmmakerHayao Miyazaki.

Written By Mike Slane | Tags: Cell Animation, Mizue

07.20.11

I am digging this series of collages by artist and photographer John Vincent Aranda. It’s definitely Roy Lichtenstein inspired work but of course Lichtenstein’s work was influenced by popular comic book artists of that time. The circle goes around. I was more inspired though because I have been looking at old comic book illustrations like this a lot lately as an influence on my own drawing and illustration work.

Written By Christopher | Tags: Collage, Comic Books, John Aranda, Photography

“Andrew Hem’s introspective, otherworldly paintings explore realities one step away from our everyday waking life.” Hem shared a mixture of Cambodian cultural influence in his upbringing combined with time spent in Los Angeles. These two very different influences are most definitely apparent in his artwork.

Written By Christopher | Tags: Andrew Hem, Art, Cambodia, Painting

07.14.11

Hype Beast recently posted a great interview with one of my favorite artists and illustrators James Jean. The impetus for the interview is Jean’s latest book ‘Process Rebus’ but the interview dives in further to Jean’s process and philosophy.

Written By Christopher | Tags: Books, Hypebeast, James Jean, Painting, Process Rebus

07.08.11

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A-FACE-A-DAY is a self initiated project by an Austrian art director/ illustrator based in VIENNA who wanted to capture the fascinating people that occupy the city. There is a lot of fun to be had here.

Written By Christopher | Tags: Art, Austria, Doodles, Drawing, Vienna