This film, titled Galileo, was animated in Flash, but in a more traditional sense than we often see. It’s the work of French-animator Ghislain Avrillon, a graduate of L’Ecole Pivaut, and while not much happens until the 1:15 mark of the film, it’s worth a watch.

With the Brackenwood feature under way, Former-Disney artist Adam Phillips still found some time to knock out a new short. While still a big fan of Toon Boom, Phillips animated this short in Flash over a 4 week period, and it is the first to feature a voice-over – all quite professionally done, I might add. We learn a great deal here about one of Adam’s most famous characters – Bitey. And we also get more world-class effects, like this inset water shot (a rough animation screen grab illustrating some digital onion-skinning). Head over to Adam’s website to view The Last of the Dashkin (11 mb Flash file).

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UK-based Andy Sykes has planned some activities for you. He’s bundled these together along with some linework into a self-published release he calls the Hexjibber Colouring and Activity Book (for those of you not familiar with that wacky British version of the English language, “colouring” is a word that essentially means “coloring,” or something close to that). Sykes, an award-winning independent animator, actually released this in 2006, but he’s just now created a Flash-animated promo clip, which is belouw (British for “below”).

Hornet Inc’s Dan & Jason recently tried their luck in the realm of lottery ads. Along with animator Alan Foreman (Cat Slap), they created a series of Flash-aniamted spots for the Maryland Lottery featuring voicework from real lottery winners. The campaign was initiated by the agency GKV, and below is the spot titled James:

In the latest episode of the Brothers McLeod’s series Fuggy Fuggy, our pint-sized hero meets a lady friend named Figgy. A match made in heaven…. or is it? Enjoy Focus: