Kevin Okulolo, a student at UC Davis, just wrapped up 6-months of production on his second Story of Khale episode. About a year ago, we featured episode one, and noted his warm reception at Newgrounds.com. This episode, titled Hooked, follows our hero, Khale, through his morning routine on the way to school. Doesn’t sound like much upon retelling, but give it a watch, and you’ll see why Okulolo is one of the more promising young animators around.
The Seattle-based band Denelian apparently liked what Anton Bogaty did last Fall for their It’s Nothing Personal, We’ve All Got To Eatmusic video. They’ve since invited him back for another round, this time for their song Summer Heist. This Flash-animated video features a high-speed chase worthy of a summer blockbuster, or perhaps it’s more of a Bonnie and Clyde vibe. Either way, Bogaty delivers splashes of humor and high-octane intensity all mixed into a touching love story.
As we’ve all helplessly watched the Myanmar tragedy unfold, British ad agency SHOP recently tapped the director trio known as PAM and London-based studio FINISH to bring a TV spot for Christian Aid Week to life. The designs for the ad were illustrated by EBOY in Photoshop, and then animated by Richard Mitchelson in Flash. Flame artist Jason Watts then composited the final piece. When you’re done watching, head over to the Christian Aid site to donate, or give a few bucks to the World Food Program.
This week’s Meth Minute 39 short takes a look back at the cartoon series through a Nintendo NES lens. Dan Meth called upon Ben Ross to visualize the various shorts from his series in an 8-bit style, and they put it against Nik Anesti’s lo-fi sounds.
Back in January, we wrote about Ka-Ching Cartoon’s Flash animated short 3D Machine. I’ve now seen the 7-minute film, and Joost van den Bosch and Erik Verkerk have created an extremely unique short, and the process by which they created this eye-popping 3D experience is equally as unique. Below we start with the trailer for 3D Machine, and then we’re treated to 3 “making of” shorts. [3D-glasses optional]
Late last month, we profiled a few final films from graduating Sheridan students. Since then, two more bubbled up, and the first is by Alan Cook and Philip Rodrigues. Eight months in the making, Unicycle Joe is the story of a boy with a unicycle leg. The film was animated entirely in Flash, and composited together in After Effects with Photoshop backgrounds. When you’re done, get an eyeful of the color script at Alan’s amazing blog.
Next up is kaBOOM, a short by Jordan Lamarre-Wan that features an unusual trio competing in a drag race. Jordan teamed up with Brian Seligman who composed and performed the original score. A big batch of development art is available at the film’s website kaboomfilm.com, and you can see Jordan’s animatic (or Leika) at his blog.
Vancouver Film School’s animation program recently said goodbye to Pedro Eboli. But before he left, Eboli took 2 weeks to learn how to use Flash, and in the following 2 weeks he created this short below, titled A Pug’s Life. Congrats on graduating, Pedro!
Kevin Okulolo, a student at UC Davis, just wrapped up 6-months of production on his second Story of Khale episode. About a year ago, we featured episode one, and noted his warm reception at Newgrounds.com. This episode, titled Hooked, follows our hero, Khale, through his morning routine on the way to school. Doesn’t sound like much upon retelling, but give it a watch, and you’ll see why Okulolo is one of the more promising young animators around.
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