James Pierson created this dialog-free short during his studies at the University for the Creative Arts Farnham in the UK. Promising art direction, and some inventive camera work too. It’s simply titled Kite.

via Newgrounds

If the coffee ain’t working, Olivier Brisson’s short, Les Amis, will surely do the trick. This jet-fueled romp sees two interloping friends pursued by a fiercely fanged foe. They zoom through clouds, the desert, a mountain top, while Un Canard’s 8-bit video game soundtrack keeps time. It’s the first short that Brisson has produced during his studies at Cégep du Vieux Montréal. He produced the project using Toon Boom.

By way of Bobetch Productions, Robert Etchingham just polished off a new Flash-animated short, which brings a segment from a podcast to life. It’s the words of Bryan Johnson, a friend an conspirator of Kevin Smith’s, and Walter Flanagan, who host the Tell ‘Em Steve Dave podcast. Here’s a bizarre vignette about a comic book delivery done awry.

via Seth Kearsley, who handled compositing and sound design

Russell Arch recently made waves in the online comedy world with his short Darth Vader Calls About His iPhone 4, which was viewed over 300,000 times on YouTube alone. His latest work incorporates phone calls as well, this time merging 3 celebrity “caught-on-audio-tape” moments into one giant mess. Here’s his NSFW Animation: The Shocking Mel Gibson and Alec Baldwin Phonecall! [as advertised, this is NSFW - language]

Harry Partridge created this new teaser for Starbarians, a Flash-animated project he’s been cooking, and uploaded it to his popular YouTube channel. While there’s no nudity in the short, YouTube nixed the video for being “too sexually provacative.” Luckily Newgrounds welcomed the short with open arms, and it’s already nearing 200,000 views. [NSFW - sexual innuendo and big, bouncy lady parts]

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