David Schlafman’s Flash-animated series The Idiotic Adventures of Philippe and Pierre is back with another episode. Rowdy, Rowdy Rocket features the disembodied head of Philippe strapped to a missile, in hopes to re-enter the atmosphere atop his pal Pierre’s body. As usual, the short was produced by Pileated Pictures.
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.
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.
An all-star team of animators took on a recent promotional campaign for a new online games website. Allgirlarcade.com is a project initiated by Fuel Industries, an Ontario-based Branded Entertainment company. The site is now host to All Girl Star Squad, a new gaming property featuring “a trio of female videogame champions who are recruited by a rag-tag team of aliens to help fight against a deluded fire queen.” The site will feature games, a “mall,” networking and webisodes. Hopefully they all look as beautiful as this clip below. Jessica Borutski designed the characters, which were brought to life by Jamie Gallant and Max Chiasson. Ben Reynolds added background designs and props, while Scott Dobbs helped on the painting front.
RingTales, the California-based company behind the recent New Yorker animated cartoons, has partnered up with Scott Adams and his Dilbert comic to create new animated strips. The Flash-animated, short-form animations, which were brought to life by Austin-based Powerhouse Animation, will be releasing every weekday at Dilbert.com. Here’s a sample titled Deep Thoughts.
With Hillary Clinton’s recent win in Pennsylvania, this Democratic ticket is no less clear than it was 2 months ago. While she and Barack duke it out, enjoy SuperNews’ Flash animated take on Hillary’s blue collar tactics.
SuperNews is taking a week off the Washington D.C. beat with a refreshing look at modern love. Texting Your Way to Love, which features characters and backgrounds designed by Steven K.L. Olson, observes how our courtship methods have changed. We also learn a new word - flirxting. You’ll have to watch the episode to fully understand.
The episode was written by series creator Josh Faure-Brac, and his animation team included Dustin McLean, David Johnston, Andre Nguyen and John Sousa.
