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Simon’s Cat Gets Tongue Tied

aaron — Fri, 25 May 2012 12:49:18 +0000

Simon Tofield has dropped a new Simon’s Cat episode onto the Youtubes. Tongue Tied introduces us to a slow-moving toad who isn’t the cat’s taste. Here’s Tongue Tied:

Get An Eyeful of Teenage Polar Bear Cam

aaron — Thu, 24 May 2012 14:02:42 +0000

Dan Meth animated this new comedy short for College Humor titled Teenage Polar Bear Cam. Meth had help on the animation front from Josh Weisbrod.

Preto Leaves Sheridan After Theft

aaron — Wed, 23 May 2012 13:18:07 +0000

Theft is the title of Victor Preto’s graduation film from Sheridan College’s animation program. He used Flash to produce this 2:30 minute short about a hungry raccoon who choses the wrong house to seek food from.

Voight Animates Shrimp Glockenspiel For Weebl

aaron — Tue, 22 May 2012 13:11:36 +0000

Chris Voigt animated this new music video for Weebls-stuff. You’re video plate will be filled with generous portions of shrimp glockenspiel and prawn xylophone. Enjoy:

Dallas Heck On The Job For Mondo Media

aaron — Mon, 21 May 2012 15:50:29 +0000

In our relentless push to stuff over 60 pilots into your eye sockets this year, Dallas Heck was borned (yes, that’s a word, and you can’t convince me otherwise). The new Mondo series was created by Justin Shatraw and Louis Rigolosi and the multi-talented Tony Grillo directed this 3:30 minute pilot episode, which has been mysteriously titled Pilot. Excellent stuff all around – full credits below:

Director – Tony Grillo
Storyboards – Neal Holman
Character Design – Sagan Lacy
Background Design – Evan Hart
Voice Actors – Ian Covell, Tony Grillo and Marsha Crenshaw
Music – Kevin MacLeod http://incompetech.com
Animation, Rigging and Compositing
Sagan Lacy
Robin Stanberry
Stephen Stanberry
Steph Wallen
April Babcock
Lindsey Rigling Smith
Esther Kim
Victoria Alexander
Billie Liao
Michael Walker
Thomas Weiser

Gundarr Captured In The Octagon of Life

aaron — Fri, 18 May 2012 14:24:01 +0000

Gundarr follows the righteous path, putting evil in its place, ensuring the safety of all of us. Or does he? Here’s the latest episode from Ted Wilson and Corey McDaniels – The Octagon of Life:

Joe Cartoon Offers You Peace Love

aaron — Thu, 17 May 2012 16:21:29 +0000

Joe Cartoon was never gone, but perhaps just hibernating a bit. He’s back today with a brand new animated music video that’s maybe a little more thoughtful, more endearing. But there’s still a giant ape who eats a flasher. Here’s Peace Love:

Perel Gets Busy With My Virgin Dad

aaron — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:18:08 +0000

Yotam Perel’s latest Flash-animated short in his Lazy Writing series is titled My Virgin Dad. Gently spoofing a sitcom TV format, Perel introduces us to an unlikely father of 3.

Hao Leaps Into Music Video For Vektormusik

aaron — Tue, 15 May 2012 12:07:34 +0000

After more than a half-year of production, Qian Hao has completed his latest university project, a music video for the Vektormusik track leap2. Quan had help on the Flash animation from Li Qing and Li Man, students at the China Academy Of Art, who also used After Effects in the process.

Avoid The Turtle in TomSka’s asdfmovie5

aaron — Mon, 14 May 2012 12:08:53 +0000

TomSka, along with his trusty animator pal Jamie Spicer-Lewis, have delivered yet another installment in the wildly popular asdfmovie series. Shocking the world, they have titled this one… asdfmovie5. Enjoy: