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Lee Stuffs Tons of Animation Into 24in24

aaron — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:48:27 +0000

James Lee, an Australian animator we’ve featured here a number of times, has released a new compilation piece called 24in24. It’s an assembly of a variety of micro-shorts, all strung together with a few serialized stories, including a very dramatic rescue of toast.

Dukes of Broxstonia Now on the Main Stage

aaron — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:57:28 +0000

Back in 2010, we featured a short clip from a new, Flash-animated series out of Australia – The Dukes of Broxstonia. It’s the creation of Suren Perera and Stu Connolly, and a whole series has been produced for ABC TV in Australia. Here’s an episode titled Photo Shoot:

ZZZ Collective Scores 2011 GRAPHIC Prize

aaron — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 12:29:20 +0000

Three artists in Sydney have banded together to form the ZZZ Collective, and they’ve already notched a victory. Their short, Run Amok, won the top prize at the 2011 GRAPHIC Animation Competition, an element of the GRAPHIC 2011 festival at Sydney Opera House. The team used Flash and After Effects in the production pipeline. Congrats, fellas!

Phillips Slays Dragon Age Animation

aaron — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 14:20:10 +0000

Dragon Age: Legends, EA’s popular Facebook game, includes an intense opening cinematic that was animated by none other than Adam Phillips. It was animated over 48 days using Animate Pro 2.

The Quest of Great Destiny Man Continues

aaron — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 15:55:32 +0000

With help from a Newgrounds sponsorship, Chris Voigt has delivered the second episode of Great Destiny Man:

Colgrave Animates For Everyone To See

aaron — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 16:03:43 +0000

A clever quickie from Australia’s Felix Colgrave titled For Everyone To See.

Lau’s Submission to the GRAPHIC 2011 Festival

aaron — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:39:12 +0000

Below is SquirrelChu II, Jin Hien Lau’s offbeat, Flash-animated short that was recently submitted to GRAPHIC 2011 festival at Sydney Opera House. The winner of the competition will receive $20,000 and be screened before the festival’s headline event on August 20th.

Phillips Reveals Dashkin Cinematic Opening

aaron — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 13:45:28 +0000

Adam Phillips, the mastermind behind the Brackenwood saga, is getting set to release his Daskin game (which he created along with Sean McGee). Below you’ll see the opening cinematic for the game, and soon you’ll be able to play it for free at bitey.com. Phillips used Toon Boom Animate Pro to create the animated elements. In the final freeze-frame shot, most of you will spot the game’s title, but it is laid in there subtly.

Phillips and Jane Go Into the Woods

aaron — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 12:50:23 +0000

Adam Phillips, who is nearly finished with his game, Dashkin, which now has a sponsor. He’s producing the art assets in ToonBoom Animate Pro, and exporting SWFs into Flash. Sponsor contracts are being drawn up for this pairing, and in the meantime, Phillips found time to produce a music video for Cilla Jane, a Melbourne-based independent singer/songwriter. You’ll recognize Phillips’ signature style, but we’re introduced to a few new characters in this video, which was also produced in using ToonBoom. The track is titled Into the Woods, which you can buy on iTunes.

Lee Experiments With Purged

aaron — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:53:56 +0000

Australian artist James Lee’s latest short emerged from his 3rd year of animation school. He used a variety of software to complete the experimental, gothic short, including Flash, Photoshop and After Effects. Here’s Purged: