Cory Bobiak, a character designer in Canada, produced a rather haunting music video for the Global Underground artist Sissy. The track is titled All Under and it was animated entirely in Flash by Logan McNeil and Jamie Whitney.
The video played at the 2006 Canadian RESfest tour.
Oscar-nominee Alexei Kharitidi chose Flash to animate his latest short Darts In The Snow. While filled with funny beats, Kharitidi’s 60-second film suggests a deeper moral message about the vicious circle of violence.
Kharitidi’s film Gagarin (below) was nominated for an Academy Award in 1996, which was won by Nick Park’s A Close Shave. However, Kharitidi took home the Palme d’Or (Golden Palm) for Best Short Film at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival.
Kharitidi is currently working as a Flash Animator at Sardine Productions.
Chris Darnbrough, an animator/designer living in Halifax, recently created this Flash-animated short titled Everlasting Love. The piece focuses on a man and the consequences of his intense passion for muffins.
Bruce McCall, the Canadian author and illustrator known for his New Yorker cover paintings, recent saw his fellow Canadians bring one of his covers to life. His whimsical 2007 New Yorker cover titled The Ascent of Man was handed to the Toronoto-based team at Smiley Guy Studios over three weeks his concept had become a 2-minute short. The spot was directed by Luke Gustafson, whose work was seen here back in 2006, and the entire piece was animated in Flash, with the exception of the smoke effects. According to the SGS team, McCall’s reaction to the piece was “fantastic.”
The animation was created for ithentic and the NFB.
This story was also highlighted over at Drawn! back in February.
Jacques Daigle, a Canadian animator, has had plenty of TV and feature experience. He’s worked on a 3D feature (Space Chimps) and handful of Flash-animated series including George of Jungle, Delilah and Julius, and Johnny Test, but more recently he’s trying his hand at some online shorts. His original series features Burlap, an odd, mischievous, little character. Here’s the first two episodes.
Lights Out
This Friday, January 18th at 7:30pm (ET/PT), Cartoon Network (US) is premiering the first episode of the new Flash-animated series George of the Jungle. The show was co-produced by Classic Media, Teletoon Canada and Studio B Productions, who also physically produced the project. According to a recent New York Times article, Cartoon Network picked up 52 11-minute episodes, which will air in half-hour blocks in the above-mentioned time slot. For those who remember the original series that Jay Ward produced back in 1967, you’ll recall this was also a primetime show.
Below is the title sequence followed by a short episodic clip.
Temris Ridge created this Flash-animated short, titled The Politics of Progress, over two weeks in August of this year. She’s a graduate of Vancouver Films School’s classical animation program, and is currently a freelance animator. More info at Termis’ blog.
