The boys at Ka-Ching Cartoons have been mighty busy, churning out a new kids show titled De Grobbebollen Maken Lol (in Dutch “lol” rather appropriately means “fun”). It’s in Dutch, but there’s plenty of physical comedy that translates into any language. [might need Silverlight to view this]
[UPDATE] I learned from Joost at Ka-Ching that they’re making 52 five-minute episodes over 2 seasons. They’re also working with artists from around the globe like Mick Harrison, Jesse Cote and Todd Ramsay
Dutch artist Han Hoogerbrugge animated this new, Flash-animated music video for the electronic dance music group Pet Shop Boys. Love Etc is the first single off the new album, titled Yes, which releases late next month.
Remi Tjon Ajong has recently gotten some attention for Atchoo!, the adorable CGI short he produced with his pal Neils. Prior to putting himself through the Animation Mentor school, Remi produced a series of Flash-animated shorts titled Boyscout. Here’s one of the 5 episodes, which he directed and animated. The short was co-written by Remi and his friend Dennis.
Fons Schiedon, a designer/director residing in Amsterdam, recently partnered with the band Voicst on a music video. Feel Like a Rocket was directed and designed by Schiedon, and animated “traditionally” in Flash, set against backgrounds rendered in Illustrator, Photoshop and Maya. The project was completed in five weeks, thanks in part to the Sao Paolo-based team at BIRDO, who helped on the character animation front, much as they had on Schiedon’s 2006 13-episode run of Mobbed for MTV.
Last night at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, Joost van den Bosch and Erik Verkerk, the Dutch artists behind Ka-Ching Cartoons, debuted their new 7-minute Flash-animated short The 3D-Machine. Inspired by 50s monster movies, this film is actually produced in traditional 3D format (glassed encouraged, but not required), and the team used Photoshop and After Effects for the backgrounds and Premiere for the editing. The film is about “a professor who invents a machine that can bring everything he draws to life.”
You can view a trailer over at the Ka-Ching website.
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