It’s my birthday tomorrow, so I thought I’d post one of my films. This one is a favorite of mine. It was created in collaboration with my dear friends twins Lecie and Katie Williams and their kids. Their hubbies, Rob Waller and Paul Galiunas make some sweet special appearances as does lovely Andrea Thome. I hope you enjoy the psychedelic silliness!
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Luminokaya: Pyroclastic Blow & Hocus Pocus
5 Jan
Luminokaya is a Russian visionary artist. He is mostly doing static artwork, but is also experimenting with animations.
Grace Jones Pee Wee/Snow Miser Heat Miser
25 Dec
I really can’t stomach most holiday TV specials, but the 1988 “Christmas at Pee Wee’s Playhouse” is spectacularly weird and lovely. This version of Grace Jones singing “The Little Drummer Boy” showcases Jones’s otherworldly beauty and yes, grace.
The Snow Miser/Heat Miser song from Rankin and Bass’ 1974 stop-motion special “The Year Without a Santa Clause” is super catchy and the art direction is a saturated masterpiece. From the pogo sticking demon elves to the Heat Misers flaming hairdo, this one is an original.
“Greedy Germ”-Yu Hsu
18 DecThis adorably designed little film is psychedelic comfort food. The Super Mario style 8-bit soundtrack and the colorful bouncy characters inspire thoughts of cotton candy and weird stuffed animals. Note how the color pallette aligns with the newly announced Pantone Color of the Year 2016, Rose Quartz and Serenity.
From the vimeo description:
“The animated protagonists of the film “Greedy Germ” live in a microscopically small world.
They are organisms and germs, friendly and timid little creatures that help each other.
Oneday, however, a mysterious intruder appears and ruthlessly destroys their peaceful coexistence.
The story was inspired by students’ reflections on pressing issues, such as the subject of food safety. Through the example of the destroyed life structures of the creatures in the film, “Greedy Germ” wants to illustrate that obtaining power is always linked to having a direct effect on society. Abusing power as well as blindly following orders will inevitably lead to injustice.
The film aims to point out the significance of the actions of each individual and thus the responsibility they have for the next generation.”
Director/ Fang Yu Hsu, Cheng Hao Chen
Art/ Fang Yu Hsu, Cheng Hao Chen
Animator/ Fang Yu Hsu, Cheng Hao Chen
Music/Sound effect/ Lucas Baldin Petriaggi
Product/ National Taiwan Normal University, Department of Design
You Could Sunbathe in this Storm
15 DecSome great crystal-growing eyecandy in this one. Lucy in the sky with bath salts!
Do check out the making of vid as well:
“An Emo Nose” by Wong Ping
11 Dec“An Emo Nose” is a hyper colorful psychedelic animated tale of solitude and separation. I love Wong Ping’s character design and sense of timelessness in his animated movements. It’s just dreamy.
Little one (2000)
8 Dec
A somewhat erotic Armenian shapeshifting extravaganza!
Note: English subtitles can be activated.
Performance Capture: Parts 1 and 2 by Mike Pelletier
4 DecThese two videos by Artist Mike Pelletier transform the grotesque beauty of motion capture glitches into a lovely and eerie otherworldly dance.
Underwater studies without water.
Transmission of information.
From the Mike Pelletier’s Vimeo description:
Animation: Mike Pelletier mikepelletier.nl
Music: Robot Repair robotrepair.net
3d characters were generated using MakeHuman.
The motion capture data used in this project was obtained from mocap.cs.cmu.edu.
The database was created with funding from NSF EIA-0196217.”
For more about the artist see:
