A little girl finds the whole world inside a leaf in this animation by Angela Steffen, who also worked on Love & Theft.
Official website.
Tag Archives: animation
Lebensader (2009)
28 SepFelix the Cat – Dines and Pines (1926)
14 SepFelix the Cat has a crazy little trip after going to sleep with a full belly. The video is cued to start near the trip sequence, so if you want to see the whole cartoon, skip to the beginning.
time/space extrusion experiments
4 SepStrata cut is an animation technique invented by David Daniels. He explains:
“Stratacut is the revealed technique in a way but what you are really doing is sculpting time. You are creating these blobby-spaghetti extrusions with a lot of distortions in them. You are calculating how they will be revealed in time. The potential energy that has been sculpted into them is revealed as kinetic energy once it is cut apart. So I tried to figure out all the possible geometric principals on which the twisting of the shapes would yield the ideal result; the blinking eyes, rotating faces, walking, etc.”
the whole interview in “The Art Of the Title Sequence” is highly recommended.
The next clip is from his cult student film “Buzz Box”, I think it’s brilliant, but might freak you out:
The Tale of How (2006) by The Blackheart Gang
31 AugThe Blackheart Gang are a South African trio of artists. They are professionals earning their living making TV commercials, but in their free time they work on art projects of their own. Daily Psychedelic Video has already featured a Friskies commercial designed by the visual artists of the Gang.
The Vimeo channel has a making-of and many other impressive clips and commercials.
Everything is alive
12 AugMuch like psychedelics, grafitti artists remind us that everything around us can come to life.
Ryan Larkin
31 Jul
Ryan Larkin (1943-2007) was a Canadian animator, who in 1969 was nominated for the Academy Award for is short psychedelic animation “Walking”. Three years later he released the acclaimed film “Street Music”, again, a tripy colorful short film, hand drawn with no narrative, but with a distinct and simple theme.
Soon after that, Larkin fell into severe drug abuse, alcoholism and homelessness. In 2002, another Canadian animator, Chris Landreth, Made this short film about him and won an Oscar for it.
You Look Familiar
10 JulFor some people, drugs are an escape. This clip may represent some of them. it also reminded me the surrealistic and even psychedelic look of animation in the 1920’s.
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE – “Lion in a Coma”
3 JulOri Toor had just finished Shenkar A of Design, and this is his final project. Shenkar’s annual exhibition will open on 15/7/2010.
This is gorgeous, Ori! Good luck in real life, and may you bring color and psychedelic goodness to all your future projects!
(Thanks Matan, for the link!)
The Amazing Mr. Bickford – Frank Zappa
4 MayThis amazing claymation made by clay animation arist Bruce Bickford, to the sounds of Frank Zappa, never ceases to evolve, creating a world of continuous movement and change. Just like ours…
(Link: Ran Rishon. Thanks!)
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