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4th Estate – Stopmotion

admin — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:17:07 +0000

I have never seen a more beautifully animated stop-motion video with music that’s just as good.

4th Estate – the site / 5th Estate – the Blog

And the movie..

This Is Where We Live from 4th Estate on Vimeo.

Everything about this movie makes you want to jump in to their world.
Took these guys 3 weeks and some awesomely talented artists (really?) to put this together. Props to them.

Nike Sportswear – Epic Ad

admin — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 13:40:07 +0000

What an awesome video.. now I really want a tattoo!

Knorr Salt-

admin — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:07:02 +0000

I thought this was a very cute video. Feel so bad for the poor salt shaker..

Pixar’s inspiration..

admin — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 11:02:39 +0000

Ever wondered where Pixar gets it’s inspiration to make all their cartoon character’s so lovable?

Well from real life of course.. I’m pretty sure you’ll all agree with me regarding this one..

Click on the image to go to the gallery, which is full of cars that inspired Pixar to make… Cars..

And meet the star himself..

Again.. click on the images to goto the high res gallery on Autoblog.

World of Video

admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:36:45 +0000

VHS battles the arrival of the DVD!! There’s a scene at around 3:50-55 that completely cracked me up! It’s definitely worth a watch. (Don’t like Vimeo very much, but I suppose it’s worth putting up with for this video.)

Credits to Designer Daily.

WORLD OF VIDEO from MUSCLEBEAVER on Vimeo.

Dabbling with Drawing..

admin — Tue, 05 May 2009 13:58:36 +0000

So I’ve been ‘afk’ a while. For anyone who’s still keeping track, I’m not dead… yet. Just been pre-occupied with work, WoW and life.

Anyway, I recently got my hands on a Wacom tablet and here’s what I’ve come up with so far. I havn’t given colouring a go because I have NO idea how to, so any tips would be appreciated.

Will upload more of the stuff I do.

Forget the Film, Watch the Titles!

admin — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 04:07:59 +0000

Ever since I can remember, I’ve always appreciated and enjoyed creative intros and title sequences to movies. In fact they set the tone for how good or bad the movie will be.

I recently came across a site that’s dedicated to putting together the most stunning and creative film title sequences.

Forget The Film, Watch the Titles, is my current favorite site of the day!

What they’re about:

You know what they say about first impressions. That’s why both Hollywood and independent studios spend valuable time and resources to create the most appropriate main title sequences for their films. At its very best, a title sequence is a self-contained hybrid that combines several moving image techniques – film, animation, cg – to introduce a film.

On SubmarineChannel, we love a good main title. That’s why we started this online collection in 1997 of the most stunning and original film title sequences. Some are engaging and wildly entertaining, some are funny, exhilarating or simly deadly beautiful. Some are oozing with visual treats, while others hit you hard with their bold and audacious style.

Anyone else liked this? Sweeny Todd, what a way to start a movie!

There goes my afternoon!

Rock N Rolla – Brilliant Opening Credits

admin — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 10:33:12 +0000

I recently saw Rock N Rolla. Being a Guy Ritchie fan, I had no choice but to watch the movie. And though the movie wasn’t his best, it’s definitely a must see.

However, what really got me were the opening and closing credits of the movie.

They were completely animated and done in true Guy Ritche style.

I like the very grunge and ‘dirty’ feel given to the whole movie. And what I liked most was the way the movie begins; going in from an animated intro to the real deal and then the way it ends, from the real deal back to the animated outro.

For some odd reason I’ve been a big fan of this kind of story telling. And anyone who likes this style, should definitely watch Snatch and Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels as well.

If anyone know who did the intro and outro, please do let us know.

For those interested in watching the opening credits, here they are:

(Thanks to Traileraddict for the video )

Final Car Ads…

admin — Tue, 13 May 2008 19:00:12 +0000

Well, I had done a car ad for someone a couple of moths ago; here is the final piece I sent across…
(Well there were minor modifications to the bar on the top in this one, too lazy to locate and upload the final-final, but you get the idea! )

And here’s another option I had done, apart from the first one…

Crits and Comments are welcome, as always!

Stop motion Animation

admin — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 20:14:11 +0000

I don’t really know how many people actually like stop motion animation, but for those of you who do like it, here’s a treat.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gjp7yipgq1I&rel=1]

This has a very surreal feeling to it and I absolutely love the way it’s done.
It’s a fairly trippy experience if you have some Floyd playing in the background.

Do send in some more such videos if you find them, I’ll be more than happy to put them up here.