Entries tagged “animation”
“For ‘The Princess and the Frog,’ Disney Returns to Traditional Animation Style”
“…Walt Disney Co.’s first hand-animated feature film in nearly six years, is a gamble by the studio that audiences will respond to the traditional medium of Mickey Mouse in an era when animation is dominated by slick computer-generated fare from Pixar Animation and DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. …”
(article via WSJ.com)
Nicktoons 2D / 3D animation as part of Nickelodeon’s redesign campaign
Roger designs an explosive, typographic galaxy in a new branded promo for Nicktoons. This new approach feels like a huge departure from the aesthetics of the channel we recall as children. The new look aims at the new “target demographic of tween boys.” redefined It is an unusual juxtaposition to set the motion to the tune of Nirvana’s Smells Like Teen Spirit.
(found animation via a quick link motionographer, for large video click here)
Brand New did overviews of both the Nicktoons and Nickelodeon logo redesigns.
In regards to the Nicktoons Rebrand 09, Roger writes: “The redesign draws upon classic film conventions and techniques to create a dynamic look that will feel immediately familiar to any cartoon-crazy kid…”
We’ll leave off with a couple of older animated promos for Nicktoons:
“Music video created for the Seattle’s based children’s musician Brian Vogan and his band. The video was directed and illustrated by Alberto Cerriteño and animated by Fashionbuddha Studio with the direct collaboration of Adam C Sager and Robert Lewis.”—vimeo
(discovered via Alberto+Cerriteño on flickr)
TOY STORY 3 Character Posters
(discovered via We Are Movie Geeks via Ain’t It Cool)
Hello Kitty 35th anniversary animated video promo, showing evolution of the Hello Kitty character design through the years. (via design:related)
Lego Thing / Stop Motion Video of the Day: It took Swedish duo Tomas Redigh and Daniel Larsson, AKA Rymdreglage, over 1500 hours to put together this mesmerizing Legomatic ode to the bygone days of 8-bit gaming, but it’s worth every brick.
[via.]
Louis Vuitton + artist Camille Scherrer collaborate to promote a new book “Article Fashion and Architecture.” The animated promo film is so clean and beautiful.
(discovered via Fubiz)
Wallace and Gromit 30-second spot about energy efficiency (via brand republic)
Matt Groening’s Futurama blind box mini series from Kidrobot will look nice next to the Simpsons series on my bookshelf
(discovered via Vinyl Abuse)
awesome fireworks animation by PES
(discovered via Motionographer)
Michael Jackson co-wrote “Do The Bartman” for The Simpsons
(discovered via Vulture)
