Category Archives: animation

Raven Vector Editor

By tone | Published: September 1, 2009
When it comes to free vector programs online that mimic Adobe Illustrator, you will be pressed to find such a program. Help is on the way.  Raven is a free online scalable vector art program that emulates the ease of Adobe products you have come to love. You will not find a similar free [...]
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Fantastic Mr. Fox

By tone | Published: August 31, 2009
Roald Dahl’s Fantastic Mr. Fox will be released this November 13th, 2009 as invisioned by Wes Anderson’s new stop-motion. The non CGI animation is voiced by some of Hollywood’s top talent, starring Owen Wilson, George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, and Bill Murray. Fantastic Mr. Fox is on the run! The three meanest farmers around are [...]
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Walt Disney Buys Marvel Comics

By tone | Published: August 31, 2009
The biggest news today is that Walt Disney bought Marvel Comics for four billion dollars. This acquisition will increase licensing deals and new amusement park attractions. Disney is positioning themselves as one of the biggest entertainment units in North America. They just keep getting bigger and diversifying to different tastes globally. Many licensing deals [...]
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A Boy and his Blob

By tone | Published: August 26, 2009
Don’t think Hollywood are the only ones running out of ideas. The gaming industry in a nutshell have always been the same concepts with new backgrounds and characters. A Boy and his Blob is an old game from the 90’s from NES and now is getting a radical make-over in a new 2d animation [...]
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Davy Crockett in Outer Space

By tone | Published: August 25, 2009
If you remember Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings , Davy Crockett in Outer Space is right up your alley. Tiny Inventions the studio who produced this video  recently produced a new music video called Electric Car for They Might Be Giants for the upcoming children’s CD/DVD “Here Comes Science”.  It’s amazing to [...]
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8-bit Trip Lego Stop-Motion

By tone | Published: August 23, 2009
Lego’s is not just for kids, the creative outburst that comes from the around the world is a testament to the lasting lure of the plastic blocks. This fun video is composed by Daniel Larsson and animated by Tomas Redish. It took 1500 hours of moving Lego bricks and countless photos to give the animated [...]
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Stefan Gatward’s Sign of the Times

By tone | Published: August 23, 2009
England’s Stefan Gatward has come to the rescue of the apostrophe catastrophe. When the Birmingham council announced it would scrap apostrophes from street signs, the 62 year old veteran decided to take matters into his own hand and correct the street signs with the correct punctuation. With texting it seems the English language is [...]
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Pigeon Pilfer

By tone | Published: August 11, 2009
Pigeon Pilfer from Michael Stevenson on Vimeo. What takes four months to make and you need sixty pounds of clay? Pigeon Pilfer of course! Pigeon Pilfer is the latest clay animation by senior animator Michael Stevenson from San Francisco State University. It’s amazing to see videos like these considering everybody is going CGI. Pigeon Pilfer is [...]
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Simon’s Cat Book

By tone | Published: August 9, 2009
Simon Tofield’s is an English animator who has taken YouTube by storm with over 30 million views for his simple line drawings cat. With hits like that it’s only a matter of time before you are asked to publish a book about the biggest feline since Garfield. Simon relegates his time for his love [...]
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JibJab & Weird Al do Charles Nelson Reilly

By tone | Published: August 4, 2009
Try JibJab Sendables® eCards today! Charles Nelson Reilly is enjoying a Lazarus reincarnation of sorts thanks to the folks of JibJab and Weird Al. Those too young to remember Charles Nelson Reilly head to your pirated satellite system that carries GSN. JibJab lets you paste your head into the video and join Weird Al in [...]
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