Really pleased with your new +3 magic sword? I wonder if that’s easy. It has a personality. Does that come into play often? What if this was a famous singing sword… would that have any drawbacks? Steven Ray explores these issues in a short animation made at the Ringling College of Art and Design. Time […]
Short film: Azarkant
Written and directed by Andrey Klimov, Azarkant is a project done in spare time and on a home computer. It’s a sci-fi story of a team of astronauts who encounter an abandoned spaceship drifting by a mysterious planet. Inside? A least one killer robot acting out orders from its long dead pilot and perhaps something […]
GM Inspiration: The legend of Bet She’an
This is a nicely animated and paced short movie about the fall of man. Some sort of apocalypse has triggered a change in man and, as a race, we’re morphing into large crows. This is the story of one man, a sculptor and perhaps the last human left, trying to leave a lasting trace of […]
5 spooky 3D effect animated gifs for Halloween
Halloween. The internet loves it. It’s a time for all sorts of wonderfully weird pranks, light shows, linkbait, videos and it feels wrong not to succumb. Here’s five rather spooky “3D effect” animated gifs. This is a simple but often effective trick that has two spaces down the middle of the gif so that motion […]
Teenage Mutant Koopa Troopas
You might have seen Mario Bros’ Koopa art mashedup with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle art before. James Farr has taken it a step further with this TMNT / Super Mario Bros homage and made a whole animation! How many references did you spot?
Animation: Fangirls
Doctor Who fangirls have a lot to digest today with the news that Peter Capaldi will be the 12th Doctor. Will your fanfic survive? It seems appropriate to show this animation by Leigh Lahav (script, animation and all the voices in the clip above). She has plenty more. Check out her channel page.
Short film: The Unfairy Tale
This animation was made using backlit cutouts shot under a camera. It’s a story with a twist too. Filmed by Patricia Granato at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema and bound to pick up plenty of attention of Vimeo. This short film feels very much like an updated Rapunzel. Ready to watch more? Use this […]
Short film: Fritz Lang – Chapelier Fou
This animated short terms melancholy into defiance and I rather like that. It shows the struggle not just against the machine but against the folly of pointless ambition too. Created by Bjorn Feldmann in his free time and with the music of Chapelier Fou the project was done entirely in After Effects. Bjorn nods to […]
Kickstart the Ningyo
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1371460348/the-ningyo/ [Back this project] Geek Native’s featured The Green Ruby Pumpkin already. The short movie wowed geeks last year and picked up, with ease, a staff pick at Vimeo. It’s certainly very interesting to see what these movie makers will be doing next. I don’t know much about the Japanese legend of the Ningyo but […]
Short film: Basilisk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzos_pPlOlI Ami Thompson’s animation reminds me of Evil GMs. Imagine all those saving throws and then the twist at the end of the encounter. If only those treasure chests weren’t so tempting! Thompson’s animation is all the more impressive given that it was a 4th year project for Sheridan College. Pro Tip: Use this teleport […]
