Tag Archives: animation

Mind-bending Animations by Johan Rijpma

These two animations by Johan Rijpma are unlike anything I’ve ever seen. In the first he organizes the photographs of thousands of street tiles to create the semblance of motion. In the second involving rolls of scotch tape — seriously? Is this even possible? Just watch. (via vimeo)

Epic “Back to the Start” Stop-Motion Ad for Chipotle (Plus Bonus Making-Of Goodness)

Epic Back to the Start Stop Motion Ad for Chipotle (Plus Bonus Making Of Goodness) sustainability stop motion food farming animation advertising

The blogs are buzzing today over this new stop motion ad for Mexican food chain Chipotle by London-based Johnny Kelly, set to a Willie Nelson cover of the Coldplay song, The Scientist. The video features the story of a farmer seduced by profits into large-scale unsustainable and unhealthy farming practices who decides to go “back to the start”, ridding the farm of its factory machinery resulting in happier and healthier animals. The quality of the animation is simply incredible and I was left wondering how on Earth they had accomplished some of the shots. Luckily the production team at Clapham Road Studios was a step ahead of me and shot a making-of clip that shows the enormous table containing the farm and hundreds of components used to make it move.

Many more production photos can be found here. Over the past decade I have eaten at Chipotle so irrationally frequent, they should just wrap my burritos in common stock. (via laughing squid)

Update: Turns out Kelly needed to make the video private for now. I’ll leave it up in hopes that things get switched back on at some point.

By Christopher on August 31, 2011 • advertising animation farming food stop motion sustainability

Stellar by Ignacio Torres

Stellar by Ignacio Torres youth surreal people night gifs body animation action

Beautifully executed animations by Texas photographer Ignacio Torres from his series Stellar. Via his website:

This project began from the theory that humans are made of cosmic matter as a result of a stars death. I created imagery that showcased this cosmic birth through the use of dust and reflective confetti to create galaxies. The models organic bodily expressions as they are frozen in time between the particles suggest their celestial creation. In addition, space and time is heightened by the use of three-dimensional animated gifs. Their movement serves as a visual metaphor to the spatial link we share with stars as well as their separateness through time.

These are just a selection of the series, click through to see the entire project. (via bumbumbum and paranaiv)

By Christopher on August 19, 2011 • action animation body gifs night people surreal youth

MÖBIUS: A Stop Motion Sculpture

MÖBIUS: A Stop Motion Sculpture sculpture public motion Melbourne interactive installation animation

Created by environmental design group Eness, MÖBIUS is a sculpture comissioned by the city of Melbourne that was photographed and animated over two weeks in May 2011. The piece consists of 21 green triangles that can be configured into several cyclical patterns creating the optical illusion of motion. This is a really fantastic example of public artwork, as the individuals who interact with the space inevitably become part of the art itself. (via change the thought)

By Christopher on August 11, 2011 • animation installation interactive Melbourne motion public sculpture

Trim

Trim video art stop motion hair beards animation

A wonderful stop motion piece by director Peter Simon featuring the hair of Tom Offer-Westort. (via laughing squid)

By Christopher on August 5, 2011 • animation beards hair stop motion video art

Psychedelic Stop-Motion Clay Animations

Psychedelic Stop Motion Clay Animations video art stop motion psychedelic claymation animation

London-based artist and animator Nicos Livesey creates these mind-exploding animations using intricately built loafs of plasticine. The colorful clay is formed into morphing and shifting geometric patterns that are revealed as he slices and photographs the cross-sections at painstaking 2mm intervals. (via fastco)

By Christopher on July 17, 2011 • animation claymation psychedelic stop motion video art

A World I Never Made

A World I Never Made video art stop motion books animation

A lovely animated short by Rachel Kwak for an experimental animation class at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. Her craftmanship is impressive including a number of techniques including cut-outs, hand-drawn stills, stop motion and replacement animation. (via kuriositas)

By Christopher on July 6, 2011 • animation books stop motion video art

An Animated Embroidered Dog

I can say with absolute certainty that in over 1,100 posts on Colossal this is the first featuring an animated gif. This is the work of Atlanta-based Aubrey Longley-Cook who created this animated dog by photographing the backside of the embroideries that it’s made from. (via lustik)