It's All Random
My Cover of… is a series of six animations by Kristof Luyckx. All these were made for the graphic festival Beyonderground. These animations/movies were displayed as inbetween animations before the start of various events at the festival. The monster character art is as interesting as the animations themselves. Hit ahead for the videos and the character art.
Animating in the early days of its technology wasn’t an easy job to do, as animators would use a Rotoscope to draw over a live action film. A tedious job, and one not so easily accomplished. These photographs show how some of the early Disney animated movies like Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, and Cinderella came into being. It’s interesting to see what the actual characters looked like, and how artists would draw over them to create a similar, yet markedly different scene. Rotoscoping was first used by Disney in 1937 for the Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs movie.
A robot who has worked in a toy factory all his life, wants to go out and see the world. One day, it gets the chance.
Just some day in the life of rocket farting dog Rocket and his owner Bob. “But the video doesn’t even make any sense!” Yeah, neither do dogs flying on rocket farts.
This battle that may be philosophically construed to be the battle between the creator and his creations, something that also often comes in play in our modern fiction (think: Tron). UK-based artist Jonny Lawrence finds himself standing against his own creations. In this very Street Fighter like battle of “Maker vs Marker” the animator finds …
Coming straight on the heels of How Animals Eat Their Food, this video shows humans eating food, from the perspective of animals.
Mini’s cafe has run out of croissant, and Mickey must now battle Parisian traffic to deliver more on time. Quite an action packed return to the screen. Via Disney Video
Animated Dubstep cat. Protip: lower the volume a bit before you hit play. [Hat tip to Niklas]
In the cold climate of the Arctic, a hot love triangle is cooking up between a walrus, a seal and a lobster. via
Evil, evil cats.