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‘Hyper-Reality’ by Keiichi Matsuda

A provocative and kaleidoscopic new vision of the future, where physical and virtual realities have merged, and the city is saturated in media.

‘GIF-Jam 2014’

A musician created a track first, not knowing what imagery was to go with it. Then, animators turned in GIFs not knowing what would happen.

‘Synesthesia’ by Michel Gagné

In the summer of 2013, composer Gheorghe Costinescu commissioned artist Michel Gagné to create an animated abstract visualization based on his 1973 work, “Dots, Lines, and Patches for recorded electronic sounds”. This film is the result.

Tom & Jerry Short Remade With CGI Anime Girls

This a fan-made experiment in which the 1956 Tom & Jerry short “Down Beat Bear” is remade in CGI with anime girls in the roles of Tom, Jerry, and the dancing bear. The characters don’t appear to be random and likely represent some part of fandom of which I’m not aware. Even lacking that context, I still think it’s a fascinating piece of work, not so much for its animation or technical merit as for its resurrection of (and reverence for) classic theatrical animation in a completely unexpected setting.

Smack Bear Thinks You Deserve a Smack

You look like you deserve a Smack! Try the new fun, fruity soft drink that’s so delicious kids everywhere are getting hooked! Give …

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