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‘Double King’ by Felix Colgrave

In a land where every species of animal and plant answers to its own respective monarchy, one mysterious king with seemingly no subjects goes on a violent crusade to claim as many crowns as possible.

‘Keep It Clever Australia’ Uses Animation To Promote Public Investment in Education

While animation is most often used as an entertainment form, it can also used to educate, and increasingly, to advocate for social causes. We saw animation yesterday for a gun safety PSA in the United States, and now we turn to Australia where Universities Australia is promoting its Keep It Clever Australia campaign to stress the value of public funding for university education and research.

Animated Fragments #23

It’s the return of a readers’ favorite: Animated Fragments. These clips celebrate the briefest of the brief: short animated experiments, …

“The Show” By Rebecca Hayes

The Show by Rebecca Hayes offers a beautifully animated glimpse into the private lives of performers in a traveling circus troupe. …

Music Video Round-up #6

Easy Way Out by Gotye Director Darcy Prendergast of Melbourne, Australia-based Oh Yeah Wow had one golden rule for this music video: …

Animated Fragments #11

Cel Shading Experiment with Particular by Mattias Peresini (France) History of Graphic Design Avant Garde by Minji Aye Hong …

“With Thoughts” by Peter Lowey

Last May, we posted Peter Lowey’s short Sidewalk Scribble, which was an entry in the Annecy animation festival’s YouTube contest. The …

“Lighthouse” by Stefan Wernik

Liberty Mutual has commissioned a handful of animated projects over the past few years as part of their long-term ad campaign The …

“MÖBIUS” by Eness

I think it’s really exciting when animation breaks the confines of the rectangular screen and shares the physical space around us. …

“Sidewalk Scribble” by Peter Lowey

Lots of fun visual ideas in Sidewalk Scribble by Melbourne, Australia-based filmmaker Peter Lowey. The film was created for Annecy’s …

“Sumo Lake” by Greg Holfeld

Here’s something we don’t see nearly enough of nowadays: a hand-drawn full-animation short. Sumo Lake is a re-telling of “Swan Lake” …

“Rippled” by Darcy Prendergast

Over 6 months in the making and almost 3 years after Lucky, their first light painting collaboration, Darcy Prendergast and the creatives …

“The Lost Thing” trailer

The Lost Thing, a fifteen-minute CG animated short with a tactile, painterly feel, is based on a children’s book by Shaun Tan. It won the …

News! by Darcy Prendergast

Melbourne-based artist Darcy Prendergast, explains that his latest film, News!, was “inspired by my constant hatred for news and current …