‘From Dad To Son’ by Nils Knoblich

This story exists in its basic features since the fable “The Father and His Sons” by Aesop (600 B.C.) and is told to this day in anecdotes and urban myths. In From Dad To Son we translated a written narrative into a paper crafted animation short. It’s a parable about the assignment of roles of parents and children and the conflicts of physical separation and their communication. And a response to violence of privacy by governmental institutions.

“Believer” by Jen Stark

The meditative quality of Dan Deacon’s “Believer” is combined with paper sculpture visuals in this music video by Jen Stark. I like what …

“Viliam” by Veronika Obertová

Viliam is Veronika Obertová’s graduation short from the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava, Slovakia. The handmade papercraft …

“The Move” by Mandy Smith

In just a few years time, papercraft animation has evolved from a trend into a heavily used animation technique employed in commercials, …

“Tatooine” by Eric Power

Minneapolis musician Jeremy Messersmith’s latest song inspired Austin-based animator Eric Power (Waking Life) to recreate the Star Wars …

Going West by Andersen M Studio

This is an impressively elaborate papercraft animation created by London-based Andersen M Studio for the New Zealand Book Council. I …

“Mykonos” Video by Sean Pecknold

“Mykonos” is a visually mesmerizing paper cut-out music video for Fleet Foxes, directed and animated by Sean Pecknold with artwork by …

“Bubblicious” and “Unboxed”

Following up on the piece about the 3D papercraft/cut-out trend, here are two new works that are more-or-less from that school of …

Disney’s Paper Cut-out Animation

I’m a longtime fan of the incredible (and overlooked) stop motion paper cut-out animation sequences created by Bill Justice and Xavier …

MEGAN BRAIN’S PAPER SCULPTURES

For most artists, paper is an expendable material that one creates their art on, but Megan Brain’s paper sculptures show that the paper …