In Nicolas Devaux’s short animation we get some insight into what giraffes get up to when no humans are around and they get free run of an empty swimming pool. Which means lots of acrobatics as they take to the high board and dive in with the grace that only a CG giraffe could. It’s [...]

Forget about exploring Google Street View at a snail’s pace, this online tool turns it into a supersonic highway. Meaning you can create stunning hyperlapse videos using Google Street View imagery—it’s like taking a cinematic rocket ride at 200 mph (or 60 fps to be precise) and can be done all from the comfort of [...]

If you’re confused about the decentralized digital currency that is Bitcoin, then this handy animation will set your straight. In just 3 and a half minutes of staring at a screen you’ll save yourself the effort of having to read long articles or trawl through a Wikipedia page to try and get a grasp on [...]

You can keep your fancy Photoshop, everyone knows that if you want some truly stunning imagery to accompany your awesome song then you need to dust off the old MS Paint and start freehanding it – old skool. That way you’ll get some impressive visuals and it won’t cost you loads of money. But why [...]

Synesthesia is a condition where people can hear colors or taste sound or some other such weird sensory crossover. And animator Oscar López Rocha has attempted to recreate that in animated form in the video above. Whether it’s synesthesia or just a strange-looking bird flying about amongst disorientating images it’s hard to tell. Either way, [...]

If you’ve ever been to a pub in London in the day time, you’ll know it can be full of reprobates and eccentrics. This rotoscoped animation from Joseph Pierce casts a surreal eye over the inhabitants of a typical London drinking establishment, augmenting the live action with cartoonish and outlandish additions which unveil the character’s [...]

That Wassap! Budweiser thing looks like it’s never going to die quietly, just when you thought it’d had its last incarnation back in the early 00s it rears its head in animated form. But tbf to the animators of this piece, it’s actually very funny and if you had to sit through another Wassaaa! then [...]

So what is it then? “Horny aliens with tentacles that want to get intimate with human women” is how the guy in this video describes the Japanese art of hentai: anime porn. But not only does this guy clear up once and for all what it is, he also gives his own incredible vision of [...]

Claymation auteur Lee Hardcastle does it again with his version of the new Die Hard movie — and as always it’s a rip-roaring journey full of excessive violence, Tetris bombs, and chainsaws. If John McClane’s new actioner is even half the fun of this short, then they’ll have done well. If it isn’t then everyone [...]

If you were busy trying to have a life instead of watching videos on the internet, then you may’ve missed part one of this series, which featured zombies and machine guns made from keytars. Now, in part two, you get some claymation action that involves violence, burnings, and more violence. Looks like it’s going to [...]

It’s often lamented that computer-generated techniques have meant the death knell for more traditional forms of animation. But it’s just not so, as John Kahrs shows in this fantastic animation which merges CGI with hand-drawn images. From Disney studios, this Oscar-nominated black and white short captures some of their old magic.