Entries Tagged as 'animation'

Sunday, September 6th, 2015

‘Confusion Through Sand’—An Intense Hand-Drawn Animation About a Soldier at War

In this nine-minute narrative the intensity of war and the horrors a soldier faces in conflict is rendered with hand-drawn power as we follow a man and his team when they head to a small village. Much of its power comes from the fact that it uses bits from real life stories to inject into [...]

Thursday, August 27th, 2015

Claymation Music Video is a Perfect Homage to the 80s and VHS

Not only is this a nod to the 80s in the music, which is by Gunship and is titled “Tech Noir” but it also features a protagonist who can morph into various pop culture icons from that era, by inserting a VHS tape into his chest. Which sees him become Robocop, Rocky, He-man, Jason from [...]

Monday, August 24th, 2015

Spongebob Sings Black Sabbath—And It’s Awesome

Who knew? But it’s possible, with some fine editing skills, to perfectly sync Spongebob to make it appear like he’s singing along to Black Sabbath’s “Warpigs”—and it’s an awesome thing to behold, especially if you’re drunk or stoned, or drunk and stoned.

Tuesday, August 4th, 2015

Comedy Rapper Lil Dicky Gets Interviewed by Snoop Dogg in His Latest Music Video

Philly comedian and rapper Lil Dicky finds himself under the scrutiny of Snopp Dogg while applying for the role of Professional Rapper in this awesome animated music video—most jobs in the world involve having to undertake an interview process first of all, but that’s doesn’t generally happen when you want to become a rap star.

Tuesday, July 28th, 2015

Calling All South Park Fans Here’s 107 Facts Of The Show You Need To Know

We all love South Park, if you don’t then you must be lacking in either a pulse or a funny bone—and it’s been running for a very long time on TV, so long that you’ve probably forgotten a lot of stuff from its past. Which is where this video comes in from ToonedUp which [...]

Friday, July 10th, 2015

Two Cartoon Crazies Go For an Epic Joyride in this Live-Action/Animation Short

This video, ‘Amaro and Walden’s Joyride’, is the perfect mix of animation and live action as directors Tim McCourt and Max Taylor show us the joyriding adventures of two pint-sized characters as they go for a mad day out in an remote-controlled Jeep. Watch as they pull donuts, get a tattoo, annoy Suggs from Madness, [...]

Saturday, July 4th, 2015

Watch Animator Cyriak’s Insane And Epic Saga of Cows vs Aliens

British animator Cyriak is an expert in creating mind-melting videos that will send you spiralling into insanity, and this video is no different. They all feature a looped piece of animation that gets more and more complex until it mutates into something completely baffling and frightening but entirely mesmerising.

Wednesday, July 1st, 2015

If Jurassic Park Were In Different Geological Eras

The Jurassic Period was great as the premise for a movie about resurrecting dead animals because it had lots of cool dinosaurs which made for an exciting story in Jurassic Park. But if you can resurrect DNA from that geologic period then it follows that any other geologic period in earth’s history would be ripe [...]

Monday, June 29th, 2015

Is Technology Killing Your Creativity? 8-bit Philosophy Investigates

Using retro video games graphics and Star Wars, YouTube channel Wisecrack’s 8-Bit Philosophy series looks at the question of whether technology is destroying our creativity—and, because the shows about philosophy, it explores this question with reference to the work of German thinker and writer of Being and Time, Martin Heidegger.

Monday, June 22nd, 2015

The Honest Trailer For Toy Story Reveals a Very Dark Film Indeed

When we all watched Toy Story back in the 90s we must have been so wowed by the digital animation that we passed over certain elements of the plot. Elements like the fact Woody is an egomaniac a-hole and the fact that, what passes itself off as a kid’s film about toys coming to life [...]

Friday, June 19th, 2015

The Evolution of the Word Dude from 1880s to the Present

Dude! Prior to Bill and Ted the word dude wasn’t always associated with surfers and excellent adventures, in fact the etymology of it shows that way back when in the 1880s the word was used to describe what we now refer to as hipsters. It was used to describe a person who was a shallow, [...]