Saturday, February 27th

The sharp new web original “Larkmart” is written, voiced, designed and animated by Aaron Simpson the creator behind animation sites Cold Hard Flash and Lineboil. The series rolls out on Mondo Media’s Minisode network and Simpson promises more new episodes soon! I recommend repeat viewings to catch some quick moments here. “You loose your job without the satisfaction of the murder”, Funny stuff!

Jossie Malis, the artist behind the web series “Bendito Machine”, has a new infectious character to share. The metaphysical adventures of Fantástico Morales document a man with strange nasal fluid powers. The series is animated in Psycolor.

Sunday, February 21st

Animator and Visualist Max Hattler kicks off 2010 with an addictively hypnotic animation loop titled “1923”. Hattler spent some time at the Animation Workshop in Denmark recently and directed the piece which was animated by student animators and CG artists. “1923” is inspired by the French painter Augustin Lesage’s work, which it seems was literally guided by spirits. Lesage’s painting “A symbolic Composition of the Spiritual World” is one of many spiritualist works with fantastic complexity. Hattler’s loop peers inside this cycle updating Lesage’s vision into a futuristic metropolis. A second loop “1925” which adapts more of Lesage’s work is underway.

Sunday, February 14th

A 2007 mash-up video by Cody Richeson that may be only slightly spookier than the original Goofy Movie theatrical release. Richeson isn’t the first to play with Disney properties, video remix artist Pogo’s been at it for a while and his tribute to Pixar’s Up, titled “Upular” will stay with you for a good long while.

With new projects, travel and a brand spanking new decade things have been slow here on the site. My apologies! We’ve got some announcements and changes behind the scenes here that are pretty major but still shaping up. We should have an official update on the site by spring. In the meantime welcome back and thank you for the kind words, film suggestions and general encouragement while we were away.

Saturday, December 19th

Vancouver Film School student Jordan Clarke’s match moving “Box Animation” might be this year’s best dream animation installation. Catch more from VFS on Youtube.

Thursday, December 17th

Holiday cards are out this year.   JibJab Sendables are the way to go. They kicks things off this year with a holiday classic that will be beaten into your brain relentlessly for the next two weeks. Last year there were two channels on Christmas day dedicated to a 24 hour “Christmas Story” movie marathon. Now you can add yourself to the action. Go Jibjab!

Wednesday, December 16th

The season for great holiday specials is upon us. My favorite so far is Baman Piderman’s “Happy Winter Friends!” (part 1) by Lindsay Small and Alex Butera. You know a show has reached the eleventh realm of weird when there’s no hope in explaining the back story (with justice) to friends. Hoping to see part two soon! We’ve talked up Alex’s work before here on the site but visit B & P on Facebook and show some love.

Be warned the video above is NSFW although… the ‘NS’ part (at the end) still has me trying to figure out what the hell I just watched. It’s a new video for band Ape School’s track “Wail to God” animated by Anthony F. Schepperd. He's channeling Pat Smith’s work for a lot of this but the freakish use of color and motion make the damn thing irresistible. Visit Schepperd’s Vimeo channel for more info on the artist.

Tuesday, December 15th

I admit I missed Sugimoto Kousuke’s music video “the TV show” the first few times it started popping up on art blogs across the web but the retweets and additional blog love did it.  Wow! Check it out above and scoot over to Kousuke’s site for more video clip and illustration gold.