Bad Eggs

Sunday, February 5th, 2012   |   Tags: birds, eggs, zax
Posted in: Animation   |   Published By: Cris Popenoe 01:53 Three eggs, one nest, and a whole heap of sibling rivalry in this cute animated treat. More

Loom: stunning dramation animation of a moth caught in spider’s web

Sunday, December 18th, 2011   |   Tags: death, moth, nature, polynoid, silk, spider, spider's web
Posted in: Animation   |   Published By: Cris Popenoe 05:20 Stunning dramatic close-up animation of a moth being caught in a spider's web, perfectly scored. It's essentially a dramatic vision of insect life at its cruelest.... More

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On is even more adorable in sequel

Sunday, November 27th, 2011   |   Tags: Dean Fleischer-Camp, Jenny Slate
Posted in: Animation   |   Published By: Cris Popenoe 04:11 Marcel, the impossibly cute seashell, is back with a brand new video that's even more adorable and heart-warming than his first viral hit. You'll be enchanted... More

Yogin

Sunday, November 6th, 2011   |   Tags: challenge, jhanra21, yoga, yoga master, yogi
Posted in: AnimationWisdom and Inspiration   |   Published By: Cris Popenoe 03:16 A young yogi challenges an old master to a yoga battle in this animated short, thinking he can take on the master and not realizing that there's more to yoga... More

Animation capturing the changing seasons

Sunday, October 23rd, 2011   |   Tags: calligraphy, Erica Haowei Hu, fall, motion graphics, seasons, spring, summer, winter
Posted in: AnimationMusical Visions   |   Published By: Cris Popenoe 01:57 Beginning with spring, richly hued gorgeous, surreal, and captivating motion graphics animated paintings come alive as they transform in color and rhythmic tempo... More

Disney’s Fantasia 2000: Firebird

Sunday, August 7th, 2011   |   Tags: Disney, elk, fantasia 2000, forest, sprite, stravinsky
Posted in: AnimationMusical Visions   |   Published By: Cris Popenoe 09:41 Magical animation set to the music of Stravinsky telling the story of a spring sprite and an elk who accidentally awake the Firebird, a fiery spirit of destruction... More

Above Everything Else – Objects in slow motion flight

Sunday, July 24th, 2011   |   Tags: Alex Roman, Animation, CGI, fruit, kitchen, quartz crystals, silestone, slow motion, slowmo, vegetables
Posted in: Animation   |   Published By: Cris Popenoe 00:57 This stunning CGI spot features fruit, vegetables, quartz crystals, and other objects in slow-motion flight – some even shattering – intercut with scenes... More

Between Bears

Thursday, June 16th, 2011   |   Tags: Animation, bear, Eran Hilleli, hooded characters
Posted in: Animation   |   Published By: Cris Popenoe 05:22 In this luminous, captivating peek into a world beyond logical reasoning a black bear shaves off his fur, which falls in polygon shards that take flight into... More

25 Years of Pixar Goodness

Sunday, May 29th, 2011   |   Tags: Pixar
Posted in: AnimationComedy   |   Published By: Cris Popenoe 05:25 An inspired, fabulous montage of animated delights celebrating 25 years of Pixar by showcasing clips from 12 feature films and 20 short films. More

The Beaufort Diaries: an Arctic polar bear splits for Hollywood

Sunday, May 8th, 2011   |   Tags: beaufort, eco, green, hollywood, Leonardo DiCaprio, satire, tribeca film festival
Posted in: AnimationGreen and Sustainability   |   Published By: Cris Popenoe 03:38 Watch what happens when a small town polar bear leaves his lonely Arctic world and finds himself adrift in LA-LA Land. Behold his rocket rise to stardom, his inevitable... More