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These Are Those Things

MUTO a wall-painted animation by blu

I probably have posted this before, but what can I say?  Blu has been one of my favorite filmmakers since stumbling across his work in a Chelsea Gallery.  Do yourself a favor and dig around here for more of his work.

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Bowl Of Noses

PIGEON: IMPOSSIBLE

Did you ever wonder why you shouldn’t give guns and other dangerous weapons to birds? Next time you eat a bagel, think twice before feeding flying friends — at least if you happen to have any nuclear bombs within your reach.

We think this has a bit of feel like a Pixar picture in progress.
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Bowl Of Noses

Styles Of Animation #11: Dancing Statues!

Where does art come from?  Why the art that came before it, of course!  We see something, and are inspired by it.  We customize it.  We do a mod.  We build on the work that got their earlier.

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Truly Free Film

You will laugh, you will cry…

Oh, we know this story, don’t we? Get’s me every time, even when it’s robots telling it instead of my friends and collaborators — which isn’t to say there aren’t some well-deserved happy endings either.

Check out the other episodes too. There are five of them.

Hat tip: Chris Monger
P.S. Watch “Temple Grandin” which Chris co-wrote on Sat 2/8 on HBO. I would, if I had cable or the DVD…

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Bowl Of Noses

Styles of Animation #10: Paper-mation

Jen Stark is an artist that works with colored paper and does all kinds of things. Check out her website.

She has done a couple of animations that we are very excited to put in our bowl.

Thanks BoingBoing!

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Bowl Of Noses

Making New Stuff Out Of Their Old Stuff: Upular

This music was composed using chords, bass notes, & vocal samples from one very excellent movie. Nothing like borrowing from a friend to make something new.
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Bowl Of Noses

King Of Pop vs. Mr. Bean