John Lewis Christmas Advert 2013

I know this ad has been making the rounds of the social mediasphere and indeed it is a very tender, touching ad but I was even more amazed at how they made the ad. When I first watched it I just assumed it was a classically animated piece but the making of video shows that it is a combination of classically animated drawings and stop motion capture. Really phenomenal piece.

The ad:


The making of video:

Bad Toys

Intereactive kids book

I always knew this would be coming and it's nice to see something that's done so incredibly well.

Come on to the snackbar!!

Tom Hanks on Woody

Some interesting insights into the process of voiceovers on the Toy Story films

Stop motion timelapse animation

COOKIEBOT! A HARRY AND HORSIE ADVENTURE

Trailer for the new book Cookiebot: A Harry and Horsie Adventure. Illustrated by my good friend Lincoln Agnew

Loom

Loom from Polynoid on Vimeo.

Citizen Cope - Let The Drummer Kick (AFX)

Inspiration

Pixar's Up Trailer Recut (Gran Torino)

Graphic Violence

Meet Buck

Meet Buck from TeamCerf on Vimeo.

Salesman Pete

Salesman Pete from Salesman Pete on Vimeo.

A beautiful bit of animation and music.



and the making of:

Thought of You - Behind the Scenes Preview - ROUGH CUT from Cambell Christensen on Vimeo.

Hallowindow IV

The wait is over. Hallowindow IV is finally here.

Ni No Kuni for PS3

I've seen a number of video games try and transcend the hand drawn chasm with pretty underwhelming results but this actually looks quite good. I'm pretty impressed. From Studio Ghibli comes Ni No Kuni for PS3.

Thanks to Karyl Gilbertson for the link.

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