CG Explorer: CGI Animation, 2D, 3D Computer Graphics and Visual Effects

Wonderfully styilized animation in this short animated movie where the authors are giving the essence of their animation style.

Coyote is back! Three-minute, three-dimensional CGI cartoons in widescreen.

Ken Perlin’s synthesis on the capabilities of two visual and figurative media: Where photography can only show us the reality of the human condition, sculpture can show us the ideas in our own heads. The space of expression in a constructive medium is vastly larger than can be achieved by a recording medium.

Minimal and provoking visual style for a game in the work for so long.

Gobelins opening sequences Annecy 2010

A nice line drawing animated short video about the origin of Tetris’ pieces. Not sure if you want to know it. :-)

Based on Charles Bukowski’s poem: The Man The With Beautiful Eyes, a group of children are attracted towards the dilapidated home of an outcast. Year: 1998, Director: Jonathan Hodgson.

The new trailer of Sylvain Chomet’s traditionally animated feature film: L’Illustioniste.

Prepare for a 3 hour ride through the animated worlds of over 40 outstanding studios, animators and designers, featuring eye-splitting character design in motion, music visuals and animation

Author and Artist Philippe Faraut Sculpts the head an art critic in this online video demonstration.

LIGHTSCAPES is an episodic, half-hour experiential television series airing on Discovery HD Theater that captures famous buildings and landscapes around the world as they are transformed by stunning, large-scale lighting displays.

This is the CHALLENGE, through this website and social networks we intend to encourage as many people as possible to make 60 SECOND films. We want you to be making the decisions on what films are to be made, what stories are to be told, in which genre, then film and edit them yourselves using [...]

The latest computer hardware development in real-time 3D graphics in a recorded video.

Not a very humble presentation for a beautiful time-lapse of the Icelandic volcano. Enjoy the stupendous HD video.

Wonderfully inspiring talk by Jane McGonigal: Gaming can make a better world.

Minimal animation for heart monitoring instruments dancing at the rhythm of the music. Great visuals and original directing.

Everybody has a role in this World. What if there were no machine and every mechanical service was given by a human being? What would be your job? Discover the job of this short’s protagonist and question about yours.

Animated from the point of view of a small child. The viewer is jumping down a suburban street, and progressive jumps are higher and higher. The viewer/child lands in various city settings, a jungle, a battle field, the depths of Hell, and finally back to the street where the adventure began. The film is notable for the use of perspective in pre-CGI animation

BeetRoot Design Group directed “Human Error” a scary, evocative 3D short which they present this way: Human intervention. Fossil fuel depletion. The death of a planet. Beetroot’s submission for the upcoming Athens Video Arts festival. The event will take place at 7th-9th May 2010 at “Technopolis” of the City of Athens. The first part of [...]

Renaud Hallée created Sonar, a: Rhythmic cycle w/ abstract animation. 2009 Basic keyframe animation using flash, without scripting. Official selection : Annecy International Animation Film Festival – Out of competition Sommets du cinéma d’animation de Montréal : Quebec-Canada Festival des Films de la Relève

A useful and beautiful discussion thread on ZBrushCentral.

Clemens Kogler says: Phonovideo is a VJ tool or visual instrument used to display animations in an analog way without the help of a computer. “Stuck in a Groove” is the first film made with this technique, it serves also as a demo for the technique . In the future phonovideo should be used for [...]

Director: Andreas Nilsson,  2007. Imperial Recordings. More on  www.jose-gonzalez.com (Via Cecilia Tomassi)

Directed and animated by Brian Jin, this refreshing animated music video is full of memories of the Fall season: snow, music, love. It’s colorful, young and soft. Very original artistic direction for the mixed 2D, 3D digital animation.