Halloween Cartoon for Oct. 22nd

Here's a stop-motion short by Christopher Gordon titled "Ward 13". This short was featured on volume 2 of the Animation Show. By far the most horrible hospital experience ever. Very creepy, with a great action sequence that rivals a lot of action movies.

Halloween Cartoon for Oct. 21st

Here's another short done by the same team that made Mysterious Mose. In this one they try to make it look like a very old film reel. I would've fell for it if I hadn't recognized their names in the credits. Very awesome.

Music Video of the Week #4

This video is for The Shins song "The Rifle's Spiral" off their latest album, Port of Morrow. The video was conceptualized by Emmy-winning director Jamie Caliri and tells the story of a battle between good and evil magicians."The Rifle's Spiral" features a lone musician, three sketchy men and a transformative, and adorable, bunny. Each of the characters assume distinct personalities and mannerisms despite their seemingly restrictive wooden, clay and paper bodies as they battle it out in the name of magic. Caliri was able to interpret "The Rifle's Spiral" how he pleased. Taking inspiration from the work of illustrator Edward Gorey, and from Martin Scorsese’s film Hugo. This creative liberty occasionally is a bit too literal, but overall allowed for a story of trickery, deception and whimsy to prevail."The Rifle's Spiral" works like an epic as a song alone; the borderline grand pop drums carry it, with James Mercer's vocals almost telling the folklore of the magicians themselves. Caliri has a created work for a range of clients, including the credits for "Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events" and Marcy Playground's "Sex and Candy."

The Weird World of PES

Have you seen the "fresh guacamole" video that has been floating around the internet? The imaginative way different objects represent other objects. Like a grenade is a avocado, hardware tools can be deep sea creatures, or pin cushions can be tomatoes. Well that is from the mind of PES (Adam Pesapane). A stop-motion  animator who has come up with some genius was to show ordinary objects in a creative captivating way. Like the picture below, what do you see first? the logs on fire, or candy corn and pretzel sticks? I first discovered PES's work during a touring of "The Animation Show" at the Tower Theatre in Salt Lake City. And was blown away. Being an artist myself, it made me a little angry to see these brilliant little shorts, and thinking to myself "shit!, why didn't I think of that!" Ever since then I've been awaiting with anticipation for the next short that he comes out with. 

Now these shorts aren't all his pieces. These are just my favorite ones. Go to his website if you want to his whole collection of work. http://www.eatpes.com/