Khoda

I saw this on Digg and thought I had to pass it along here... though it certainly doesn't look like this is alive any longer.

http://www.vimeo.com/2074812

What if you watch a film and whenever you pause it, you face a painting? This idea inspired Reza Dolatabadi to make Khoda. Over 6000 paintings were painstakingly produced during two years to create a five minutes film that would meet high personal standards. Khoda is a psychological thriller; a student project which was seen as a ‘mission impossible’ by many people but eventually proved possible!

MUTO by BLU

This is a pretty sweet graffitti-stop-motion-animation-thing. Watch it.

BLU's Site with video

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Groo the Wanderer

Earlier in the semester Sean mentioned Sergio Aragones. As is turns out this guy is actually worth looking into. He does all sorts of cool illustrations not to mention his comic book, Groo, The Wanderer. Funny and fascinating, and worth a few bucks.

Animator Interaction

This is from Drawn!

I love this animated commercial for V Water. In it the animator himself intervenes to help his creation when he meets obstacles — it’s like a friendly version of Chuck Jones’s classic Duck Amuck: