Pottermore

Personally I don't see much point in the new pottermore website, it is essentially just an online portal introducing the new harry potter e-books and unseen additional content. The new stop motion animation film launching pottermore from Andersen M Studio however is utterly brilliant!

I have always appreciated the work of creative directors Martin and Line Andersen, one of my favorite stop motion pieces being Going West for the New Zealand Book Council, and this animation for pottmore is just as impressive. The project was was entirely paper craft, all hand cut and photographed using a digital slr, no CGI was used to animate the piece. I love the paper owl and the wizarding sorting hat.

The images below can be found at mestudio.com and the film can be seen below.
http://www.pottermore.com/

Against the Grain

Brilliantly animated stop motion by Jonathan Chong (aka dropbear) for new track 'Against the Grain' from Melbourne indie folk artist Hudson. Not only a catchy song but a wonderfully bright and energetic motion piece. It makes me want to buy another pack of colourful pencils to play with like I did when I was a kid!

You can find more work from Jonathan here
http://vimeo.com/dropbear.

Hudson - Against The Grain from Dropbear on Vimeo.

In your Arms

I have been a fan of Kina Grannis for a few years now. Originally I followed her youtube account to listen to her beautiful cover songs. Her newest video for her own song 'In your arms' is a genius stop motion production. Director Greg Jardin worked with Kina for two years to shoot a music video made from 288,000 jelly beans! Below is the making of video, its really great to see Kina involved with the shoot, actually lying on top of the jelly beans instead of using a green screen. The video shows just how laborious and time consuming this sort of production takes, but how the outcome is worth it!

You can see the music video here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOu0DuxFAT0&feature=relmfu.

Red Bull Canimation

I have just come across this competition for Red Bull. Whether its stop motion, CGI, or a hand rendered approach, red bull want you to create an advert using their can. The logos and resources are available to download on the website.

http://canimation.redbull.co.uk/.

The deadline is November so its not long, if I can get my camera lens replaced in time I might give it a go. Would be really good to work on another motion piece.

Star Alliance

Came across this lovely new piece of paper art animation by Andersen M studio on itsnicethat. I loved their 'Going West' animation for the New Zealand Book Council and this piece is just as stunning. Check out their website for more beautiful paper art work and animations. http://www.andersenm.com/

T-Shirt War

Look at this cool stop motion using over 200 t-shirts!

Western Spaghetti

Love this.

Going West

This is a stop motion animation I came across on the creative review website. It was produced by Andersen M Studio for the New Zealand Book Council. I love how the piece is completely hand rendered using just a scalpel, the project is so delicate and it is beautifully photographed. The piece uses around 3,000 still images taking almost eight months to complete! You can see more work from them here http://www.andersenm.com/ and you can read the Creative Review article here  http://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2009/november/going-west