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Bicycle wheel animation by Katy Beveridge

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For her dissertation project at Central Saint Martins, London-based design student Katy Beveridge fastened paper cutouts inside the wheels of a bicycle, creating a zoetrope – a device that produces the illusion of a moving animation from a series of static pictures. Brilliant!

BTW: This would be a great DIY project . . . → Read More: Bicycle wheel animation by Katy Beveridge

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El Empleo: an award-winning animated short about people at work

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If you are feeling oppressed at your job this video might hit close to home. Grim but powerful, the animated short El Empleo (The Employment) features a day in the life of a man who lives in a world where humans are used solely as objects for other humans to use.

El Empleo was directed by Argentina-based . . . → Read More: El Empleo: an award-winning animated short about people at work

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The world’s first nail art animation advertisement for the Kia Picanto

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While I am not a girl who fusses over her fingernails, I do love this stop-motion animation advertisement that Kia released for the launch of their new car – the “Picanto.” To create the piece, Kia used 1200 bottles of nail polish and 900 fake fingernails. It’s being hyped as the world’s first nail art animation. . . . → Read More: The world’s first nail art animation advertisement for the Kia Picanto

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“Melissa Power of Love” stop-motion animation made with 350,000 post-it notes

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Just found this wonderful stop-motion animation created by Casa Darwin using 350,000 post-it notes. This post-it mania installation took place on the facade of the Galeria Melissa, in São Paulo, Brazil, where passerbys were encourages to scrawl love messages on the post-it notes. “Melissa Power of Love” took 25 artists 5 months to build and it . . . → Read More: “Melissa Power of Love” stop-motion animation made with 350,000 post-it notes

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Coffee Time – a stop-motion animation

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Coffee Time from wan-tzu on Vimeo.

What a great way to greet the morning!

Designer Ching-Wen Wu has created this charming stop-motion animation. She just recently became interested in animation during her senior year while majoring in commercial design. This is Wu’s first foray into stop-motion animation, and it is pretty . . . → Read More: Coffee Time – a stop-motion animation

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The Head, a hand-drawn animation short by Matias Vigliano

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"The Head" hand-drawn animation short by Matias Vigliano

 

The Head from Ariel Gandolfo on Vimeo.

Artist Matias Vigliano recently released this amazing hand-drawn animation short, with musical backing by Ariel . . . → Read More: The Head, a hand-drawn animation short by Matias Vigliano

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