Food for Thought
This BBC ad for the Winter Olympics (BBC Creative, directed by Balázs Simon through Blinkink) uses 3D-printed cubes as frames for a dynamic animated promo.
Good words / article here!
And Full promo
I don’t have a 3D printer at home (yet!) but want to try some version of this…hmm food for thought.
If you’re also a fan of silent-era animated cartoons, this news may also make you swoon: “Animated films from 1926 are now available for anyone to post, sample, or remix as they see fit.”
So many different styles and experiments – mixing stop motion, live action, diverse drawing styles…below from Max Fleischer (I believe from “It’s the Cats” but not certain).
“Alice Helps the Romance”, Disney – I love the style of the Alice series
I don’t know Charley Bowers, but I always show my animation students Charlie Chaplin + Buster Keaton, so am definitely going to research and add some to the mix. This screenshot from “Egged On”:
Lots of good inspiration … here’s to a year of more experimenting and animation fun.