Toolfarm Inspirations Archive

Some pretty fractal/kalidescopey designs. It turns out this was done with an iTunes visualizer called Jelly. See, we get inspiration from everywhere.

Labels: Experimental, Music Video

Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty from Darragh O'Connell on Vimeo.

'Granny O'Grimm', directed by Nicky Phelan, produced by Darragh O'Connell, and written/voiced by Kathleen O'Rourke. Shortlisted for the 2010 Oscar for Best Animated Short Film: grannyogrimm.com

Labels: 3D, Character Animation, Film Short

Gypsy Punk band Gogol Bordello have a really awesome video for their song Pala Tute. It's an impressive piece of motion graphics!

Labels: Music Video

Kevin from Toolfarm just introduced me to Anthony Green. This video is pretty amazing, and it's from 2008, the dark ages of music video ;-) Love the video, lots of layers and 2D composited with the video. Lots of match moving. Enjoy.

Labels: Music Video

Not a happy story, but excellent animation! The lighting, modeling and atmospherics are very well done.

""One Rat Short" is a work of love created by Charlex Films. It began as part of the effort to grow the company's commercial CG department but eventually became much more than that. Originally, it was called "labratz" and as the title might suggest it mimicked the look and sensibility of work already pioneered by other studios. As it evolved it took on a life of its own and became "our film." From the start we decided not to use anthropomorphic animation. We decided it would take place in two worlds: one so gritty, grimy and dark that the viewer needs to peer into the screen in order to make out the images and the other a sterile white world so brightly lit that you feel the need to turn your head away from the screen. It was also important to me to keep the film looking as real as possible. One of the techniques we used was to give a lot of the camera work a hand-held feel and to keep it a little behind the action so that the scenes didn't seem staged. Lastly and most importantly I kept the story simple and tried to give it heart. One of my favorite short films which I saw as a child was "The Red Balloon." I think the melancholic and innocent spirit of that film inhabits "One Rat Short."

Alex Weil, Director

http://www.oneratshort.com

Labels: 3D, Character Animation, Film Short

BIG BAG BIG BOOM - the new wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

BIG BANG BIG BOOM: the new wall-painted animation by BLU

"An unscientific point of view on the beginning and evolution of life ... and how it could probably end."

direction and animation by BLU
blublu.org
production and distribution by ARTSH.it
artsh.it
sountrack by ANDREA MARTIGNONI

Labels: 2D, 3D, Bizarre, Film Short, Installation

A video for a Spanish-language pop song combining motion graphics, video and illustration. Directed by Roberto Peromingo for LittleClip. !Video realmente excelente!

Labels: Music Video