Labour Intense

Brooklyn office Labour has created this fantastic short animated film about the international opium/heroin system, focusing on Afghanistan. Not only is the content important and insightful but the design is simple and beautiful, enhancing the narrative as it unfolds.

Summer of the Monkey

GORILLAZ members Jamie Hewlett and Damon Albarn have come together once again to create an AMAZING animation sequence based on the story Journey to the West, a legendary Chinese novel from the late 1500s, to build anticipation for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics. In the new animated spot, says Hewlett, “the idea is that you tell the entire story of Journey to the West in a two-minute opening sequence, which is basically them on their way to the Olympic stadium…this is going to be the summer of Monkey.”

Fallen

Normally I'm not one who is into animated features or shorts, they tend to be a bit over the top on the sap factor for a cynical bastard like myself. Technical advancements are great and all, but I just don't see the excitement over the fact that a computer can make some cartoon monster's fur look real. I'll take a classic warner bros. 'toon with a good story any day.

That's why I like this short, titled "Fallen" from Wolfram Kampffmeyer and Sascha Geddert. Simple, without so much as a word in dialogue, yet it says so much. It's almost enough to make me an optimist.

What's that? No, I have something in my eye...Yes, both of them...I don't know, I think it was a swarm of gnats.

Viva Calaca!!!

Wow....I'm limiting my words on this post because you have to see this video. Amazing art direction, great music, and just an overall fun piece for all ages. The creator also has his own design firm with some other great work....enjoy!