Felix Colgrave Unleashes “Man Spaghetti”

Animator/illustrator Felix Colgrave (who may or may not have been raised by retired hot air balloonists in Tasmania) just dropped his lastest piece of freakish mania: a two-minute, pasta-free vision called “Man Spaghetti.”

Colgrave, “When I made this film, I was exploring the idea of how living things are made of matter, and when we die and rot and we’re returned to the earth and yadda yadda, and then that matter then goes on to build other living things. Basically I cut out the middle man, and made the matter reorganise itself into new things the moment the consciousness died. Then i put them in onesies and gave the whole thing a silly name. Hope ya dig it!” [Read more]

The Embassy and Jim Jenkins: Verizon “Science Fair”

Vancouver VFX masters The Embassy team with O Positive director Jim Jenkins and McCann New York for a speculative look at how Iron Baby will apply the power of Verizon FiOS to the challenges of middle-school (with post/graphics by Charlex and HUD graphics by Cantina Creative). [Read more]

Onesize Interview

Remco Vlaanderen and the crew at Submarine Channel just published this carefully-constructed look into the lives and work of Onesize founders Kasper Verweij and Rogier Hendriks. The work covered is a few years old but the creative and production insights are timeless. [Read more]

Superfad Winds Down

Rumors of the 12-year-old tri-coastal studio’s demise were confirmed this am from sources high inside the company, saying only, “The partners wanted to do different things and couldn’t work out a deal.” The Seattle, New york and Los Angeles studios will all wind down as current jobs are completed.

While it is sad to see a shop of this caliber fade away, it’s also exciting to think what may happen when so much talent, drive and experience scatters to chase new prey.

The Sony film below appeared on the cover of Stash 66 and, I believe is a fitting tribute to the wide-ranging abilities and creative fearlessness that marked Superfad as a motion force to be reckoned with.

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“30 things at 30″ by Fabricio Lima

“30 things at 30″ by Fabricio Lima is a charming recap of one motion designer’s self-assessment at 30-years of age. In Lima’s own words, “Last year, on 5th of January of 2012, I reached my 30th birthday on a hot summer day in Australia. I was a feeling a bit weird and lost. So I decided to list 30 things I knew about myself so far… [Read more]

Renata Gąsiorowska Celebrates Alphabets Heaven’s “Birthday”

Polish illustrator/cartoonist and animation student Renata Gąsiorowska whisks her whimsical sketchs into a delightful, low-cal confection for “Birthday” off the second EP from Brighton, UK electro act Alphabets Heaven released thru Canadian collective King Deluxe. [Read more]