Design and Wonder in the Everyday

Stop motion video goodness

Saturday, July 25th, 2009

The music video for Coldplay’s Strawberry Swing is yet another brilliant piece of stop motion artistry making the rounds. Directed by Shynola, this video stands out for the sheer time and work involved in redrawing the chalk backgrounds for each frame. Incredible.

Below are two other notable stop motion videos in the past few months: “Her Morning Elegance,” “Sorry I’m Late,” and the “Stop Motion with Wolf and Pig.”

Tron: neon and Aerobies make a comeback?

Saturday, July 25th, 2009

TRON_Legacy

Disney finally released the TR2N test footage from last year’s Comic-Con. The sequel to the groundbreaking 1982 film Tron is now officially called Tron Legacy. If the film is anything like this test footage, it will be an amazing use of stylized CGI. I can’t wait.