LAIKA ONLY TO DO STOP MOTION!!!!!

Hello all.

Well just found this small article posted over at Cartoonbrew.com stating that Laika has decided to scrap making any CG features to focus on producing stop motion features. WHA!!!! Thats AWESOME!!! Don't get me wrong, but I feel terrible for the several talented CG artist that were laid off, but hopefully this will open up the doors for up any up and coming stop motion artist to get their foot in the door.

Considering the specialization of the field, as well as its tight knit community, I hope the studio will use this move to offer up chances for newbies to start their new life as stop motion animators and artist. I for one and super excited about this news, and hope to get the opportunity to work with Laika in the future.

You can read the full article here: http://www.cartoonbrew.com/stop-motion/laika-cuts-computer-animation-staff.html

Lets take a Ride in an Electric Car!!!!

Well, I was browsing the motionographer.com and they posted a really interesting stop motion style video. Its for a song by They Might be Giants, and the animation was created by Tiny Inventions. Very fun little video using what appear to be found objects and recycled materials to further promote going green. Love the idea and the concept. Looks like most of the character animation was done in After Effects, which in and of itself is a pretty hardcore program.

Well, here is the video, I hope you enjoy. Be sure to watch the making of vid too...shows a ton about how they created the video.