Oh Willy… is not your typical Disney/Pixar 3D animation. It’s a short film about a porky guy who goes to care for his sick mother who lives in a nudist colony. It’s directed by Emma De Swaef and Marc James Roels and debuts at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival. Check out the trailer:
Canadian cartoonists Seth Scriver and Shayne Ehman just raised over over $10k to complete their animated feature Asphalt Watches. They describe their collaborative two-man animated epic in the following way:
“Asphalt Watches is a true adventure story: in 2000, we hitchhiked across Canada together. The animation captures our crazy journey, full of hilarious and amazing encounters. Using music and songs we make ourselves, alongside hand-drawn Flash animation, we tell the tale of making our way from a 7-11 near Chilliwack, BC where a guy was hanging out with a knife in his belly… to meeting one of only “two real Santas” in the world outside Calgary… to barely escaping death near Regina, SK. Our style is to turn real-life characters and settings into funny and poetic abstractions that depict the feeling and essence of what happened.”
Check out Andres Tapeton’s graduation film from the Classical Animation program at the Vancouver Film School. Talk about a bad dream!
Oh, the beauty of his strokes. An oar to be admired. What waves he makes!
Haven’t heard of IndieCade? Then you’re missing out. IndieCade is the premiere gathering for independent gamemakers from around the globe. If you’re a gamer or game developer, you should check out their site. It’s full of great, unusual games:
Background:
IndieCade runs a series of global showcases and festivals serving developers and players – collectively forming an international marketplace and a traveling celebration of this community’s new voices and their trailblazing work. Imagine thousands of independent creators, developers, thinkers, players, and fans from across the world, sharing this sense of community and the work at its heart with the rest of the world. That’s IndieCade.