Don’t forget to send us your entries for the free tickets to Brussels competition!
In order to show you how simple it can be we thought we would have a go at reproducing our own Magritte here in the Fibre studio (no this wasn’t an entry for the National Giant Fruit Championships). For anyone who already sent in, or was planning to send in a version of this painting you will now have to think about a different solution. Full competition info here.
Alex Geoffrey
Posted on Tuesday, 29th of September 2009 Permalink
Everyone by now must have seen Muto the epic eight minute stop frame animation from Italian artist Blu. Well, to my delight he’s just completed a new film as part of the Fame festival which kicked off in Grottaglie Italy on the 19th of September this year. It’s called Combo and this time it’s a collaboration with David Ellis who has been making similar animations as part of Barnstormers since 1999.
Alex Geoffrey
Posted on Tuesday, 29th of September 2009 Permalink
A couple of posts back I blogged about a free trip to Brussels Fibre was invited to go on by Eurostar and We Are Social. Well, courtesy of the same Little Break Big Difference campaign now you have the chance to win a pair of free tickets to the same destination.
All you have to do to be the winner of this generous offer is recreate a Magritte painting of your choice using photography. You may choose any one of his masterpieces and there are plenty to choose from. The best entry will receive the two tickets to Brussels.
Anyone wishing to enter can email their entry plus an image of the original piece you copied to the ‘contact’ link on the left of the page. The competition will only be open until the end of September, so get snapping!
Alex Geoffrey
Posted on Tuesday, 15th of September 2009 Permalink
On the 15th of August I was invited to join a small group of bloggers on an all expenses paid day trip to Brussels. The outing came courtesy of Eurostar and their Little Break Big Difference campaign via social media company We Are Social. A big thank you to Sarah, Violette and Melina for organising the trip and keeping track of us all throughout the day.
We were treated to a tour of the new Magritte museum, lunch on the ‘beach’, Belgian food and beer tasting and a wander around the city where among other things we discovered some great cartoon murals.
The other bloggers in the group were all a lot of fun and helped to make the trip an unforgettable one. They included the living legend himself David the Designer, vandals Mark and Tom, visual humorist Merhdad, artist Katherine, web don Radim, illustrator Gordon, and Kiwi Mo the London explorer with the nice camera.
This lovely piece was produced by Oliver Harrison at St Martin’s School of Art in 1988. Yup – that’s 21 years ago and seven years before Adobe released After Effects. It was adapted in 1989 for a Royal Mail ‘Letters of Love’ commercial for Valentine’s day and won a clutch of awards. The song is Amore Baciami (Kiss me, my love) by Lidia Martorana.
I used to have it on a dusty old VHS and have rued the day that I lost it, but mercifully it’s appeared on YouTube. Hopefully we’ll see more of Harrison’s early work online soon. Inspirational stuff then and now.
David Rainbird
Posted on Thursday, 23rd of July 2009 Permalink
Perhaps the most amazing, creative and ambitious stop frame animation I’ve ever seen by artist Blu from Bologna
Soon to be appearing on walls of Tate modern.
Dave Brown
Posted on Thursday, 15th of May 2008 Permalink
Seeing David’s earlier post, titled ’Flaming Logos’, it was clear that a lot of work was put into recreating those 80s motion graphics logos. Plenty of 3D and a good dose of Flame or After Effects I’d wager.
After Effects, Schmafter Effects. Check out how they did this back in the day…
Who needs Maya when you’ve got 6 craftsmen sweating night and day over 3 months, a motion control camera from the ark, and some old school ingenuity.
Hey, I know it’s a 10 minute video, but trust me it’s worth it just for the soundtrack… Altogether now, “Pay a little closer attention to detail…All the things you’re taking for granted… Are just as important as what you see”
Gary Butcher
Posted on Friday, 14th of March 2008 Permalink
CR Blog is at the Design Indaba in Cape Town and reports on a talk by graphic design legend Ivan Chermayeff. This animation of hundreds of logos that his studio has designed is a real gem. Chock full of famous brands such as Mobil, National Geographic and Chase Manhattan, it’s ten minutes long – if you don’t have the time just watch the quick rewind in the last five seconds (caution – flashing images) (via CR Blog)
David Rainbird
Posted on Sunday, 2nd of March 2008 Permalink
Director Aaron Duffy has combined his love of crochet with stop-motion to create The Special Guest. His new studio, SpecialGuest, is dedicated to the use of stop-motion, CG and cell-animation, and has created some quite charming story-driven animations. See them at his crafty website. Link
David Rainbird
Posted on Thursday, 29th of November 2007 Permalink
