Awesome Animation

ADHD takes a momentary pause from destroying our childhoods, instead sharing this offbeat clip which explores the evolution (and de-evolution) of our species. As it turns out, we’re all just pawns in some alien’s video game.

“Electrical appliances tend to have a lot of built up anger towards their users.” Gadgets rend flesh and wreak havoc in Michael Marczewski’s computer-animated short. The song is EBY’s remix of Ducktails’ Killin’ the Vibe.

A man (cowardly) breaks up with his girlfriend. Bad move. To be fair, he does have his reasons. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned in this visual tour de force by Paula Assadourian and her fellow Gobelins graduating students.

Rishi Kaneria pays tribute to the use of color in Pixar’s animated films by identifying scenes which predominantly align with the colors of the spectrum, then playing them in order of hue. They seem to like green a bit more than other colors.

(Gore) You know those stick figure martial arts fight animations? The Ninja Action series is just like that, but turned up to 11. Eleventy billion. Alexey “dex00” Yurevich says he made the first episode over a 9-year period.

With a visual style reminiscent of Ratchet & Clank, Loïc Bramoullé’s animated film about an anthropomorphic cat and his encounter with a hive of nasty flying critters was a labor of love, created over two years and with no budget.

This short scene from Disney’s upcoming animated film Big Hero 6 shows one of the early interactions between main character Hiro Hamada and his “personal healthcare companion” Baymax, a “synthforming” robot.

(NSFW: Language) There’s no case to big, no case to small for ADHD, who digs up the dirt on Chip and Dale’s Rescue Rangers, exploring the true nature of these nasty little crime-solving vermin. Ch-Ch-Ch-Chip and fail.

While shows like Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers assumed that young heroes have their acts together, Jake Portman’s amusing short seems more realistic, with its team of distracted teens having to work together to fight evildoers.

YouTubers 8-BIT BASTARD and Branberry Muffin used Grand Theft Auto V to recreate scenes from popular music videos. The results are hilariously crude yet still recognizable. Check out part two here.

The talented and creative Jiwook Kim takes us on a creepy cartoon trip to the gloomy Blackford Manor, where sweet little Josette the maid attempts to unravel the disturbing mystery of the master of the big ol’ dusty house. Muhahaha.

Animator Edlyn Capulong’s short film is charming, clever, and offbeat to say the least. It tells the tale of a little girl who befriends three unlikely companions as she wanders the world. That ending was not what we expected either.

“When I am in my painting, I’m not aware of what I’m doing. It is only when I lose contact with the painting that the result is a mess. Otherwise there is pure harmony, an easy give and take, and the painting comes out well.” – Jackson Pollock

A clip from Lava, a Pixar short film about a Hawaiian volcano. Director James Ford Murphy says he’s loved Hawaii ever since he was a kid. The short will be shown in 2015 alongside Pixar’s upcoming feature length film Inside Out.

We are enjoying the rich backdrops and kooky drawn characters in this animation from Werner Schnater. The crowd seems to be getting their groove on just fine, shutting it down when the police come around. But who’s in that cop car?

Even though Studio Ghibli is actually only taking a temporary break, Animation Domination HD’s bittersweet tribute is still worth watching, if only as a reminder of the company’s nigh-untouchable track record.

A team of robotic beings land on a desolate planet to use its scant resources, but not before leaving a wonderful gift.  Richard Mans’ Abiogenesis is a unique and beautiful short film.

Winner of numerous sci-fi awards and accolades, Kurt Dettbarn’s poignant and charming Sad Monster gives us a glimpse into what life would be like for the imaginary monster living in his daughter’s closet, after she outgrows him.

Bryan Locantore, Garrett O’ Neal and Gang Yi from the Ringling College of Art & Design envision the interplay between rock, paper and scissors. A surprisingly touching story given the inanimate nature of the objects that inspired it.

(NSFW: Language) Whos Chaos and his friend try to hit one of their buddies with an RPG from increasingly long distances in GTA Online. Yes the last shot is impossible, but hating on that is like watching An Idiot Abroad for the scenery.

Animator Cyriak’s latest clip is as trippy as they come. It starts off with a creepy dog-like manifestation of himself crawling out of the drain and just escalates from there. Warning: May cause nightmares and hallucinations.

Andy Thomas combines nature and technology in his “audio life forms”, 3D animations of abstract shapes inspired by plants and animals. Andy uses these shapes to visualize sound, in this case the chirps of a nightingale and a canary.

The work of Hayao Miyazaki is some of most brilliant animation and storytelling ever to grace the screen. Film buff Alexandre Gasulla created this retrospective from such films as My Neighbor Totoro and Spirited Away.