Awesome Animation

From the sheer wackiness of it all, you can tell the mind behind this mixed-live-action cartoon is Derek Iversen, one of the writers behind Spongebob Squarepants, who created this screwball short along with Miles Hindman.

(NSFW) If you thought this was alarming, watch ADHD and Layzell Bros’ hilariously pessimistic take on our future, where technology has made us so dysfunctional that we only interact virtually and parrot each others’ memes.

This gloriously colorful and vibrant animated short created by 3dar Studio follows the journey of a monkey displaced from his habitat, who starts a new life disguised as a human living in the big city.

Superheroes can have some pretty useful powers, like x-ray vision, flight, brute strength, and invisibility. Mr Weebl introduces us to some of the other, lesser-known superhero powers.

Can you guess what the giraffe is doing? Here’s a hint: giraffes are not exactly animals that you would associate with grace and elegance, but director Nicolas Devaux does just that in this animated short.

Michael Birken says he used 4,800 Post-it Notes to make 5,722 still images of retro gameplay footage to make this stop-motion film. It looks way too clean to our eyes, but however it was created, the end result is fun to watch.

The creators of Pixar’s Cars franchise take to the skies this time, introducing us to Dusty, an airplane who dreams of being a stunt-flying air racer as he learns a trick or two from an experienced naval flyer.

Animator John Huang whips out his action figure collection again, putting on a literally hair-raising battle between the Z Fighters, when supervillain Cell shows up. The animation was created from about 6,000 individual images.

Activision shows off its next-generation rendering chops with this hyper-real dude who has a penchant for yogurt parfaits. Rendered on current-gen Nvidia GTX 680 graphics cards – though they don’t say how many. More here.

Artist Chris Carlson specializes in making 3D illusions using pastel chalk, paint and graphite. Watch him play a quick round of amazingly detailed stop motion Tetris. Note the shadows on the blocks.

ADHD gets their first broadcast cartoon series with the animated version of Axe Cop, a hilariously offbeat comic written by a 6-year-old, and illustrated by his 30-year-old brother. Coming to FOX late night 7/27/13.

Birthday, a sparsely layered, experimental tune from Alphabets Heaven reminds us that Spring is coming; Renata GÄ…siorowska’s dreamlike animation is the perfect complement to it.

Animator Kristjan Lyngmo turns horror tropes on their head while examining the difficulties of being a masked killer in this funny computer animated short. We wonder if Mreddy Mrueger has it any easier.

A woman who dreams in images from classic films auditions for a part of her own. Oh, did we mention she was a robot? A wonderfully imaginative CGI animated short film created by Kerry Conran for WIGS. Go BTS here.

Swiss filmmaker Michael Frei makes us contemplate the universe and dazzles us in black and white with his simply styled characters and minimal yet effective score in his animated short Not About Us.

A LEGO stop motion shot-for-shot remake of one of the teasers for Star Trek: Into Darkness made by Antonio and Andrea Toscano. The Benedict Cumberbatch minifig is spot on.

Comprised of silhouettes of landscapes at dusk, with no humans to be seen, James Chiny aka Hypoly’s animated creation really has no plot to speak of, but we still think Circa is beautiful.

(NSFW) Apparently the paper planes in Disney’s Paperman had their own motives for helping the characters. Collegehumor’s parody of the Academy Award-winning short is so, so wrong.

Another cool cut-paper video from animator Eric Power, this clip features an invasion of paper creatures descending on a city and wrecking havoc, backed by The Boxing Lesson. Get the track here.

(NSFW: Language) Chell meets someone who speaks her language and helps her make a lie come true. Fortunately the folks behind HISHE were smart enough to add a few twists to the predictable jokes.

(NSFW: Language) A great way to enjoy the afternoon: after viewing this playful (and literal) stick figure re-imagining of Macklemore’s Thrift Shop, how can you not laugh? (Thanks Daniel!)

1A4 Studio is back with another animated movie speed run. It’s amazing how they’re able to squeeze in most of the important scenes in just a minute. Did Neo really puke that many times?

(NSFW: Language) While Clerks: The Animated Series is long gone, Jay and Silent Bob live on in cartoon form, doing double duty as superheroes Bluntman and Chronic. (Thanks Adam!)