Fuck Yeah, Book Arts!

The Eagleman Stag / 2011 BAFTA award winning stop-motion animation by Mikey Please

“This is one of the most incredible animations I have ever seen. Mikey Please sent me over a link to his latest film The Eagleman Stag and it is a masterpiece. What you are about to see is not a computer animation, it’s a stop-motion animation using thousands of handmade foam models.

Peek behind the scenes, here.”

If you repeat the word ‘fly’ for long enough it sounds like you’re saying ‘life’. This is of no help to Peter. His answers lie in the brain of a beetle.

Train of Thought: A short film in paper by Leo Bridle & Ben Thomas. 

(Submitted by Mathilde)

uguisustore:

Letterpress Swallow Flipbook

(via fyeahletterpress)

kristinethune:

prowling cat animation test

if i know one thing about the internet, it’s that everyone likes cats & gifs. so here is a cat gif that i painstakingly animated for you, my precious tumblr babies. follow my art blog for more cool animations of things and stuff!

themindmashup:

This astonishing cut paper animated music video is for the song “Love is Making Its Way Back Home” by Josh Ritter. The animation was created from 12,000 lasercut sheets of construction paper and was photographed frame by frame, without any computer post-production trickery. The animation was created by Erez Horovitz and Sam Cohen of production company Prominent Figures. The Etsy Blog has more on how the video was made.

thepenguinpress:

The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore (nominated for an Academy Award)

unknownshadeof:

(via pinwheel by ~nawafiai on deviantART)

endearinglycreepy:

“Heart” || Jamie Caliri

Book trailer video for a short animated film based on Lane Smith’s ‘It’s a Book’, an adorable picture book for children that celebrates traditional books. Watch as a book-loving ape and a tech-savvy donkey exchange words.

Playful and lighthearted with a subversive twist that is signature Lane Smith, ‘It’s a Book’ is a delightful manifesto on behalf of print in the digital age. This satisfying, perfectly executed picture book has something to say to readers of all stripes and all ages.

(Submitted by Grace-eludes-me) 

half-full-half-empty:

The sketches for the animation about solitude. I still hope to re-edit it, but if I don’t find time, I will post it as it is.