Looking like fine victorian lace, the carved eggs created by Beth Ann Magnuson are the definition of the word delicate. On each shell she free-hand draws the final patterns she envisions carved into the egg. She then empties the content of the shell through a small hole. The true magic begins as she removes each tiny shape using a fine rotary cutting tool. [Read more...]
You know how every year people make resolutions? Here’s one guy who actually followed through with his! Austin, Texas based film-maker Jonathan Britnell set out to film something every single day of 2012 and 366 days later had an amazing video to show for it. Set to the uplifting tune of “Thunder Clatter” by Wild Cub, Britnell invites us on a journey through his year, revealing just 1 second each day. As the year progresses in this short film called 2012. 366 days. 366 seconds. the shots continue to entertain and grow in creativity. [Read more...]
The wise Madonna once said, “Music makes the people come together.” Music is a universal language that transcends cultures and can make even the worst dancers sway their head to the beat. No matter how much you love music, studying the intricacies of advanced music theory is no easy task. This awesome animated video by finally. analyzes and visualizes the major topics in music theory and comes to an interesting conclusion. Whether you love music or not, you will love this video! [Read more...]
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We covered some of Kevin Burg & Jamie Becks cinemagraphs last year and loved them so much we thought we should bring you some more. While cinemagraphs themselves have been around for a while, Kevin & Jamie create unique animated GIFs which raise the bar on what has come before. These recent examples display a love for autumn scenery and vintage style. [Read more...]
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To accompany the documentary, Aatsinki: The Story of Arctic Cowboys, Myriapod Productions and Murmur have created an amazing, interactive, visual debate that invites users to answer the question, “What is man’s place in nature? The film follows the Aatsinki family of reindeer herders in Finnish Lapland, near the Arctic circle, showcasing their intricate bond with nature. The reindeer that they lead are the last group of wild reindeer in all of Finland. [Read more...]
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I’ll never forget the year I “ruined Christmas.” I was in fifth grade and already knew for quite some time the secret about Santa, but continued to pretend because I thought I would get more presents that way. My family and I were at my grandma’s house and I opened the Nickelodeon Moonshoes I’d been asking for. My mom told me I could not use them in the house, but I proceeded to put them on and ended up jumping on my grandma’s foot that had just been operated on. Three generations of tears were shed and my mom told me, “You know what Jessica, there’s no such thing as Santa Claus- it’s me and your dad!” I cried in reply, “Does that mean there’s no Easter Bunny either?” But thinking back on that time in my life when I was hearing things at school about Santa being a phony, but still wanted to believe, I wondered how hard it must be to keep the secret alive when kids have regular internet access. So I did a google search: “Is Santa real?” to see what they might find and came across this awesome interactive advent calendar. [Read more...]
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“Just how thin is the line that separates movies from comics?” asks Butcher Billy, a graphic artist, illustrator and web designer from Brazil. Have we really come that far, or are our modern films just rehashing classic themes… or as he puts it, exchanging “ink” for “pixels?” As we can see from his new series, The Superhero Media Crossover Project, despite the massive advances in technology and a complete change in format, much of our new movies owe a serious debt to the comic artists of the past. [Read more...]
