And we won’t hurt you.
Hello Rubber House! I’ve just discovered this animation studio, based in Melbourne. Led by Gregory Sharp + Ivan Dixon, Rubber House has directed and animated two music videos for Gotye’s album Making Mirrors. I was able to catch Don’t Worry, We’ll Be Watching You during Gotye’s recent tour to NYC!
Coincidence! Ivan Dixon was just announced the winner of The LoopdeLoop LIQUID Screening. Congrats Ivan!
~Joy
Every once in a while, the little hermits of the animation world come out to play, for real. We are all virtually escaping our isolation tanks to connect + get loopy with a monthly animation challenge called LoopdeLoop. It’s magic.
Every month there’s a new theme to animate. There are a few simple rules. Like it can’t be dirty…in that perverted way. And it has to loop!
In collaboration with MTV’s Liquid Television, March’s theme is LIQUID. And since it’s so normal to take baths with monsters who are being frighteningly adorable in the tub, we created this little loop.
{inspired by Noey’s happy thoughts}
If you don’t like our loop, you’re wrong. So maybe if you feel like it show some love by clicking on the tiny stars? It’d be a lot cooler if you did.
Let’s all go to Australia! And attend their show at Loop on Tuesday March 27th, 7:30PM. All posted loops will screen + a winner will be announced, receiving a mystical prize. Oooh!
When stepping up to a challenge like this, there’s a lot of time spent getting sucked in by the many talented + creative submissions! The friendly competition is special. A few of my favorites include work by Nathanael Scott, Neil Sanders and last month’s winner, Felix Colgrave. Uhmazing.
Every project should have a goal as achievable + fun as this one. A contest like looping cycles is totally doable. Actually, it’s hypnotizing. After we finished animating all the bath time fun, we took a nap.
What will next month bring? I’m excited.
~Joy
Our dear friends at the Charleston International Film Festival invited us to design the poster for them again this year!
When they asked us to create an animated festival trailer as well, we decided to bring the happy creatures in the poster to life for the big screen. We hope you enjoy the spontaneous island dance party as much as these little guys.
Noelle
Look! An animated music video that’s legitimately scary and just adorable. “My Heart Belongs to You” by Lev Polyakov.
The hamster is crushing on a red headed school teacher (meow!) and rescues her from evil demons, obviously. And the music by Colin Huggins kicks surfer butt.
It’s up for Best Short on Reel 13. So if you enjoyed the light comedy + epic adventure of this video, it’d be so weird if you didn’t vote. Voting ends for this week on Wednesday at 5PM. Holy sh*t it’s Tuesday. There’s still time!
I’m excited to discover this contest and might even submit my own if the mood strikes. Everyone should! Here’s some motivation — the winner receives $250 and is broadcast on Reel 13 Saturday night on THIRTEEN. On television.
I feel like a princess.
~Joy
Thanks, Hess, for sharing with us this incredible new animated video from Buck today.
Metamorphosis, directed and produced by Buck.
This homage to all things gonzo and Hunter S. Thompson promotes Good Books, the online bookseller that passes all its profits through to Oxfam.
String Theory wrote the drug-rant-esque script, Antfood is responsible for the fantastic sound design and a guy named Thor Erickson, NOT Johnny Depp, did the voice over. He’s good; so convincing I almost thought this was an excerpt from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
Noelle
