Dec 20, 2020

Great animated shorts

Hey, it's Sunday. Wanna watch some cartoons?

Aug(De)Mented Reality 4 (Hombre McSteez, 2016, 3 min)
Hombre McSteez blends 2D animation with stop-motion to set his characters loose in the real world. Once you start watching his work, it's hard to stop. More on the artist in his video bio, Behind the Steez.

The Child Strikes Back (Cory Strassburger, 2020, 8 min)
Baby Yoda meets with his agent to make some demands. This CGI short was completed in two weeks with minimal equipment to show just how easy making high-quality CGI has become. Read the making-of in this AWN article.

Désolé (Jamie Hewlett, 2020, 6 min)
Over the past few months, virtual band, Gorillaz has been releasing music videos to promote their latest album, Song Machine. I like this one and Pac-Man.

And a couple of trailers for TV shows:
The Great North and Matt Groening's Disenchantment, Season 2.