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The Home-brewed iPod Ad
You’ve probably heard about it by now, but here’s the decidedly righteous home-brewed iPod ad created by designer and Apple enthusiast George Masters.

Wired posted an interesting article discussing possible implications of this ad. (Thanks to my buddy Ross for the tip on this one.)

Other organizations who’ve recently benefited from grassroots video ads are Converse (via Converse Gallery) and Creative Commons. Thanks to increasingly accessible and affordable technology, this trend will undoubtedly continue to grow in popularity.

The Awakening of Consciousness
This upcoming film looks promising. Make sure to check out the 2D and 3D sections for great concept art. According to the News section, the project is nearly complete, so check back soon.

The Work of Jaron Albertin
Thanks to a thread on Mograph, I recently discovered director/artist Jaron Albertin. You can find some choice selections of his work Soft Citizen site.

Make sure to check out the promo for Circlesquare. So simple, so haunting, so… well, cool.

Poules Quiès
Check out this wonderful animated short done entirely in Combustion. For more details from the craetor, see this CGTalk thread.

Over Time
From Partizan Lab comes “Over Time,” a beautiful animated short about a recently-deceased puppeteer and his very lively puppets. Open this page and click on “Over Time” to watch the film.

Edit: Partizan yanked it from their site. Try this page instead, courtesy of ‘boards magazine.

Exopolis have updated their reel. Choice work. Great sense of space in a lot of the 3D work.

Here’s a direct link to the reel.

And I still like their site. Nice and smooth. Gotta run…!

With the able aid of Mr. Jayson Whitmore, Blur Studio recently completed some excellent promotional spots for the upcoming “Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events.” (You can see some of the spots on Blur’s site, but I prefer to view those on Jayson’s, mainly because they’re next to the rest of his work, which is well worth a gander.)

Designed by Blur’s Norn Kittiaksorn and animated primarily by Jayson and Adam Swaab, the spots sport some excellent typography, lively camera moves and whimsical transitions.

(Make sure to check out Adam Swaab’s site for more choice work.)

Great job, everyone!

There’s nice work at The Ends. I only wish there was more.

You know, watching the Napoleon Dynamite pieces (while mentally removing the obnoxious voiceovers), reminds me just how much I like that film.

“Don’t be jealous that I’ve been chatting online with babes… all day.”

Classic.