- Singapore airlines ad

This, my friends, is what i consider to be great graphic design. Simple, clean, elegant. Simple animation techniques, beautiful effect. 

By the way. It was done by the whynotassociates studio.

- Are you ready to laugh?

Hi.
Today i decided to start my day by having a look at some of Darren's recommended animations. Fantastic. This one , to me, works a little as the coyote and beep beep bird (from looney tunes) that he showed us in the beginning of the course. It's umblelievable how many ideas can this people generate in such little time. And... making it funny.
If you study with me, you probably know this link, if you don't, here it goes, enjoy www.fat-pie.com/flash.htm

- Animation, Charles Bukowski

This animation was produced in 1999 by Jonathan Hodgson. I was fascinated by it, and only at the end i understood it is a refference to Charles Bukowskyi life, or life style, or way of thinking.. see it. It is probably better to read one of his books to understand his philosophy, i recommend, "factotum", from 1975.


"For those who believe in God, most of the big questions are answered. But for those of us who can't readily accept the God formula, the big answers don't remain stone-written. We adjust to new conditions and discoveries. We are pliable. Love need not be a command nor faith a dictum. I am my own god. We are here to unlearn the teachings of the church, state, and our educational system. We are here to drink beer. We are here to kill war. We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us."
— Charles Bukowski

- "I'm here", Absolut vodka movie

Here, you can see the movie "I'm here". It's part of the Absolut vodka campaign. It's fantastic, it lasts 40 minutes, so, take your time, maybe leave it for tonight, after dinner..
I found it when i was exploring tbwa.com (the agency responsible for Apple's "Get a Mac" campaign). It was this agency that in seven years transformed Asolut, to become market leader in the United States. The film Director is Spike Jonze.
Enjoy.

- Frame by frame animation

Today was nice, easy and inspiring.

At 11 i was half an hour late to the GDF group tutorial (or workshop, whatever it is called). The meeting went alright but i cannot not think that it could have been more productive. Daren was there, and if he lets it go this way, i guess thats how it should go.. Handed my week's research to the group colleagues. We made some exercises on ideas generation and not much else happened..

At 12 i was convinced to join the workshop (or whatever it is called) with David, on animation. GREAT. I did animation before. I did a diploma on animation two years ago, using Flash. Today, we used istopmotion, a program that makes frame by frame animation become muuuch easier. You need a camera, a tripod, a surface, and a story. The rest is easy. You can see the two videos i did today in class.

We worked, fast, in a group. I am fascinated about this animation technique we've learned. I want to do more videos like this. You can also check, here, the work of the artist, Blu, using the same technique. After lunch we had PPD session with Catherine. We talked about work placements. We researched different design agencies, and we did exercises on how to approach them.

Easy, lovely day.