Thursday, August 31, 2006

Kittenwar

It's like "Hot or Not" for kittens. If you like cute things then this is for you. If you don't then vote for the ugly one and skew the results.

Wednesday, August 30, 2006

Amazing Stop Motion Video Creation

This video is made up of a ridiculous number of still images. I'm not sure how long this took to make but it was a long, long time. Instead of models or puppets, like with most stop motion videos, this one features a person. Also there are some Nintendo-style sound effects involved.

Tuesday, August 29, 2006

Skater Matt

Skater Matt is super simple animation. The characters don't move except to cruise around on roller skates and do occasional flips. Their joints don't move, their faces don't change expressions and there's no lighting or rendering what-so-ever. Still, the dialogue is hilarious and it's made all the more funny by the lack of polish.

Monday, August 28, 2006

Roboclaw

This is a simple, but very challenging flash game where you use a robot claw to drop a ball into a container. The arrow keys rotate the claw not only from its base, but also from a joint in the middle adding the challenge. From there you have to manuever around all sorts of obstacles.

Friday, August 25, 2006

PikaPika

This guy makes amazing animations using only a flashlight and a camera set to take long exposures. He uses the light to draw in the 3D space around him. His animations have a really cool look (they're made of lines made of light) and a really cool sketchy graphic style. How he can keep positions and drawings in his head I have no idea, but some of the stuff gets pretty advanced.

Thursday, August 24, 2006

Hope is Emo

This video podcast is brought to you but the creators of Ask a Ninja. It features a totally emo girl who gets sad about everything. It seems like such a simple concept, but all of their episodes have offered something new and fresh. Also, in the same way that you could ask the ninja a questions, you are invited to send Hope advice.

Wednesday, August 23, 2006

Time Fountain

Time fountain. Watch as this guy uses strobing LEDs to create the illusion that drops of liquid are prozen in time, moving in slow motion, or even reversing their courses and traveling back up to the source. Plus, he can interact with the drops in real time. It's definitely inspired.

Tuesday, August 22, 2006

Michel Gagné's Prelude to Eden

A short film by Michel Gagné about two tiny particles that just can't get along. For an independent animation done mostly by himself, this is amazing. He says it took 4 and a half years to complete, and I believe it. It looks like he worked on it hard. It's fun and bright and super smooth.

Friday, August 18, 2006

Concert Ticket Generator

Use this site to create your fake concert tickets. They won't get you into any shows, but they will definitely food a casual observer. If you scrapbook, you could use it to claim you went to shows you didn't actually attend. If you're more like me, you just want to see your name on that little piece of paper. Either way, it's pretty slick.

Thursday, August 17, 2006

AOL Log Search

Here's a page that lets you search other people's searches on AOL. It's pretty crazy what some people search for. For example, a search for the word "awesome" showed that people had been searching for everything from "awesome god" to "awesome porno galleries." And, of course, "awesome 80s prom." The goons over at somethingawful.com got ahold of this over the weekend, and so some of the results might be skewed toward hilarity. Or inappropriateness, depending on how you see things. Thanks, Nate, for the link.