Category: Worth a Quick Look

Now this is an example of the novel use of traditional materials to create really cool stuff. Sadly I don’t know the artist, or I could give them some credit. All I did was find it on an Internet site.

Paper + ink + scanner + animated gif

Update: I’ve found out who the author is. His name is Don Hertzfeldt, and his website is Bitter Films. This particular snippet of his animation is from a short film he created called Rejected that is currently available on DVD. After seeing the film, I have to say there’s a whole lot more to this film than the sample image I’ve linked up indicates. Really cool film actually. And to clarify, the title of this post is somewhat correct, but the art was not created using scanners and pens. He films everything on film. Check out his site for more information.

Just a few files I’ve been meaning to put up here. Note that the first one is not really suitable for anyone younger than a teen. So if you’re younger than 16 or so, don’t click that link … just don’t!

Yes, I know, anyone under 16 will now be forced to click the link. But I have absolved myself of all responsibility.

Why don’t they make ads like this and run them when I watch T.V.?

Several years ago I found this animated fight scene online, and have saved a copy of it here. This was around the time of the first Matrix movie, and it obviously pales to that film’s special effects. But the non-stop punishment of the stick people is a must today!

The wonders of modern technology. Not only can we share our pictures with everyone in the world, but they, too, can share their own interpretations of said pictures with the world.

Witness a good reason why you should never put your picture on the Internet.

Sometimes pictures are worth a thousand words … sometimes they’re worth just one letter. Sad but true.

But it also gives some really cool spelling opportunities. Check out this little site that allows you to spell anything out using photographs. You can choose amongst a few images for each letter, but in general you have little choice as to what images spell out the words.

But in a meta-image sense, would this be considered art? Are you the artist? Is a collage not the same thing, but this time the pictures making up the piece of art are chosen at random. Imagine if someone cut up all sorts of catalogues for you, mixed all the images up, and asked you to pick randomly from piles to spell a word. I’m willing to bet someone would consider one of the two of you an artist.

Isn’t digital life fun?!

Looking for a smile on a dreary day? Caption Machine is worth a laugh or two. Anyone can upload an image, and people start writing captions for it. The best ones are rated highly by other visitors to the site (yes – you can vote too!), and percolate to the top of the page.

Enjoy!