Two days ago, the above video showed up in my RSS feed. Much to my surprise, the show reel of Ole Magnus Saxegard (a name previously unknown to me, despite the next paragraph) included one of my favorite short films/animations.

A few years back I was doing some research for an animation project that a client was interested in putting together. I came across “The History of Evil” (video below). The story was a little on the vague side as to how exactly the history of evil was passed down through the generations, but the animation itself was top shelf. Although the animation that we were working on had to be cut due to budget reasons, the inspiration remained.

So, here it is, one of my all-time favorite web released animation shorts: A History of Evil.

The plans are nearly complete…

This is a follow up to a previous post we had regarding fan-made clips of Star Wars, Ep. IV. {As you may remember} The entire movie was edited down into 15 second clips and then users signed up, and subsequently, recreated their own version of the movie action.

The Star Wars: Uncut trailer has been available for a little while, but things have been pretty busy around the digital office recently, so we’ve had no time to post. Here’s this clip of the trailer. For the full movie (in all it’s glory) you can visit the Star Wars Uncut website.

The animated .gif has been around as long as the internet, but for those of us that actually remember when they were all the rage threeframes.net/ has an answer.

The idea is to take three frames from any particular movie, animate, rinse, and repeat. The effects are crazy. I HIGHLY recommend that you check this one out.

This video appears as a single piece of a 472 part, user-generated recreation of the sci-fi epic, Star Wars.

With the entire movie split into 15 second clips, legions of Star Wars fans can now become a part of the legacy by contributing their own videos to make up the larger movie. The production process is already underway, and current and future video clips can be found at www.starwarsuncut.com.

When everyone’s clips have been completed the entire movie will be hemmed together to produce one gigantic piece of Star Wars lore.

flight patterns from Charlie McCarthy on Vimeo.

My Influences from Dan Meth on Vimeo. Probably one of the greatest video influence reels we’ve seen. Awesome.

Invader, an anonymous french street artist, has been planting these little pieces of culture in public places for years. The above video shows how one man, armed with only his love of pixels and pop culture, has created masterpiece works from an everyday kid’s toy.

Invader is infamous world wide as a street artist, which essentially means that his real identity is kept under wraps. His work has been seen in hundreds of locations world wide, with locations being added daily. While not as well known in the states as the likes of Shepard Fairey, his work is none-the-less brilliant in both it’s design, as well as it’s execution. If nothing else, marvel at the fact that this may be one of the world’s master Rubic’s Cube wizards.

When I lived in L.A. I kept running across a number of his street art installations in the most random of places. (Which, incidentally, is how they are best viewed.) I wasn’t in the know at the time, but this idea did have an impact on my view of what art really could be. After doing a little “street research” I finally tracked down what was going on and have been a fan for years now.

While the above video incorrectly attributes the phrase “Rubik Cubism” to have originated with Invader in his work, it is still staggering to sit back and watch as the cover art unfolds. The time lapse approach is used brilliantly, with layers of meaning both in the music, as well as the content choice for these two pieces.

You can see more street art and indoor installations at his site: Space Invaders.

There has long been lego builders who create nearly impossible things out of thousands of little pieces, but this really takes the cake.