Watch Fantasy Creatures Dance and Bloom in This Gorgeous, Trippy Animation

Watch Fantasy Creatures Dance and Bloom in This Gorgeous, Trippy Animation "Japanese animator Hideki Inaba has built a fantastical, alien world of plants, insects, and squid-like creatures for the Beatsofreen track Slowly Rising. And it’s magical."

Graffiti Artist Uses Stop Animation To Make Paint Drip Down Walls — And It's Mesmerizing

Graffiti Artist Uses Stop Animation To Make Paint Drip Down Walls — And It's Mesmerizing "Dian, a street artist, creates works of graffiti art that transform — literally — right before your eyes."

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This woman was a genius at stop-motion Vine videos, so she turned her hobby into a business

This woman was a genius at stop-motion Vine videos, so she turned her hobby into a business "Meagan started making vines right when the video app launched, and she now has over 637,000 followers. She’s been featured in Wired and Time magazines for her stop-motion mastery. Lowe’s Chief Marketing Officer said Meagan gave the company “a different dimension.""

Here comes Playmobil animation: London Fire Brigade to the rescue!

Here comes Playmobil animation: London Fire Brigade to the rescue! Call the fire station! To launch the London Fire Brigade’s 150th anniversary, introduce your little heroes to their brave endeavours and teach them about fire safety. Starring their favourite characters from the PLAYMOBIL fire brigade range of playsets, this sing-a-long stop-motion video will educate children on what London’s finest firefighters do in the line of duty.

Make a Stop Motion Video Rig with a Raspberry Pi

Make a Stop Motion Video Rig with a Raspberry Pi "If you own a Raspberry Pi with the PiCam camera module, you’re already well on the way to building your own stop-motion animation studio!"

How to make an animated Space Invader in Fallout 4

How to make an animated Space Invader in Fallout 4 "That's the work of RFarmer who wired up a ton of lights, generators and three terminals to program this thing. It's made of three parts - the bit that doesn't animate and the two moving bits. You can read his imgur guide to building it in the gallery up there."

If ‘Fantasia’ Hadn’t Flopped 75 Years Ago, What Would Feature Animation Look Like Today?

If ‘Fantasia’ Hadn’t Flopped 75 Years Ago, What Would Feature Animation Look Like Today? "Seventy-five years ago today, Walt Disney swung for the fences with his third full-length animated feature (and his second in 1940, following Pinocchio). Fantasia has always been an experience as much as a film: over two hours long (not counting an intermission), requiring installation of a special sound system, with segments including a depiction of evolution on Earth as well as a climax wherein a demon is defeated by the inherent goodness of wandering monks. Hell, an opera commentator emcees it, for God’s sake. Little surprise, then, that in spite of its 1940s-era roadshow release, Fantasia ended up losing more money than Pinocchio, only making anything back after decades of re-releases."