Melvins New Album ‘Nude With Boots’

The Melvins new album (due July 8th) will be brilliantly titled ‘Nude With Boots’. HERE is the track listing courtesy of CMJ new music first.                                                                                                                                                                1.The Kicking Machine 2.Billy Fish 3.Dog Island 4.Dies Iraea 5.Suicide In Progress 6.The Smiling Cobra 7.Nude With Boots 8.Flush 9.The Stupid Creep 10. The Savage Hippy 11. It Tastes Better Than The Truth

British Animation Awards Winners 2008

Forgot to post this, but HERE’s the winners of the British Animation Awards 2008.  

Student Films:  t.o.m. by Tom Brown and Daniel Gray. Produced by International Film School, Wales

Pre School Series:  Charlie and Lola: Too Many Big Words by Kitty Taylor. Produced by Tiger Aspect for CBeebies

Film/TV Graphics: Fun Facts directed and produced by Trunk Animation for Red Bee Media/Bibigon

Best Children’s Series: Shaun the Sheep by Richard Goleszowski.Produced by Aardman Animations for CBBC

Best Film at Cutting Edge: Magnetic Movie by Semi Conductor: Ruth Jarman & Joe Gerhardt An Animate Projects commission for Channel 4 in association with Arts Council England

Best Music Video: The Chemical Brothers: Salmon Dance by Dom & Nic for Virgin Records Ltd/EMI Music UK

Best Comedy: Cat Man Do by Simon TofieldProduced by Tandem Films.

Best Commercial Direction: Sony Bravia: Play Doh by Darren Walsh and Frank Budgen.  Produced by Passion Pictures for Fallon, London.

New Media: Best Commissioned Animation: The Peculiar Adventures of Hector by Sally Arthur and Sarah Cox. Produced by Aardman Animation for Texaco Road Safety

Best Commercial Craft: Sony Bravia: Play Doh by Darren Walsh and Frank Budgen.  Produced by Passion Pictures for Fallon, London.

Best TV Special: Peter and the Wolf by Suzie Templeton.  Produced by Break Thru Films for Channel 4 Ltd

Children’s Choice Award:  Shaun the Sheep by Richard Goleszowski.Produced by Aardman Animations for CBBC

Best Short Film: Yours Truly by Osbert Parker. An Animate Projects commission for Channel 4 in association with Arts Council England

Best Character Voice Performance: Robert Lindsay in The Technical Hitch by Jon Dunleavy.An independent Production.

Craft Award: The Pearce Sisters

Public Choice Film: ex-aequo Dreams and Desires and to.o.m.Dreams and Desires: Family Ties by Jaonna Quinn.  Produced by Beryl Productions International Ltd and  t.o.m. by Tom Brown & Daniel Gray.  Produced at the International Film School, Wales

Public Choice Music Video: OneEskimo: Hometime by Matt Latchford & Lucy SullivanProduced by Gravy Media for Little Polar Records

Public Choice Commercial: Protect the Human: Measles by Sweetworld TV/Lisle Turner.  Produced by Amnesty International. 

 

Pleased to see ‘Yours Truly’ by Osbert Parker winning best short film.                                                          

Playgrounds From Hell

HERE is a collection of Nightmare Playgrounds. Some are insane, some are hilarious, but all will have you scratching your head in wonder at why they were made in the first place.                                                                                                                                                                         

Justice : DVNO Video

I’m loving the new video for the Justice song DVNO.. It uses a montage of classic 80’s retro logos. If (like me) you were around in the wonderful eighties, you will spot the references and remember the originals.

sensations Of The Seasons : Animators Diary 5

I had planned on working a lot on SOTS over the last couple of weeks, yet I came down with a particularly nasty cold and became caught up in some lovely free time. So I alas haven’t started filming yet and I am still working on the construction of the theatre of freaks. This morning I ironed what will become the curtains and cloak of master Unzi.                                                                                                                          I also recently sawed the piano in half. Then using Fimo (a soft modeling clay that you bake to harden) I constructed the pipes for the piano/organ thingy .. which I am rather pleased with. So not a lot of progress to report I’m afraid, but I’m getting closer to some actual filming fun.

Pixaloo – Humanized Homer And Mario

 Snap that mouse clicker HERE to go to the bizarre Pixeloo web blog and see more un-tooned Photoshop magic. Thanx anonymous x pleas keep these up. 

Robbie The Robot Comes Bearing A Gift

Robbie The Robot Comes Bearing A Gift. By Myself. 2008.  

Amazing Big Dog Robot

Watch and be amazed by the new Big Dog Robot and how it manages to keep it’s balance on rough ground and ice better than us humans can !  Find out more HERE. 

This Side Of The Truth Video Blogs

Follow the progress on the new Ricky Gervais film ‘This Side of the Truth’ at his web site HERE.. the video blogs are hilarious. The film (comedy) is set in a world where no one has ever lied. Gervais’s’s’s character discovers how to lie and uses this power for his own personal gain. 

Simon’s Cat

Below are two wonderful animations by Simon Tofield (from Tandem Films). All cat lovers should instantly sympathize with Simon and recognize these cat characteristics.