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I was lucky enough to be one of the 110,000 people in Las Vegas for the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show this past weekend, and I had a somewhat unexpected reaction to what I saw.  I expected to be surrounded by a dazzling array of innovative (if not bizarre) consumer products, on display for the world to see and fall in love with.  What I encountered was thousands of products that showed little to no original thought, and a collection of giant companies continuing to refuse to work together to improve the lives of their customers.  Here are a few observations: (more…)

Ryan Reeb is working on an animated short film called “Lillith & Thatch”, and he needs your help to complete it.  They’ve run up against a wall and they need some funding to push through and find the talented artists required to finish the project.  They made a Kickstarter page for the project so you can find out more about it and donate a little or a lot and make this dream a reality.  Please pass this info along and get the word spread far and wide, we’re trying to get Ryan out of his VFX artist’s chair and into a Director chair where he belongs!

This video is simple, beautiful, and very well done, which are my three favorite things to see in motion graphics work.  Just goes to show you how far good 3D tracking and clear ideas can take you.  It is a thank you to the sponsors of the AICP Southwest Festival that happened earlier this month, and was created by Corgan Media Lab .  I was not aware of these folks before, but I’m a solid fan now!  Discovered via Designcollector TV.

This video made me laugh. A lot. A whole lot. Brilliant idea, perfect execution, enjoy!

A while back, Stash Magazine linked to this cool little short film by Tim Bollinger, and I liked it, so I’m passing it along for you all to enjoy.  So enjoy it, darnit!

A while back, I wrote a little bit about a project we had just shot, a short film to help pitch a TV show idea brought to the table by Gene. It was the first RED shoot for any of us, and it went extremely well- certainly a learning experience on many fronts. This piece has been edited for a while, and we are working on getting the project moved along to the next stages, but we decided that in the meantime there was no harm in releasing the video onto the web for everyone to enjoy.

This is a tone piece, or sizzle reel, or whatever you feel like calling it; it is designed to give you a taste for the show’s look and feel but not necessarily structure. I hope you all like it, we worked very hard to get it to this stage, and are working even harder to get it to the next ones.

This video is short, sweet, and just about the best start to any day. Any kid that can do something badass and follow it with being cute wins, in my book.  Via Geekologie.

This is too weird/funny to not post. Happy Friday!

If you missed the first time we threw a BeerPONG event, well, here’s your chance to fix your mistake.  On Thursday June 18th, we are bringing it back for you.  BeerPONG is a custom version of the classic arcade game PONG, built as a competitive drinking game.  The first tournament last November was incredibly fun, with a nailbiting 9-9 final round that was more exciting than you can imagine.  If you want to play, register your 2 man team here.  If you want to come watch, just get the address and other info from here.  If you want to see what you can expect, check out the pics from the first tournament here.  If you want to practice, you can play the full game here.  If you missed it in November, shame on you.  If you miss it in June, shame on you also!

We get a lot of random links and messages and hellos and “hey, we’re making shows like you, let’s help each other out!”.  This is an example of how not to do it: (more…)