animation

Gator Skater

Check out these amusing little animated shorts created by Nate Milton. [Source: Fecalface] – Thanks to MC for the tip.

Lego vert session

It’s a lego vert session. What more do you need to know? It looks like it’s a combination of stop action and computer animation. Like all good skate videos, it’s got a slam section.

Denver the Last Dinosaur is possibly one of the best bad cartoon relics out there. Basically, a dinosaur egg hatches, and hangs out with kids skateboarding, riding BMX and sort of communicating in a more subdued Scooby Doo style. The animation is horrible, I swear it approaches 5 frames a second. The voiceover is what […]

James Jarvis for MTV

Illustrator and vinyl toy designer James Jarvis made this station ID for MTV with Richard Kenworthy. It’s a cool animation and it’s not his fault that the network is flaming bag of dog poo. That would be a good station ID for MTV actually. [Source: Hypebeast]

Very reminiscent of skateboardanimation, and also very cool. Almost as interesting? The making of video. Still more at Cleptomanicx. – Thanks to… I’ve misplaced the email with the tip, Help!

Toy Division

I don’t do many strictly music posts lately, but this one really appealed to my love of all things postmodern and post-punk. And of course, toys. It’s a recreation of Joy Division’s TV appearance on the BBC show Something Else. Compare it to the real thing after the jump – Thanks to SteveB for the […]

The (other) Skateboard Movie

Another skateboard movie made with Legos. It’s got slapstick, chase scenes, sound effect, lavish sets and a garage punk soundtrack thanks to the Beatnik Termites. What more could you ask for? How about surprise twist at the end, or more like another movie grafted on. Still fun. – Thanks to Matthijs for the tip.