Moooooooom!!

Totally non-design related.

It's traumatic enough for a child to lose his mom, let alone a goat.



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JimCarrey.com

JimCarrey.com


Welcome to the mind of Jim Carrey. It's awfully rare to see a major Hollywood actor having their own official website to begin with, or even simply have it contain more than just their filming credits. JimCarrey.com was carefully built to reflect the actor's identity and experience (based on most character he's played for many years), thus end up creating a very bizarre personal branding... and also a glimpse into the mind of his.



Are you scared yet?


It's very Monty Python-like, but then again, exploring 'his mind' gave me slight nausea and confusion just by sticking around for a minute. Technically, the traveling motion that works as a transition from one section of the page to another was carefully animated to give a sense of 'dwelving' into one's mind.



I want to smoke whatever Jim's smoking.


Since he is already a well-established actor via comedy films then watching him take more serious roles to some twisted villainy types, most of us (fans or not) are already prepared by the personalities Jim Carrey has embodied. Sure, this website might seem a little scary, strange and eccentric but it actually made me feel a little step closer to the actor. I am very, very sure he plays a role into building/designing this website, which made it seem like he took the time to dedicate his personal side for us commoners.



Very up close and personal indeed


I absolutely love the interactive parts of this domain, and the levels of layer some of us can explore (you just need to click around a lot) which acts like Easter eggs. I am still amazed that as I'm going deeper and deeper into this website, I am often reminded that this isn't just a page of some design company, or even a site to promote a film... but actually from a very well-known Hollywood actor and comedian.



Wait, he's Canuck????


Whatever, I still love you Jim Carrey.
JimCarrey.com



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SURFACE : A film from underneath from TU+ on Vimeo.

Surface by Varathit Uthaisri

This piece is breathtaking. An experimental short film (for a thesis project) done by (Communication) Design and Technology grad students from Parsons School of Design (yay my ex-school!), explores the point of view from underneath the urban space we took for granted, every day. It's purely fascinating, as this short film brings a fresh point of view (pun intended?) to our daily lives in the city.

I know this is a mix of footage and animation, but I cannot help but wonder the props they used to demonstrate all the human actions happening above it. It's brilliant!

Okay, I love Justice. And this is another music related post. I'm sure we're already familiar with their DVNO videoclip, which consisted of every possible title card from 70s to the 80s on television! It's insane! The transitions are perfect from one identity to another, made to reflect the lyrics of the song. I wonder why most title card/logos back then were made on a darker background? Or am I missing something?

Justice - DVNO from Freedom Record on Vimeo.

Tee hee. I know this animation is old, (heck, all of my motion features here are a bit dated anyway, but still interesting), but it's one of my favourite stop motion pieces. Western Spaghetti, made from your everyday objects. Very well put together and thought! I especially love the shrinking dice!!!!

But to chop off your dollar bill and throw it into the pan? Honey, that's how I roll. Except that the Washingtons belong in the toilet, and Lincolns in the kitchen. I'm a little high class that way.




In this economy crisis, I think we all should save money and begin cooking our own furniture.

hahahaha. I cannot stop doing this. I don't, I don't. And all of these are examples we students, with no sleep, no social life and food, can achieve within a week. Okay, at least by the end of semester. It's possible. I think.

MK12 // Funkstorung: Sleeping Beauty from MK12 on Vimeo.

Nando Costa, I love you, you're one of the earliest modern father of motion graphics (p.o.v), and you started with slicing layers and animating piece by piece in Flash:

"My Red Hot Car" for Squarepusher from Nando Costa on Vimeo.

and now?

you just killed me with this.

"Attract" for Zune from Nando Costa on Vimeo.

WHAT THE HELL. I LOVE THE LIQUID FLOW OF EACH TYPE TRANSITION!!
EVERYTHING IS WAY TOO SMOOTH! HOW CAN I TOP YOU LIKE THIS??!?

....So I once knew a teacher who knows Costa. Apparently Costa is already married, so... it looks like I've to go back to the drawing board. You know, actually working hard.