Tuesday, April 18, 2006

Headless Noggin, Anyone?

I'm kind of enamored with one of the latest short films (titled Noggin) to come out of BYU's animation department. I think the creativity behind some of the characters is just fabulous. The artwork reminds me distinctly of a childhood book my family had growing up, full of fantastic illustrations of giants. They were mostly rugged images, very earthy. I remember one particular favorite where the giant was part of a mountain. I believe that giant was slumbering, and had grown over with moss, and become like unto a great mountain.

In any case illustrations from Noggin such as this one remind me of that old book. (The exact title of the book seems to have slipped my mind, unfortunately.)

You can see some very rudimentary clips of Noggin here.

And here are some other fun animations coming out of BYU's animation department.

And this has nothing to do with animation, and perhaps not giants, but I find it very lively.

Other fun images of giants: One, Two, and Three.

BYU's next rumored giant animation project?

posted by Rhapsidiomite @ 6:56 PM
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