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Disney’s Gorgeous Hand-Drawn Short ‘Paperman’ Is the Most Romantic Thing in Animation

February 14, 2025 Art

Paperman went on to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 2013, and it remains one of the most technically interesting things Disney has produced in the modern era. The film uses a hybrid technique called Meander, which layers hand-drawn 2D lines directly over 3D computer animation — giving it the warmth of classic cel work with the spatial depth of CG. The result feels genuinely timeless in a way that fully digital animation rarely manages to achieve.

Walt Disney Animated Studios has a great short that played before the theater-release of Wreck-it-Ralph called Paperman. It’s beaut.

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Freshpet Holiday Feast

December 8, 2018 Advertising

We had to repost this Freshpet holiday feast ad, it’s too funny not to revisit.

The folks at Freshpet have a hilarious video showcasing a giant dog (and cat) feast, holiday style! Made in collaboration with the Utah Humane Society, the spot features all rescue dogs, and their antics at the dinner table.

And a great making-of video, showcasing how hard it is to control a table full of dogs with a dinner feast in front of them!

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Cirque du Soleil’s Drone Ballet

September 24, 2014 Art

Something magical happens when you carefully mix technology and art. Cirque du Soleil has a ‘lab’ where they create new theatre and art projects, and one of those latest projects is called Sparked. Using ten quadcopter drones and choreographing them to an actor’s movement, they’ve created theater out of these funny flying bots. No CG at all, these are actual flying robots. By far the most elegant use of drones to date, the clever use of lampshades hides the bare technology in a veil of pedestrian familiarity. Via LaughingSquid and Cirque Du Soleil.

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Honda’s Illusions

October 28, 2013 Advertising

Honda has another CG-free ad narrated by Garrison Keillor, somewhat similar to this classic ad from a few years ago. This one is titled Illusions. Check out the ad and the very cool making of, below.

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Slow Motion Paint on a Speaker

October 10, 2013 Art

The Slo-Mo Guys do this type of stuff all the time, but seeing paint move at 2500 FPS is pretty neat.

Art

Marcello Barenghi’s Realism

September 12, 2013 Art

Via Colossal, a remarkable set of realistic drawings by Marcello Barenghi.

Art

Drone’s Eye View of Burning Man 2013

September 10, 2013 Art

Pretty remarkable aerial footage filmed from a drone at Burning Man 2013. It gives you a great perspective on scale. Via Eddie.com.

Documentary Film

16 Spot-on Moments

September 4, 2013 Documentary Film

16 exciting, hilarious, harrowing moments in life, captured just at the right millisecond. Via StumbleUpon:

Design

Chris Hadfield’s Space Oddity

May 13, 2013 Design

Chris Hadfield is definitely the most charismatic astronaut in popular culture today. I’m not sure if that’s saying much, but the man is electric, doing science experiments over YouTube and actually getting people interested in outer space. He’s from the Canadian Space Agency, and he recently did an amazing cover of David Bowie’s Space Oddity, while literally floating through outer space (in the International Space Station). Its him playing and singing, and Chris, thank you for making space cool.

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Future

Exploring Internet Firsts

April 30, 2013 Future

Here are a smattering of internet firsts, from the very beginning of Amazon to YouTube’s first video. Via Business Insider:

The first picture uploaded to the web

The first picture ever uploaded on the web was posted by Tim Burners Lee (inventor of the World Wide Web) on behalf of a comedy band called Les Horrible Cernettes.

The first banner ad

Joe McCambley ran the first banner ad ever online. It went live in October 1994 on HotWired.com and it promoted 7 art museums, sponsored by AT&T.

The first book purchased on Amazon

The first book purchased on Amazon was Douglas Hofstadter’s Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies: Computer Models of the Fundamental Mechanisms of Thought in 1995.

The first Youtube video

The first YouTube video posted was posted by co-founder Jawed Karim at the San Diego Zoo. It was uploaded on April 23, 2005 and has been watched nearly 310 million times.

The first tweet

The first tweet was written by co-founder Jack Dorsey on March 21, 2006.

Animals

Perpetual Night

February 18, 2013 Animals

I wish I could see Yang Yongliang’s work in person, because it’s otherworldly and stunning. A vision of a future that is calming yet exhilarating. Click on this top image for a more detailed look.

Via Colossal:

Yongliang is known for his sprawling photographic collages that depict the devastating effects of uncontrolled urbanisation and industrialisation. At a distance the works look like traditional Chinese painting and calligraphy but when viewed up close, the peaceful mountains and seascapes are found to be choked with buildings, factories, and machinery.

Sleepless Wonderland, Lightbox, 2012

The Silent City: Digitally Assembled Futuristic Megalopolises by Yang Yongliang digital collage China
Sleepless Wonderland, Lightbox, 2012 (detail)

The Silent City: Digitally Assembled Futuristic Megalopolises by Yang Yongliang digital collage China
Snake and Grenade, Lightbox, 2012

The Silent City: Digitally Assembled Futuristic Megalopolises by Yang Yongliang digital collage China
Snake and Grenade, Lightbox, 2012 (detail)

The Silent City: Digitally Assembled Futuristic Megalopolises by Yang Yongliang digital collage China
Wolf and Landmines, Lightbox, 2012

The Silent City: Digitally Assembled Futuristic Megalopolises by Yang Yongliang digital collage China
Full Moon, Lightbox, 2012

The Silent City: Digitally Assembled Futuristic Megalopolises by Yang Yongliang digital collage China
Bowl of Tapei No. 03, 2012

The Silent City: Digitally Assembled Futuristic Megalopolises by Yang Yongliang digital collage China
Bowl of Tapei No. 04, 2012

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Theo Gray’s Periodic Table Table

February 27, 2012 Art

Theodore W. Gray is one of the founders of Wolfram Research and is currently Wolfram’s Director of User Interface Technology.

He is a prominent element collector and created a wooden periodic table with compartments for samples of each of the elements. This table won him an Ig Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2002.