Jay Quercia

Check out the cool style of New York-based designer Jay Quercia.

DANIELS: Weetabix “Dancer”

A cute little girl takes a bite of her Weetabix breakfast. That’s the usual cue to dive into the bowl for a cereal-inspired world of animation for 20 seconds before zooming out to a smiling family and an endtag.

How about, instead, the girl gets out of her chair and takes us on an acid trip dance party with rimlit breaking bears. Yes?

Who is having more fun than DANIELS? No one.

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ManvsMachine and Proud Creative: BT Vision

Elegant work from ManvsMachine and Proud Creative  for the BT Vision rebrand. (Thanks to Kevin for the nudge.)

Siggraph 2011: Damian Nenow “Paths of Hate” Interview

The trailer for Paths of Hate showcased its effortless combination of comic book visual style with dynamic dogfighting camera motion and kinetic editing. The film is directed by Damian Nenow at Poland’s Platige Image.

I was able to catch up with Damian in Vancouver and find out a little more about this beautiful film. He and Platige Image were also generous enough to provide some fantastic making-of materials that show how much care went into the film, both artistically and technically.

Check it all out here.

Guilherme Marcondes: Bunraku Opening Sequence

For the opening title sequence of Guy Moshe’s film Bunraku, Guilherme Marcondes introduces us to the Bunraku alternate universe — from pre-historic animals fighting for survival to its present-day third world war. It’s got a lovely mixed-media style, including the puppeteering technique explored earlier in his short film Tyger. The title sequence was entirely fabricated and shot at the Hornet Workshop.

Originally made back in 2008, it’s finally available online. Don’t miss the great production photos and art at Gui’s Flickr Set.

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November: Pictoplasma NYC

This November, Pictoplasma returns to New York City, bringing a colorful parade of speakers, characters, films and art along with it.

Focusing on the art and craft of character design, this year’s lineup of speakers spans the globe, including Geneviève Gauckler (FR), Allyson Mellberg Taylor (USA), BeatBots (JP/USA) and Jon Burgerman (UK). They cover a wide range of media and disciplines, such as illustration, graphic design, game design, fashion, art and robotics. In addition to the conference, there will be four days of events, screenings, installation and other madcap fun across the city.

Get the full details on the Pictoplasma site and register early. Oh, and if you’re reading this, then we want to thank you by giving away one free pass via a random drawing. Leave your name and an e-mail address in the comments below before 12 pm EST Thursday, Oct. 6. One entry per person, please. We’ll announce the winner later this week.

See you there!

UPDATE: Comments are now closed. We’ll announce the winner soon!

UPDATE #2: We have a winner! Congratulations to Waleed Zaiter and thanks to all who participated. Stay tuned to our Twitter and Facebook pages for more opportunities!

[London] Screen Social

Wednesday, October 26 @ The Book Club in London, raise a little money and watch a few films at the Screen Social. Submit your films here.