Things I Think Are Kinda Cool » Animation http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com Wed, 09 May 2012 22:02:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Stop-Motion That Makes You Go ‘Woah’ http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/10/27/stop-motion-that-makes-you-go-woah/ http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/10/27/stop-motion-that-makes-you-go-woah/#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:45:12 +0000 John Jude http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/?p=6835 One of the best stop-motion videos I’ve seen in a looooong time:


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]]> http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/07/13/the-first-true-animation-ever/feed/ 0 When Milk Crates Get Wild http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/06/07/when-milk-crates-get-wild/ http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/06/07/when-milk-crates-get-wild/#comments Tue, 07 Jun 2011 17:15:15 +0000 John Jude http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/?p=6235 Why didn’t anyone tell me about Australia’s ‘World’s Biggest Most Awesome Waste of Time Competition‘? I guess the organizers felt I was just too important and that my time is incredibly valuable – (maybe next year!)

Check out one of the best stop-motion entries:

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]]> http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/06/07/when-milk-crates-get-wild/feed/ 0 Finding A Lost Art Form: The Making Of “Snow White” http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/04/13/finding-a-lost-art-form-the-making-of-snow-white/ http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/04/13/finding-a-lost-art-form-the-making-of-snow-white/#comments Wed, 13 Apr 2011 15:19:56 +0000 John Jude http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/?p=5749 Go back to a simpler time with this official Disney doc about the making of “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”…a time when writers sat at typewriters with huge cigars hanging out of their mouths, and when hundreds of “pretty girls, in a building all their own, well-lighted and air-conditioned throughout”, colored each individual frame of the film.

And keep your eyes peeled at the 6:00 mins mark for the Mickey and Minnie characters at the film’s premiere…SCARY!

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]]> http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/03/20/explaining-the-nuclear-crisis-with-potty-humor/feed/ 0 A Video Love Letter To The OCD In All Of Us http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/02/26/a-video-love-letter-to-the-ocd-in-all-of-us/ http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/02/26/a-video-love-letter-to-the-ocd-in-all-of-us/#comments Sat, 26 Feb 2011 18:50:27 +0000 John Jude http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/?p=5406 This self-organizing bookcase is amazing, but it sort of takes all the wacky fun out of being neurotic!


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]]> http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/02/26/a-video-love-letter-to-the-ocd-in-all-of-us/feed/ 0 Kinda Cool Music Video: ‘Squeeze Me’ by Kraack & Smaak http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/02/21/kinda-cool-music-video-squeeze-me-by-kraack-smaak/ http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/02/21/kinda-cool-music-video-squeeze-me-by-kraack-smaak/#comments Tue, 22 Feb 2011 00:35:55 +0000 John Jude http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/?p=5352 Apologies in advance for the unnecessary alliteration, but this is a feat of fantastic flipbook-ing.

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