Cool Sites
(Visually- & Content-Wise)
The Animation Block Party Film Festival runs July 25, 2008 and exhibits the world's best independent, professional and student animation. This year's event is on the lawn of Automotive High School, 50 Bedford Ave, between N. 12th and Lorimer (Williamsburg Brooklyn); L to Bedford Avenue OR G to Nassau Avenue. In case of rain the show will be held indoors at the same location
8:00PM: Doors open
8:30PM: Sound Fix presents live music by Plushgun
9:00PM: Films
11:30PM - 1:00AM: Open Bar After Party at Matchless (557 Manhattan Avenue @ Driggs ) Courtesy of Radeberger beer
Tickets: $9.
For more information and tickets.
All weekend is a crazy incredible amount of great animation at BAM.
Best of the Ottawa Animation Festival 60min |
Animation Block Party 1 90min |
Animation Block Party 2 90min |
Animation Block Party 3 90min |
Are these a retrospective or new toons? Who knows from the disorganized, overly-artsy BAM website. Fab links to dozens of 'toons.
Happy, the unhappy, but really funnily bouyant, film by Ben Meinhardt (aka Crazy Death Monkey). An aminmation block party animator.
Zhu Zhiq's hysterically funny and amazing flash animation of a stick figure fighting off an army of other stick figures.
Alan Becker's imaginative stick figure taking on the flash cursor-- who will win?
Named "Pirates & Emperors." This is a playful, incredibly well-done flash movie about the "History of American Imperialism 101."
ShopRite has a cute game for kids where they run and dodge junk food and pick up points for gathering healthy food. Running away from an ice cream cone, what an interesting way to modify eating behavior!
Created by Columbian artist Ana Torres as a dramatic call to action to stop genocide. Ana said, "It was interesting to participate in this contest because I have always enjoyed showcasing my computer animation skills. Beyond that, I am more aware of world events that I never knew about."
More award-winning, social-minded Flash movies from Citizens for Global Solutions.
Check out the "Slap-a-Dick" condom game!
The best use of the web to change your mind you may ever see. Abolish The N-Word website makes the inarguable point that "Every Black person who was murdered by lynching, was probably called the "N" word first." Then lots of terrifying photos of happy, murderous white people who are undoubtedly using the n-word and their unfortunately Black victims.
Check out this
website by True Majority that uses cookies to explain runaway military spending
and to press for social service spending.
The
San Francisco Dept. of Health has great online and printed materials about
syphilus and HIV. They follow the adventures of an gay, San Franciscan animated
"Healthy Penis." Be entertained while you're educated and watch Healthy
Penis today!
Made by my FAVORITE advertizing company, Better World Advertising. Check out their inspiring portfolio, their print and flash work is amazing, their web work less so .
Put an end to unscriptural restraint with the amazing Biblical Curse Generator, which is pre-loaded with blistering smackdowns as delivered by Elijah, Jeremiah and other monumentally angry saints.
Cool and not made with Flash! Check out the Global Rich List site where you can put in your income and find out what position you rank in wealth in the entire world! Actually pretty amazing.
Cool silly Flash games collection. Good inspiration -- now make 'em meaningful, ya know? To see how others have done it check out the above examples.