Markerbored: whiteboard jam drawings
Over at Markerbored roommates Pat Barrett and Todd McArthur take turns contributing to these fun, overcrowded, collaborative whiteboard drawings.
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Alex Hirsch: Off the Wall
We first met Alex Hirsch about a year ago when we posted a link to his fantastic student shorts. He’s just finished his latest and final student short for CalArts. It’s a departure from his previous works, but that’s not a bad thing by any means. Off the Wall maintains the irreverent tone of his first films and proves that great animation is the result of personality and heart as much as it is the product of great drawing skills.
I want more Wallby! (Oh good, there is more!)
Who’s the Villain?
Kristofer Strom, the creator of the whiteboard animation we wrote about a few months ago has started posting new work to YouTube that was created for Swedish television. If this first one “Who’s the Villain?” is but a taste (no pun intended) of things to come, I can’t wait for future mini-episodes.
Since the first video he was also asked to design the CD packaging (and animated ad) for Ministry of Sound’s Clubber’s Guide to 2007.
DIY whiteboard animation
This handy tutorial offers up a cheap do-it-yourself method for creating simple animations using only a whiteboard, a webcam, and some free (Windows) software. You’re not going to end up with the next Toy Story, but it’s quick, easy, and a great indoor activity for kids in these cold winter months. (Thanks, Lee!)
Whiteboard stop motion
This music video is outstanding. Created for the Swedish band Minilogue by Kristofer Strom from Ljudbilden & Piloten, the entire thing is stop motion animation created on a whiteboard.
A whiteboard seems like a wonderful medium for animation since it allows the artist to modify a drawing, leaving entire parts of it intact. Watching this reminds me of being a kid and discovering all the strange experimental pieces of animation produced by the National Film Board of Canada. Norman McLaren would’ve loved this!
Update: Kristofer tells me that he created a 23-minute whiteboard animation prior to this one, set to his own music, which we can hopefully expect to see online sometime in the near future. In the meantime, to see more of his work, why not try Pen on Paper (final work here).
