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Atacama Starry Nights: Episode I by Babak Tafreshi and Christoph Malin This brilliant little film accomplishes something unique. Unlike any of the other astronomy time-lapse videos which have been flooding the internet of late, which simply inspire you with a gorgeous look at the heavens, this one will alter your vacation plans. That's because it's filmed on the spot of our planet with the clearest skies above it:  Cerro Paranal in the Atacama desert . Most astronomy enthusiasts... Read Full Story

Fantasy Scenes by Yap Kun Rong Here's a look at another great sci-fi illustrator and painter,  Yap Kun Rong . I really love the style, and how he isn't afraid of using lots of colour in his work. Not everything in science fiction has to look like Bladerunner, and Kunrong obviously doesn't mind bringing a little bit of an optimistic, cartoony palette to bear on the genre. (although there's some darker stuff mixed in as well) Click to see larger, and enjoy! <<back to blog... Read Full Story

Some more work today by graphic designer/artist  Justin Mezzell , who I've profiled before . I find the following work mesmerizing, but unfortunately don't have a lot of time to describe it. Therefore I'll let Justin take it away himself. Enjoy! Aeternus A Conversation with Death & Timelessness Aeternus is a graphic narrative told in the final act of one man's life--lying in his death bed. In these created worlds of fiction, the Dreamer lives in a time outside of time. It is... Read Full Story

Sorry for the recent lack of content folks. As is my usual excuse, blame work. I'm knee deep in a huge project right now, which I can only tell you is a cool one; something I'll share with everybody just as soon as I'm able. In the meantime, the nice folks at Cambridge University (or at least the curator of their Vimeo channel ) were nice enough to forward me two new links to videos in the series I profiled last week . At the time I posted about Under the Microscope , I wasn't sure if the... Read Full Story

No more talk about God this morning folks. Instead a very quick post about a video series that I just discovered from Cambridge University . 'Under the Microscope' is a collection of images taken, you guessed it, under a microscope, and then accompanied by explanatory narration. I found them fascinating. They're all very short, so you can run through the entire series (below) rather quickly. It's been 3 months since they last posted a video, so I hope the series isn't over, but you can... Read Full Story

It's the million dollar question. You live in a world where almost everybody believes in a story that you do not. Besides the fact that societies are built around these stories, so are people's most intimate hopes and fears. You don't want to be silent about the way that you see the world, but at the same time you hate being rude. So why challenge religion openly? I may take a round-about route, but in the following article I'll try to at least give my own answer. I don't like getting... Read Full Story

Genesis and Soul Bot by Andreas Wannerstedt We're not here to have a serious discussion about science today folks. Nor are we here to discuss the plausibility of the events that take place in either of the following ultra-short films. According to the artist,  Andreas Wannerstedt , they live squarely in the realm of science fiction , and should be treated as such.  Sure, a reference is made in one of the shorts to the pseudo-scientific claim that the 'soul' has been shown to have real... Read Full Story

Meet Buck by TeamCerf Here's a great little short that uses every smidgen of it's run time to entertain you. Chock full of smiles, thrills, and gorgeous animation, Meet Buck is sure to be the cutest thing you'll see today.  From beginning to end it certainly had me grinning. (Wait for the 'almost' kiss) Check out more about the creators, along with an accompanying film about different characters, by going here . Enjoy! Also seen on Vidpicks! Subscribe today! <<back to blog... Read Full Story

If you read this post carefully you'll witness a blogger desperately trying to unify two completely different subjects, those being Halloween and science . You'll then notice an attempt to trick the audiences interested in each of those subjects into believing that this post was written specifically for them. What can I say...whenever I'm being sneaky, I like to be honest about it. Yesterday morning I had a creative meeting with a director in the downtown Toronto neighbourhood of... Read Full Story

Sorry for the week-long hiatus folks. I've been unbelievably busy... believe me! Here's something cool to watch until I find to time to write another proper article. Stay tuned! While searching for some style references for an upcoming project, I decided to check out the latest from one of my favourite animators: Daniel Gies . Daniel is an extremely talented artist, and his portfolio is filled with just the sorts of projects I'd love to do more of . What's inspiring is that like me, (and... Read Full Story