Toronto-based developer Jacob Jackson just launched a simple visual search engine that’s particularly adept at gathering results with similar patterns, compositions, and textures.
As the Trump Administration draws to a close, Trump Bites animates a second series of real audio clips of The Donald.
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Boing Boing
Mathijs Luijten directed and animated “Nights” by Jesper Ryom, based on gradient and line animation designed by Sofie Lee. Mathijs first came to my attention with the video for Tycho’s “Weather” earlier this year.
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Pixar’s new animated film Soul is the story of Joe Gardner, a middle school school music teacher with big dreams about performing jazz onstage. “Music is all I think about, from the moment I wake up in the morning to the moment I fall asleep at night,” he says. “I was born to play.”
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NPR
Anyone who came of age in the latter part of the twentieth century will recall the constant flow of animated cartoons that made up most of children’s programming on TV. In a culture of supposedly short memories, they were an art form that reached right back across time.
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The New Yorker
Yes, Stan Lee was known for punctuating his commentary with a hearty “excelsior!”. But this cute animated short, using some archival recordings from the Marvel Comics legend in action, sees him express a fondness for a shorter, equally emphatic bit of profanity.
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Gizmodo
Over two years in the making, this is the world’s first Universal LEGO Sorting Machine, an AI-powered automated sorting machine that is capable of recognizing and sorting any LEGO part that has ever been produced*. His device runs on Raspberry Pi and sorts aech piece into one of 18 buckets.
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Adobe MAX 2020 was the creative event of the event of the year, giving millions the chance to engage with the world’s top artists, designers and entertainers. But if you missed it, then here’s some great news. Many of the best sessions are now available to rewatch on demand, for free!
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Creative Bloq
I’ve started working on toned paper with brush and ink. I would say it’s half studying anatomy and half forming an aesthetic.