There are several things that can be funny about a character. Such as its appearance, facial expressions, motion and sound effects. Funny characters can be very useful to brighten up your animation and help telling your (maybe not so bright?) story. But you need to know when you can or can’t use them. For example: using funny characters in an animation about a serious subject can be big turnoff for the viewer. We collected five animations that give a good example on how to use funny characters. Enjoy!
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Nieuwtjes die we graag met je delenInspiratie vormt de basis voor creatie! Elke week delen we inspiratie, een verslag van een evenement of gewoon vermakelijke video’s via deze blog. Selecteer het soort artikel met de dropdown box hier rechts onder.
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Video Top 5: Power of Repetition
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This Video Top 5 is about the power of repetition. Repetition can be powerful. With repetition comes recognition, which makes things easier for you to remember. Repetition in animation can occur in form or color, but also in sound or storyline.
Video Top 5: Christmas Greetings
Our favorite animated season’s greetingsInspiratie
The holidays are coming and just around the corner… are your Christmas cards ready? You could prepare them in the old-fashioned way using stationary and handwriting. Or take it up a notch and animate your seasonal greetings! Hence the theme of the week: Christmas greetings.
These 5 animations are our timeless favorites.
Video Top 5: Animated Music Video
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Another Video Top 5 is here. This week we’ve got our groove on, because it’s all about animated music videos. Check out the amazing, weird and wonderful animations for Weird Al Yankovic, Meneo, Zebbler, MNEK and Future.
Video Top 5: A Whole World of Animated Commercials
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A new Video Top 5 just got in! This time we cover some special commercials. We’ve covered commercials before, but this week’s theme is all about the million different ways to animate a product and make it into a commercial. For this week’s Top 5, we’ve chosen five unique styles that cover five very different products. Which style is your favourite?
Stage van Ivo Duits
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De afgelopen vijf maanden heb ik, als illustratie student van Willem de Kooning Academie, stage gelopen bij in60seconds. In deze stageperiode heb ik niet alleen aan commerciele projecten mogen werken – zoals infographics, storyboards en visual designs – maar ik heb ook de mogelijkheid gekregen om elke week 20 uur te besteden aan een zelf geformuleerde opdracht.
Sounddesign maakt of kraakt je boodschap
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Iedere animator kent het wel: Je hebt een prachtige animatie gemaakt, maar wat te doen met het geluid? Je zoekt op internet voor wat leuke geluidjes en een min of meer passend muziekje. Eigenlijk ben je best tevreden, maar je weet ook dondersgoed dat je er meer uit had kunnen halen… Voor de animatoren die hun animatie graag naar “the next level” zouden willen trekken, ben ik als onderdeel van mijn stageproject op zoek gegaan naar iemand die mij daar wel eens bij zou kunnen helpen.
Stage Maud van den Elzen
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Ik ben Maud van den Elzen en de afgelopen vier maanden heb ik stage mogen lopen bij in60seconds. Hier heb ik meegewerkt aan projecten van in60seconds en daarnaast mijn eigen opdracht uitgevoerd.
Trend in motion graphics: The thin line
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Another spotted trend in motion design is the usage of a remarkable thin line, used as an outline of simple shapes, and as extra decoration lines.
Trend in motion graphics: Simplified outlined shapes
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We love to share our creative work and we love to observe the work of others around us. We cannot help but be shaped by this to some extent. These influences lead to trends in every creative field, with motion graphics being no exception, for example the geometric & circle animations, or the liquid motion trend.
Video Top 5: Christmas spirit
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Christmas is almost here! We’ve selected five videos with Christmas spirit.
A weird Christmas carol, some adorable Knit creatures and a Christmas greeting from Chuck!
Video Top 5: Graphic animation
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This Video Top 5 gives you five awesome graphic animations with the smoothest transitions.
Trend in motion graphics: Liquid motion!
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In motion graphics you can always spot trends (call it copycats or being inspired, whatever you prefer). After the popular geometric & circle animations, since a year there are more and more animations turning up in which organic shapes transform in a liquid way.
Top 5: Work
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For this Video Top 5 we’ve collected a number of video’s about the working life, all in a different way.
Top 5: Stop Motion All The Way
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This Video Top 5 of this week consists of video’s that have something to do with stop motion. Some only partially, others completely.
Video Top 5: Production
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We’ve collected some new video’s for you! We have selected five video’s telling the story of production, in order of advancement.
Video Top 5: Dumb Ways to Die
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Getting toast out of the toaster with a fork, taking your helmet off in space, eating superglue or keeping a rattlesnake for a pet. These are just a few examples featured in Dumb Ways to Die, a great animation filled with loveable (but stupid) characters, a catchy theme song, and above all a strong message and a dark sense of humor. The combination of all these elements works perfectly and that’s why it’s our number one clip this week.
Video Top 5: Ready, steady, kick ass!
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In this Video Top 5 stop motion, commercials, apps, title sequences and organic shapes.
Video of the week – collapsing cooling towers
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As a campaign to the Brittish Big Six energy companies, the company Ecotricity produced this commercial video in which appealing cooling towers are breaking down…
I can’t help feeling sorry for them..
It giet oan met die inhakers!
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Veel inhakers op de elfstedentocht de laatste dagen. Sommige niet minder dan briljant!
Subsidie voor onderzoek infographics
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De Stichting Innovatie Alliantie kent drie ton euro subsidie toe aan de Kenniskring Crossmediale Kwaliteitsjournalistiek voor het onderzoeksproject over infographics Every Picture Tells a Story. Infographics zijn kortgezegd informatieve illustraties, van weerkaartjes tot user-interfaces. in60seconds is onderdeel van het consortium dat sturing geeft aan het onderzoek.