Toolfarm Inspirations

You'll read my,
You'll read my,
You can read my Neutra Face
(Even if it's bold italic)

Thought about Futura but the em space was to wide
not even when condensed,believe me i've already tried
Gill sans the G is wack when it's in lowercase
Avante Garde you make me hard but like Helvetica you've been played

Haha.

Labels: Humor

Posted by Michele Yamazaki

Merry Madagascar

12/02/2009 • Permalink • 0 Comments •

Shine Studio designed and animated holiday patterns gone mad around King Julian for DreamWorks Animation's "Merry Madagascar" television special.

Labels: 3D, Film Short, Holidays, Humor, Television

Posted by Alicia VanHeulen

Graphic Designer vs. Client (NSFW)

10/07/2009 • Permalink • 0 Comments •

I wasn't sure whether to put this one up because it contains a lot of foul language and F-Bombs. Does that blue robot kiss his mother(board) with that mouth?! I think you'll get a kick out of it. "My 8 year old nephew designed our logo in Microsoft Word." Haha. I am sure you all can relate to some portion of this!

And here's "Make my website for free" (NSFW)

There are a lot more from this artist on YouTube if you're finding it funny.

Labels: 3D, Humor

Posted by Michele Yamazaki

It's Not Easy Being Green

9/15/2009 • Permalink • 0 Comments •

This one has been making the rounds. Very funny stuff here. Who knew Kermit had moved from in front of the camera to the other side of production.

Labels: Humor

Posted by Michele Yamazaki

Harry Potter vs. Voldemort Rap

7/14/2009 • Permalink • 1 Comments •

Bill Cammack, with the dreadlock help, IM'd me this video this afternoon. Now, you probably won't get half the jokes if you don't know anything about the Harry Potter series, but I've read the first 6 and I thought it was hilarious!

It has some great visual effects, like Voldemort apparating, wand effects, and a silly ending. Love it! The rhymes are also freakin' funny! I must say, Harry does sound a bit like Mike D from the Beastie Boys.

Labels: Film Short, Humor

Posted by Michele Yamazaki

He's Barrack Obama - Jibjab

6/25/2009 • Permalink • 0 Comments •

Funny stuff and cool animation.

Try JibJab Sendables® eCards today!

Labels: 2D, Humor

Posted by Michele Yamazaki

Buffy vs Edward (Twilight Remixed) Video Mash-up

6/23/2009 • Permalink • 0 Comments •

This isn't the kind of thing we usually show here, but this is some damn good editing. They do an incredible job with the audio as well, as it isn't choppy. Impressive work and fun to watch.

Labels: Film Short, Humor

Posted by Michele Yamazaki

Star Wars: Retold (by someone who hasn't seen it)

1/21/2009 • Permalink • 0 Comments •

This is a lot of fun! A girl who has never seen Star Wars gives the plot of the 3 original movies and they animate cutouts and tiny explosions in a very comedic manner. It has a bit of a Monty Python feel.

Star Wars: Retold (by someone who hasn't seen it) from Joe Nicolosi on Vimeo.

Labels: 2D, Humor

Posted by Michele Yamazaki

Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard

1/05/2009 • Permalink • 0 Comments •

I know a few people who would be in line for 3 days to be the first to get one of these. A touch screen though, might seriously be interesting.

Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard

Labels: Humor

Posted by Michele Yamazaki

Death Star Over San Francisco

8/17/2008 • Permalink • 0 Comments •

Chris Phrommayon from Apple sent me this one. Very well done!

Labels: 3D, Humor

Posted by Michele Yamazaki

Ida Maria- I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked

8/05/2008 • Permalink • 0 Comments •

Pop-art fun! Warhol would be proud... don't worry, nothing graphic, unless you find bananas to be offensive.

I Like You So Much Better When Youre Naked

Labels: 2D, Bizarre, Humor, Music Video, Retro

Posted by Alicia VanHeulen

You Suck At Photoshop #11: Smart Objects

7/07/2008 • Permalink • 0 Comments •

Here's the latest episode. This poor guy.

Labels: Humor

Posted by Michele Yamazaki

Star Wars vs. Saul Bass

3/03/2008 • Permalink • 0 Comments •

Saul Bass is known for his stylized title designs on such films as Vertigo, The Man with The Golden Arm, It's a Mad Mad World, Psycho and others.

This one was posted to the AE-List and I thought it was cute and interesting take on Saul Bass's style. This homage was done by Bhilmers, a student.

Here is an authentic Saul Bass title sequence for the film Anatomy of a Murder.

And here's one for the film Seconds.

Labels: Humor, Retro, Student Work, Titles

Posted by Michele Yamazaki

A History of Evil by Ole-Magnus Saxegard

2/28/2008 • Permalink • 0 Comments •

This is "Animated Documentary-Mockumentary about Evil in western civilization from Ancient Greece to present day." It was animated frame by frame in Flash and composited and textured in After Effects. It was designed and animated by Ole-Magnus Saxegard as a student project. It is lots of fun. I really thought it would end with Dick Cheney ;-)

Labels: 2D, Documentary, Film Short, Humor, Student Work

Posted by Michele Yamazaki

Broadcast Standards

2/17/2008 • Permalink • 0 Comments •

I thought you all would appreciate this. It's a short documentary on the difference between professional video standards for television and standardless anarchy known as the web. This was done for the Independent Film Channel and is pretty funny.

Labels: Documentary, Humor

Posted by Michele Yamazaki

UFO Lands on Guys Desk

2/01/2008 • Permalink • 0 Comments •

This is a really well done video showing a UFO landing on a guy's desk (hence the title) and morphing into a cell phone ala Transformers. The tracking is spot on and the autofocus effect works really well with it.

Labels: 3D, Humor

Posted by Michele Yamazaki

JibJab - In 2007

12/20/2007 • Permalink • 0 Comments •

It's original, funny and creative. JibJab is genius.

Labels: Bizarre, Character Animation, Film Short, Flash, Humor

Posted by Michele Yamazaki

MS DOS 5

11/12/2007 • Permalink • 0 Comments •

Really bad rapping but this is just riveting. Check out those swell effects! I can't get past the bad rap.

Labels: Humor

Posted by Michele Yamazaki

The Work of Cyriak

11/07/2007 • Permalink • 0 Comments •

Cyriak sounds like the name of a magician to me, and he is.... a magician with Photoshop and After Effects! Cyriak is a freelance animator in Brighton, UK. His website bio is very funny:" Hello, I am Cyriak from 100 years into the future, where I have been exhumed and sent backwards in time via cyberspace in order to welcome you to the unabridged contents of my brain-damaged imagination." He's unbelivably creative. Jim G. passed his stuff on to me. Jim is in the know.

Check out two of his amazing animations.

Moo!

The cow DNA is mindblowing! A screen shot just doesn't do it justice.

Beggin' - Frankie Valli video re-mix

This is just cleverl The mutant head in the vortex.... wow. This is just disturbing and oh, so fun to watch.

I never thought Frankie Valli sounded like the guy from Maroon 5 until now.

Labels: 2D, Bizarre, Experimental, Humor, Music Video

Posted by Michele Yamazaki

Stock Footage Awards on SNL

9/22/2007 • Permalink • 0 Comments •

This one aired again on Saturday Night Live tonight. It's so funny and a lot of us use stock footage, so I figure it might be appropriate for this crowd. Enjoy.