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Guest Writer
4/2/2016


Problem Areas by Oneohtrix Point Never, directed by Takeshi Murata
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvDzaQOSZ3E


Mindfighter by Retro/Grade, directed by Weirdcore
https://vimeo.com/25711157


Lifeforms Part 1 by Future Sound of London
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVpWQcLZzIY


SUR-FAKE series by Antoine Geiger
http://antoinegeiger.com/filter/art/SUR-FAKE


Saturn Submerged by Gabriel Pulecio
http://www.creativeapplications.net/derivative-touchdesigner/saturn-submerged-infinite-boxes-of-infinite-space/


Behind The Google Doodle: Lotte Reiniger - Nat And Lo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MK1P6RGs6U4


Women Animators from the 1800's- present
http://greatwomenanimators.com/


Kseniya Simonova, Sand Painting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOMgDbcA84A


Faig Ahmed Glitchy Carpets
http://www.lostateminor.com/2016/01/27/gorgeous-and-glitchy-carpets-we-speak-to-the-azerbaijani-artist-behind-them/


Bosozoku by BRDG. Warning: this video contains a crazy barrage of flashing colors
https://vimeo.com/126823642


Find the Invisible Cow
http://findtheinvisiblecow.com/


In Your Arms by Kina Grannis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOu0DuxFAT0


A really cool site full of interactive JavaScript art.
http://js1k.com/

Guest Writer
3/12/2016


Box by Bot and Dolly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lX6JcybgDFo


BMW Museum Kinetic Sculpture design by Joachim Sauter
https://vimeo.com/8554267
http://www.joachimsauter.com/en/work/bmwkinetic.html


Sonia Falcone Installation Art at the Biennale in Santa Cruz Bolivia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDRFDdhdxvI


Otto Piene, Light Ballet, 1961
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NU3Q9VYtTWw


Barbican's Rain Room
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkvazIZx-F0


Stellar Cave by Julien Salaud
http://www.be-street.com/julien-salaud-the-stellar-cave/


Historical women in the film industry
http://mentalfloss.com/article/66924/15-women-cinema-history-you-should-know


The Deep, by PES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AK18bdUEWSs


Chase Me: A 3D Printed Stop-Motion project by Gilles-Alexandre Deschaud
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLS_jA9s8J4


Kris Tate, Graphic Design
https://www.behance.net/kristate


Nick Briz, Programmer, Web Designer, and Interactive Artist
http://nickbriz.com/


Qlimax- this is an electronic music show in the Netherlands that looks pretty intense. It's surprising that having that many lasers in one place is even legal. Then again, this is the Netherlands.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npaIH2mEBok


XKCD by Randall Munroe
http://xkcd.com/

Guest Writer
2/6/2016


Don't use boring loading screen gifs for your websites. Check out these cool loading bar animations
http://www.owlhatworld.com/72-beautiful-loading-bar-design-animated-gif/


Stephane Halleux, the sculptor behind the award-winning animation Mr. Hublot
http://www.stephanehalleux.com/EN/stephane-halleux


Carter Goodrich, illustrator and concept artist
http://cartergoodrich.com/


Poulette's Chair by Hiroyasu Ishida and Yōjirō Arai
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wg9JGIiSSsQ


Cows and Cows and Cows by Cyriak
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FavUpD_IjVY


Rosa de Jong
https://www.instagram.com/byrosa/


Hari and Deepti
http://www.blackbookgallery.com/artists/hari-deepti/

BoredPanda: Designer Problems
http://www.boredpanda.com/designer-problems-comic-seth-roberts-brian-hawes-creative-market/

Guest Writer
1/24/2016


Limitless by Sofles. A Graffiti timelapse music video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pv-Do30-P8A


Ornitographies by Xavi Bou
http://www.xavibou.com/


Piper Thibodeau Cryptid-Creations
http://cryptid-creations.deviantart.com/gallery/


SonUmbra Solar-Powered Trees by Loop.ph.
http://loop.ph/


Three Mobile UK- starring Socks the Shetland Pony
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ekr05T9Iaio


Ty Mattson posters
http://tymattson.com/


Sue Nichols
Women Artists in Animation
http://io9.com/see-the-beautiful-poetic-artwork-by-the-ladies-of-disn-1746256156



Guest Writer
1/3/2016


Pixar technology advancements
https://www.yahoo.com/movies/inside-pixars-technological-evolution-from-toy-204900060.html


Francis- Directed by Richard Hickey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9xX6lQ_gdY


Monsterbox by Team Monster Box
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoLAoOkG5gY


The Lost Thing by Shaun Tan and Passion Pictures
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1JoliFXH74


The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello Directed by Anthony Lucas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vORsKyopHyM


Destiny by Fabien Weibel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEKLEeY_WeQ


The Engineers by Julius Horsthuis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gfH6pJGNTI


Imagination by PermaGrinFilms
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB8Aqpt93O4


Madame Tutli-Putli by Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski. This animation is a little bizarre, but it won a bunch of awards for the technique behind how it was made. An actress's eyes were composited onto a stop-motion puppet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGyLP6R4HTE



Mari0- a Mario/Portal mashup creative commons game created by stabyourself.net.
http://stabyourself.net/mari0/


Forms in Nature in-depth process with Chromosphere and David Kamp
http://motionographer.com/2016/03/01/forms-in-nature-in-depth-process-with-chromosphere-and-david-kamp/


Minecraft Mona Lisa
http://deskbg.com/view/8528/


Tonight, Tonight by The Smashing Pumpkins. The music video is a nice little tribute to Georges Méliès' 1902 Le voyage dans la lune.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOG3eus4ZSo


Disney Live Reference Actors compared to Animated Counterparts
http://www.visualnews.com/2013/05/01/1950s-disney-live-models-combined-with-cartoon/


Simone Giertz is a Swedish inventor who uses Arduino to control many of her hilarious contraptions designed to improve our daily lives.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2evC2xTNWg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ki7lqI6XE2s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcW70-6eQcY


Colin Furze is a very enthusiastic inventor who makes some very dangerous toys. Don’t try this at home.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdcGek-NoFQ


Boston Dynamics has succeeded in creating some of the most advanced mobility systems in robotics to date. Their lineup of robots are each an amazing feat of engineering.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tf7IEVTDjng


UPS Gladiator, part of an animated cardbord commercial series by Psyop
https://vimeo.com/76653198


Métamorphy by Gregory Lasserre & Anais met den Ancxt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKPrqlGlBa0


Follow the Leader by Paul Strohmeier, Cameron Lapp, Kaja Swenson, and Rejean Campbell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_gkuWVEVAg


CineFix- Most influential VFX innovations of the 21st Century
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0cPeEAhzWU


TED Talks: Can you really tell if a kid is lying? | Kang Lee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6diqpGKOvic


Marble Machine by Wintergatan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvUU8joBb1Q


Resonant Chamber by Animusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toXNVbvFXyk


Anthony Howe, Kinetic Sculpture
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RshSaF_juGs

Guest Writer
3/12/2016


Lisa Keene
ScreenCrush- You Think You Know Movies (Frozen)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acCZEhuCSWc

Minimalist posters
http://walyou.com/minimalist-disney-villain-posters/


Don’t Walk by Dan Angelucci
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkiLN1-_FKA


Waneella pixel gif art
http://www.visualnews.com/2013/05/30/pixelated-gifs-are-out-of-this-world/


Waterside Graffiti Artist Sean Yoro (Hula)
http://byhula.com/


Joaquin Baldwin, 3D Printing, Photography, and Animation
http://www.joaquinbaldwin.com/


BURNS - When I'm Around U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubkWrjeCNGI


Glen Keane draws Ariel and Pocahontas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SN-3IVVXEls


Glen Keane sketches Beast and Tarzan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUzHT_3GBsU


Warhammer at War: How Home 3D Printers Are Disrupting Miniature Gaming
http://www.tested.com/art/makers/452866-how-home-3d-printers-are-disrupting-miniature-gaming/


Let Forever Be by Michael Gondry, Music by The Chemical Brothers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5FyfQDO5g0


SOLIPSIST by Andrew Thomas Huang
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j98KD5E5KDs


I Lived on the Moon by Yannik Puig, Music by Kwoon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6aDiOeOEUI


Evan Roth
http://www.evan-roth.com/shows/


Needing/Getting by OK Go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MejbOFk7H6c


MUTO by BLU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuGaqLT-gO4


FALLING by Adriano Cirulli, Music by Antonino Chiaramonte
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fKpPr2GGwY

NMAC
12/28/2015


New Media Department Featured in UNCA Newsletter Spring 2013
http://rocky4.unca.edu/cm/mag-archive/vol5no2/feature1.html


New Lincoln Photo? Published Sept 24,2013
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/09/24/abraham-lincoln-gettysburg-address-smithsonian-photograph/2854811/


{Re}Happening 2011 video installation piece by Lei Han and Lorraine Walsh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FGAn91k1kc


GLI.TC/H 20111 Chicago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hBARzlmXTI


R.I.P. Multimedia Arts Council Web blog. Site retired 2010
https://uncammac.wordpress.com/