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To Demonstrate How Spiders Fly (1909)

This charming short film is surprisingly technically advanced for its time, using a mechanical spider to demonstrate how the creatures spin the threads to create their webs. Suddenly the spider lifts up all of its legs, allowing itself to be dragged through the air, an effect that is both amusing and disarming, before gracefully descending through a series of mid-air acrobatics.

Percy Smith believed he could cure people of their arachnophobia with his short films showing enlarged replicas of spiders, and certainly most viewers would be more delighted than scared by the mechanical star of this short. The final image of a real spider scrabbling around its web might be less endearing, however. (Alex Davidson)

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MAN - A film by Steve Cutts

Animation created in Flash and After Effects looking at mans relationship with the natural world.

A film that Grist.org’s Jessica Zimmerman refers to as the cutest and most depressing film you’ll see today.

Music: In the Hall of the Mountain King by Edvard Grieg.

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chasingthewolf: Boards of Canada - Mukinabaht

* this is a reallly beautiful pice of animation for an amazing electronic band :3

blackkittenclan:

Bryum & Kapok 03: A Lilt  by Overture

Overture is Jason & Aya Brown, a talented husband/wife duo who work in illustration and animation- mixing traditional watercolor and ink work. This piece is an animation they did for FatCat Records using animation and their signiature watercolor technique as well!

(via: Juxtapoz)

* this is one of the sweetest and most beautifully delightful pieces of animation i have seen ina long time :3

Chaotic Order by Mirai Mizue

robotmafia tells us: “Mirai Mizue is a representative figure of the new generation of abstract animation in Japan. His films have been shown in more than 100 festivals in about 20 countries. His strong obsession towards cells forces him to draw every frame with surprising density. His rhythmical animation overwhelms viewers.”

you can see a few more of his videos and follow his progress here.

(via: Suspension of Disbelief)

Andrew Bird - Lull (Daytrotter version)

* Both the song and the animation are really beautiful :3

Xiu Xiu - Wig Master

This song is super creepy… I’m feeling creepy.

An action packed, high-octane, ultra dynamic, totally awesome to the max animation adventure series based around a sea cucumber at the bottom of the ocean!!!