Tuesday, April 08, 2008

British Flash!

--Warning! Some of the content on the following sites may be offensive and NSFW---

One Flash animator I'd like to share is Joel Veitch, whom many people know through his recognizable animations in certain television advertisements. His website is

http://www.rathergood.com

which has several of his animations, many of which are set to the music of his own band, the quality of which is for you to decide. However, also on the website are various other animations, showcasing his usage of Flash. Many of these feature cut images that move together in a way that shows their having been cut apart, rather than the smooth animated motions many people might expect. Despite this, the animations work rather well, and often quite amusingly. The first animation of his I came across was this one:

A Frightened Boy

Also leading me to the discovery of Ivan Rebroff.

Another British website that Veitch has had a lot of interaction with is:

B3ta

Which is a user-interactive board with heavy flash content. The site also features weekly challenges for the users to create .gif images based upon the challenge. Be warned, the content is on the level of high school humor...or regular Hollywood fare. Still, some of the creativity in the images is amusing:

Challenges

And besides, who can resist the Sleepy Kitten Song?!

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