Story and drawings by the amazing, Chris Ware, and animation by John Kuramoto. This was created for a live stage performance of This American Life radio show. The music is Eugene by Andrew Bird.

Lovin’ this animation by James Jarvis. Directed by Richard Kenworthy, and music courtesy of Caribou (“Crayon” was a great choice). Nike did sponsor this piece but I am enjoying this trend of really unobtrusive marketing.

This stop-motion by Takeuchi Taijin (Dokugyunyu) is fantastic! The changes in perspective really take this to the next level.

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W+K’s Amsterdam office one-upped the Sheep LED ad spot with this one. There is no CG here! This was put together the good old fashion way, with laser sights, GPS, and a land surveyor! It’s a good thing all those cars are hybrids! Directed by Erik Van Wyk.

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Street artists, David Whittle and Henry St. Leger (Sainty) lend their illustrative talents to an astonishing animated spot for Acura, directed by Ben Foley and Chris Hopewell (Collison Films).

Some pretty wild animation in this video for Japan’s Jemapur. The song is called Clarte, directed by Genki Ito.

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All you aspiring art directors and designers in the Vancouver area, here’s your chance to win a two-year fully paid $18,000 scholarship to Langara College’s new Communication and Ideation Design program, courtesy of ad agency Rethink. I actually got my fine arts diploma from Langara before heading to Emily Carr for my degree!

Students apply by using a sketch book to convey their ideas, entries will be judged by Rethink co-creative directors Chris Staples and Ian Grais. Get full details here: rethinkscholarship.com!

Great video for Of Montreal’s Id Engager, directed by Marc Reisbig and Hanne Berkaak (passion pictures). Always great to see hand-drawn animation getting some love! This came out a bit ago but I only saw it now, so there!