Animated Short Films

A blog for the appreciation of animated shorts! Focusing mainly on recent shorts made in the 1990s onward. We'll have Pixar and other major studio shorts as well as a whole slew of independent artists' works. Click to browse gifs only This blog is run by batcrooks

[matthieudaures]

Our graduation film is finaly out ! Have some farming lizards

[paticmak]

HERE IT IS! 🍒🍒🍒 excited to share cherry vodka - a short film following two strangers meeting unexpectedly in summer ’88

[the-bluespirit]

[worthikids]

Witches On Tinder

[ravietta]

fenomenal

[anadequatesir]

You guys this is so excellent

[pauliedraws]

Angus McDonald is one of the greatest characters ever conceived.

[wannabeanimator]

Happy new year, everyone!

If you haven’t seen DreamWorks Animation’s newest short film Bilby yet, now is your chance! “Bilby” was created as part of DWA’s recent short film initiative and re-purposes characters from the cancelled “Larrikins” project, an animated musical set in the Australian outback.

[catchymemes]

[pink-wig]

@strawhat-giraffe

[heilos]

Gonna link back to the original video because it deserves all the views for how adorable and well made it is. I love this:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Icx7hBWeULM

[mitsame]

i’ve finally gotten around to uploading my 2nd year short film at SVA, DESPERADO. it’s done entirely in pixel art (and technically the entire film is a gif!) and is about a cowboy. enjoy!

[madeline-kahn]

Piper (2016) dir. Alan Barillaro - Oscar winner for Best Animated Short

[cammadanar]

[shortanimation]

Adam and Dog, Minkyu Lee 2011

[jackiedroujko]

Bang Bang! by Jackie Droujko

Here is the film I finished this year in my fourth year at Sheridan Animation. Hope you like it!

[pug-of-war]

An elf named Elvis and a dwarf named Dimmi are a couple of assholes who roam around a fantasy realm on blood thirsty quests for treasure and glory.

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Written and Directed by Ivan Dixon and Paul Robertson  Animation by Ivan Dixon and Paul Robertson Additional Animation by Andrew Onorato Music by Cornel Wilczek Sound by Cornel Wilczek and Pascal Babare Sound Supervisor Leyla Varela  ———————————————————————— Voices Bailey: Mel Roach Elvis & Dimmi: Ivan Dixon Hannah & Wendy: Claire Mazz  Gate Goblin: Julian Frost Goblin Child 1: Hazel Wilczek Goblin Child 2: Jeanie Wilczek Gary & Shopkeeper: Alex Hirsch EDITORIAL (Spoilers): This may sound condescending to those who get it, but it isn’t a mistake that the characters are unlikable. In fact, that’s the whole point. We wanted to show that the heroes in the fantasy films, books and games we all enjoy, from a different perspective, are actually monsters. We also wanted to show that in the real world there are no hordes of “perfect enemies,” that this is a trope of fantasy (and sci-fi) used to literally de-humanise the other. In this story our green skinned cousins have families, homes and dreams and we should feel outraged when their lives are destroyed. Yes, it’s done in a dark, sarcastic manner, but it’s not supposed to be a endorsement of the brutish behaviour of our leads! We trust our audience enough to make up their own mind about the supposed heroes. Regarding the ending, in the real world petty, stubborn, ignorant and powerful bullies win all the time. Again, we don’t endorse this. It would feel in-genuine (particularly in the current political climate) to have them receive poetic justice just because that’s what we crave. Lastly, this film was made entirely without funding by Paul, Cornel, myself and our wonderful voice actors and sound editor. It was a labour of love to bring such hateful characters to life. This afforded us the ability to make the story we wanted. Not another heroes journey that you’ve seen a million times before. If that’s what you want there’s plenty of other places to find it.

[disneyconceptsandstuff]

Concept art for Bao, a Pixar short about motherhood and the effects of empty nest syndrome on a Chinese mom, respectively by director Domee Shi and production designer Rona Liu.

[lecouviour-elouarti]

On vous en dévoile encore un peu plus sur Kali Mata : le colorscript, des concepts et deux layouts réalisés par Amine.

[matthieudaures]

Hey guys ! The FX short i’ve been working out with Jade, Louis, Simon and Léa is finally online !

[wannabeanimator]

[wannabeanimator]

Travel Oregon recently tweeted a full list of credits behind this ad campaign. Directed by Kylie Matulick and Todd Mueller, this commercial was animated in partnership with Psyop and Sun Creature Studio.

You may remember the animators at Sun Creature from “The Reward”!