I was once doing an ice cube in Blender.  I never really got too far, but if you check out the videos below, it’s truely amazing how far Blender has come.  In the hand of the right people with the right tools, nothing is impossible.  Make sure to check out the making of as well.

Making of:

I’m always amazed at what a Nintendo DS can do.  I’m even more impressed with the developers to have envisioned the DS as something more than a video game system.  People have been making some great things with the Flipnote software.  Take this for example.  Billy Polard created a music video for one of his original songs.  What better way to create a music video and not spend more that a couple benjamins to create it.  His style is very similar to the look of the Where the Wild Things Are characters.  Even though the video is simple,  I think it ties in very well to his simple and not blaring song.

Don’t worry, if you’re more into the action oriented type, Flipnote can do it, granted the person has to be skilled too.  The next video are a bunch of stick figures.  You might remember a few years back when flash was starting to be used as an animation tool.  They had a series with stick figures doing matrix style moves and martial arts.  Well this video seems to be a homage to it.  Check it:

While looking through Vimeo, I stumbled upon a 2D piece by animator/illustrator Scott Benson. The piece was called “On The Subject Of Depression”. I was thinking to myself, wow this is some really cool shyt. I then looked through all his other videos and was more blown away. His pieces aren’t all about the next best trick you can do with software, or what’s hot in animation right now. He has his own style. Add the great mood and colors he used, you get an animation that get it’s story or emotion through.

I got a little more curious and noticed that he had a blog. In his blog he talks about some of the pieces he’s done and the process to how he came to the final product. There are some good read like how excited he was getting a new computer to getting the biggest single paycheck he’s ever gotten.  Make to sure to check out his other videos at www.bombsfall.com and his blog at bombsfall.blogspot.com.

It’s good to see a small group create a very good short.  Created by 6 students from Pepe School Land,  3 full time and 3 part time, this short is about a coach who wants to win a championship.  The only problem is they are not very good.  Looking at the trophy and then looking at the score, the coach quickly loses hope.  Add that one of his players gets injured, he has no choice but to let his bench warmer who loves donuts play.  So do they lose the game or not?  Find out below.  If you’re wondering, this was all done with the alpha software of Blender 2.50.

They call themselves Bonsajo.  You might have recognized them before.  They were the one’s who did that really cool music visualization that got a lot of hits from the design community.  This time they created a new one for Wired.  Very cool concept.  It’s amazing how you can put a lot of simple things together and create something really great.  The only downside to this video is that it’s just not long enough.

That’s right folks. If you’ve been reading the manga or watching the anime, you should know that the epic saga has ended. One thing that’s certain is that it was left open in the end. Now, we’re all wondering what’s gonna happen in this movie? Will it pick up right where it left off from the manga and anime or will it be a filler movie. The first movie wasn’t bad. If the new movie isn’t a filler movie will it still be called Fullmetal? Hopefully the new movie follows the anime/manga years after the incidents and not just a recap. Anyways at least Fullmetal Alchemist lives on for another day.

Oh yeah, if you were hesitant to watch Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, watch it. It’s about the same as the previous Fullmetal anime for the first 12 episodes, but follows the manga to the T. With 64 episodes, that’s a whole lot of new material.