Here is a short called The Forest.  It's about a little girl named Antionia who daydreams a lot.  Why does she daydream, well that's simple.   She simply want  to get away from reality and its problems.

This short is one of those surreal animation.  Think of Tim Burton's style.  It's a little dark, but not too scary.  The narration is perfect.  Very intelligent and imaginative.  The Piece is the creation of David Scharf with the help of a few other people as well.

Get ready for the Blender Conference 2009's "Suzanne awards and Animation Festival".  If you've made any animations using Blender, submit your work by October 12, 2009 to have your piece entered in the competition.  Winners will get a Suzanne Monkey Statue, some DVDS, and cash.  This is a good way for anyone to get their name out there, so if you need exposure, submit your work! Visit http://www.blender.org/community/blender-conference/festival-announcement/ for more info.

On 09-09-09, the movie 9 came out.  It's about a bunch of little mechanical rag doll-looking characters that roam around a post-war earth where battles between humans and robots resulted in the destruction of humanity.  Shane Acker, the director of the film, created 9 from a short film he made as a UCLA student. Visually, this is probably one of the best looking CG animated feature film I've seen in a while.  It's about time an animated CG feature strayed away from the "plastic" shaders that is overly used by Pixar and DreamWorks.  It's been over 10 years since Toy Story came out and Pixar/DreamWorks are still giving us CG movies that look like those little toys.  Fortunately, the movie 9 has the balls to try something visually new, at least in terms of the mainstream CG feature length films.  If you like Blur Studios’ game cinematics, you'll love the imagery in 9.  Tim Burton's producing role on this film seemed to influence some of the character's and environment’s designs.  Simply put, you can see the "Burton Style" that is seen in Nightmare before Christmas and James and the Giant Peach.  It has dark hues, Goth, simple designs, great detail mixed with old school Disney charms. The plot was good in the beginning of the movie when there's a lot of discovery and suspense.  However, by the end, it was a little dissatisfying as the main character doesn't seem to grow at all.  Throughout the movie, the audience is presented with two main viewpoints on how to live life by either curiosity or fear.  We're supposed to cheer for curiosity, but I thought the character who was supposed to be afraid was simply being cautious.  In the end, some characters learn facts, but what fun is knowledge without "more" friends to share them with?  Still, it's a good watch. Rating: GOODNESS

Have a good laugh at this video.  This is what could happen to the Marvel universe.

Need to laugh?  Check out this great animation by Sun Haipeng.  There's kung fu, music, insects, and singing food.  What's a Baozi?  Check out his blog for more http://sunhpcg.blog.163.com/.

Dragon Fist from sun haipeng on Vimeo.

9 comes out today.  After all those teasers and a great trailer, we finally get the movie. Will the movie be a sleeper hit like that other movie with the same number.  Time will tell.  If the movie is anything like the short, it's gonna rock your socks off.  If you can't watch the movie til the weekend, then watch the  short to calm you down a little.  Have a look at the short below.  You will not be disappointed.