Featured Animation:

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  Learn Self Defense

   
  (Flash)
  [ 4:41 - from YouTube ]

  In this animation, the main character is an average Joe - a man just like you or me.  Joe learns self-defense, and I'm not talking about martial arts...  This clean Flash animation includes simple characters, colors, and movements all reminiscent of old cartoons.  At the end we learn why people wear cowboy hats... it's because they can confidently defend themselves! view

  

  Animation Expert Luis López
  Graphic Designer / Web Designer / Animator / Blogger 
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  GOOD: Opium Economics

  (Flash)
  [ 3:31 - from YouTube ]

  GOOD Magazine is all about people doing good for the world around them. Their popular video series covers topics from corn to animal superpowers to "hippo rollers." Fun and informative. view

  

  eGuider Ezra Soiferman
  Award-winning Canuck documentary filmmaker, street photographer and blogger.
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  Blackhole

  
  (Experimental)
  [ 2:10 - from Vimeo ]

  Trippy weirdness in this animated short that intersperses textured objects with fluid, anime-like scenery. It’s similar to Artificial Paradise, Inc. in the way it combines images of the synthetic with that of those organic. Both the video and music are created by artist ArjanM. view

  

  Core eGuider William D. Colella
  Writer, Web Producer
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  Rendezvous with Rama

  (3D)
  [ 3:01 - from Vimeo ]

  This is a beautifully executed short film from animator/director Aaron Ross. For those of you who have read "Rendezvous With Rama" (Arthur C. Clarke), this is a stunning translation onto the screen. The short chronicles the first humans to encounter an alien space-craft that has entered our solar system. What happens inside begins an escapade, the likes of which humanity could never have imagined. This is a fantastic adaptation of one of the most innovative and imaginative stories ever published. view

  

  New Media Producer John Rota
  Film, TV & New Media Producer
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  Charles Bukowski - "The Man With The Beautiful Eyes"

  (Cartoon / Traditional)
  [ 5:41 - from 1% For The Planet ]

  A group of children like to play outside a shuttered house where their parents have forbidden them to go. This stylized animation accompanies a reading of "The Man with the Beautiful Eyes" by Charles Bukowski. view

  

  Core eGuider Jaime Iglehart
  Writer / Director 
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  Blah Girls: Blah Girls Go Green

  (Flash)
  [ 1:38 - from YouTube ]

  OMG! Ashton is at it again with his new series Blah Girls! This is totally the coolest web series, like, ever. The BFFs discuss serious topics like adoption, couture, and the SO CUTE JoBros. Okay, these videos may be for a younger girly crowd, but production values are sharp writing here deserves some props. Totally well done! view

  

  Core eGuider Marc Ostrick
  Co-Founder, eGuiders
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  United Way - Making Of

  (Stop Motion)
  [ 0:54 - from Vimeo ]

  This is the making-of video for the United Way's animated commercial entitled, "Changes".  Made with cardboard cut-outs, a team of animators, and amazing music, the commercial is truly inspirational. The final product is currently in the Cannes Advertisement Competition.  view

  

  New Media Producer John Rota
  Film, TV & New Media Producer
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  Logorama Trailer

  (Experimental)
  [ 0:45 - from YouTube ]

  This trailer for an Academy Award-nominated short film depicts Los Angeles as it might look if entirely composed of corporate logos. Wait, let me look out my window ... yep, kinda looks like that now. view

  

  Feature Writer Kate O'Hare
  Feature Writer/Columnist at Tribune Media Services