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Aniboom is an online community for animators and animation! There is tons of great animations on there, you’ll get a great kick out of all the different animators. There is a huge $50,000 reward for the best submitted animation. So get crackin’ people. The site is still in beta, and even though i love the content and the idea, the look and feel of the site could use a little sprucing up.

Overall, I think it’s a site checking out and hanging out on. It’ll be interesting how we might be working together when Mojizu releases MojiFlicks section!! Real exciting stuff.

So there is a book that I’m hoping to have in my hands really really soon. Dot Dot Dash; Designer Toys, Action Figures and Character Art is the news book from the dudes at Pictoplasma. Here is some info from the book’s website;

Expanding on the widely popular subject of contemporary character design, this definitive volume showcases an up-to-date survey of the personalities and characters that have entered the third dimension.

Check out some of the pages of the book and order your copy here.

found via drawn.ca

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I’ve never adored 3d characters as much as 2d, but I know that they serve a purpose. I always saw more heart in 2d animation. There is something that is taken away from the spirit of characters when they are rendered and processed so much. But somehow I feel the love here with this little character. Done by grivina on mojizu!

Characters are everywhere and now as an attatchment for your ipod ear buds from a company calld futuronomie.com!! Emotibuds are small, whimsical adornments that slip onto the outside of your Apple iPod earbuds, turning the digital device into a vehicle for self-expression.
The concept and design of emotibuds draws on the ubiquitous “emoticons” of the online world and allows users to bring such conscious expression into social space.

They are fashion for the idea-conscious. They are ideas for the fashion-conscious. Mostly, though, emotibuds are just weird and cool little creatures.