Turquoise

Artist/animator Reza created this lovely animated short about a boy living in a drab world. He happens across a beautiful flower that leads him astray while ominous creatures pass judgement on him.  I loved the stylized, nearly cubist art style and the flowy animation, and along with the exotic music it adds to the overall dreamy feeling that the short encapsulates.

Next Life

Well, it's almost evening time in our part of the world, and we're all still here.  It seems that whole end of the world thing was crap (cough, cough).  Color us surprised.  Anyways, why not add another Doomsday piece in to the mix?  And we have, with 'Next Life'.  It's the animated short full off sepia-tones, a melancholy yet fashionable couple, and some news for the future of mankind.  Sorta.  It's a contradiction of sorts, with a mellow Louis Armstrong song accompanied by some shaky animation.  "Should I feel chill, or uptight?!"