Animation
A New Computer (January 2003, 4 min)
Download A New Computer (11 MB Ogg Theora)
A story about a man buying a new computer. Perhaps computers aren't all they're cracked up to be... Stop motion animation with Lego bricks.
- Released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
- Winner of the audience choice Best in Show award at the Brickswest 2003 animation competition
- Participant in the Streaming Festival in May 2006
- Used by Opera in some examples of the HTML5 video element
Available in other formats:
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- MPEG-1: Small (6 MB), Medium (10 MB) (MPEG-1 Video, Layer II Audio)
- Theora: Small (4 MB), Medium (11 MB) (Theora, Vorbis in Ogg)
Swim (December
2001, 19 sec)
Short and simple demonstration of a technique for animating swimming and splashing of water with Lego bricks (no waves). Yes, there was an earthquake in progress during the filming.
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