Bee on flower violence: a discussion with Dale Hayward

Above: In court, the bee will claim the flower was ‘dressed sexy’.
Dale Hayward is responsible for the single most disturbing animation involving a sunflower in the history of the universe. The Flower is also a hilarious and unexpected inversion of DIY stop-motion, which tends towards towards the twee. The animator chatted with Crackle about the [...]

Julia Pott has got a crush on animation

Julia Pott created one of the most original and endearing short animations we’ve ever seen on Crackle. My First Crush is the collected stories of the first infatuations of a handful of Brits, told by the wistful people themselves, who are animated as a variety of fauna. Watch it below:

We knew we had to [...]

Rockstars of animation: an interview

John Godwin and Stephen Payne are responsible for A Tale of Rock, the story of a guitar-wielding dragon who outshreds a giant skeleton in a guitar battle of Homeric proportions. These sons of Britain kindly answered our questions about internet popularity, Guitar Hero, and Tenacious D.
Crackle: First, congratulations on the success of A Tale of [...]

Tzanko’s Tale

Animator Tzanko Tchangov is responsible for ‘Tale’ and ‘The Awesome Duo’, two of the most bizarre, stylistically daring, and incredibly funny short animations on Wet Paint. In addition to his personal work, he’s done ad work for the Oxygen Network and Phillips, and recently studied Classical Animation at the Vancouver Film School. He graciously answered [...]

Zach Parrish carries us away

Rising star Zach Parrish is the creator of Carried Away, which we previously highlighted on this blog. Here he talks with Crackle about his influences for Carried Away, his experiences as an aspiring animator, and his favorite Disney villains.
Crackle: Tell us about yourself. How did you get into animation? Have you [...]