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2009 New Year’s Greeting by Art Grootfontein
by amid
January 12, 2009 2:16 pm


Every year around the holidays I receive a whole slew of animated greeting cards. The new year’s greeting below by French artist Art Grootfontein is the most impressive from this past season’s batch of e-cards. It should be evident from the piece itself, but Grootfontein also tells me that one of his favorite sources of inspiration is my book Cartoon Modern.

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    • 8 comments   posted in Flash, Shorts

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    01/12/09  8:54pm
    sean says:

    coincidentally, i just watched this yesterday: http://users.skynet.be/pdauwe/ursula_martinez.wmv and it too uses Mancini’s A Shot in the Dark. Who doesn’t love a little magic once and a while?

    i should also say i thought the cartoon/animated greeting card was great!!

    –thanks!
    01/13/09  5:51am
    Chris Dainty says:

    I like it. Good stuff.
    01/13/09  8:32am
    Eric says:

    I lost interest at 0:50.
    01/13/09  12:30pm
    Terrence says:

    Curious to see a monochrome photographic safelight and photochemical technology showcased in something done in Flash. It’s hip to be old school, at least in a Christmas card.
    01/13/09  2:54pm
    Jessica Plummer says:

    Haha! The build up for the end is pretty cute. Colors were my favorite part.
    01/13/09  4:07pm
    Jose Saenz says:

    Very nice…yep, that book is a CONSTANT source of inspiration. I know it completely changed the way I approached design.
    01/14/09  11:52am
    Pedro Nakama says:

    I like it! Kinda Cartoon Modern with a cut-out feel to it.
    01/15/09  5:32pm
    Thorsten Hasenkamm says:

    Very cool!
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