Yellow Cake

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Three years in the making, and it looks damn good. Yellow Cake by Nick Cross – read his production blog and watch it here:

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  • http://burningparachute.blogspot.com/ Meesimo

    Wow! I love it! Great looking, funny and poignant.
    Bravo

  • http://fluidtoons.com Brett W. Thompson

    Woo hoo!!!! I’ve been waiting for this since Nick did “Waif”!! Thanks for posting about this- I loooooove Nick’s work!

  • $#(%)!

    Loved it. Awesome!

  • Jay Sabicer

    Interesting choice of title. Yellowcake is the name of the first stage of preparing Uranium into reactor fuel or for nuclear warheads. Seems the bakers were in a no-win situation with the oafish felines. Excellent animation from a one-man operation.

  • Ariel

    I can’t get Vimeo at work.. but i’ll be sure to look for this film in Ottawa.

    Art work looks great though. Can’t wait!

  • http://tetecarree.blogspot.com David Gale

    This is just fantastic. I think it has some of the nicest backgrounds I’ve ever seen!

  • http://twobenswamp.blogspot.com Emmett Goodman

    I caught this last night. Wonderful piece, and a huge Bravo to Nick Cross. I know some people are going to compare this to Spumco work. But trust me, this is something else. Something different. Maybe something evil (and I mean that in a good way).

  • http://pyatyletka.blogspot.com Nick Cross

    Thanks everybody!!!!!!

  • BrianB

    That was awesome Nick.

  • http://www.SPRENGELMEYER.com John Sprengelmeyer

    Very, very nice work. The music to art blend are perfect. Great job, Nick!

  • Emily

    That was awesome! Also, the film has a beautiful vintage cartoon visual style. I enjoyed that very much. Congrats to Nick Cross.

  • Matt Pennington

    wicked man, you got the vintage look better than anything I’ve ever seen. and a great ending. cheers!

  • http://chrisbattleillustration.blogspot.com/ Chris Battle

    DUDE. WOW. Just… wow. High fives all around, Nick.

  • http://www.rauchbrothers.com Tim Rauch

    ooooooh I love it! Now THERE’S something you’ll never see funded by someone like “Cartoonstitute”. Really very enjoyable, loved the ending.

  • fishmorgjp

    Wow, that was great!

  • Jeremy Fries

    WOW! I haven’t seen a film that I liked that much in quite a while! The visuals and the music were wonderful, and the story was truly amazing! 10/10!

    If there’s a fan club, please make me a member.

  • i liked it but…

    I wished this film would have remained silent before the Ottawa fest, personally.

    Now i’m gonna have to watch it twice :(

    Other than a good story and cinematography, i found the “line width” situation a little distracting on the characters. I also thought they didn’t go well at all with the “classical” style backgrounds.

    But and in all, great job. Just wished i hadn’t seen it before Ottawa thats all. I like surprises.

  • Tim Schuit

    That was fucking awesome. I laughed, I was shocked (my jaw dropped when they burnt the mayor alive….totally unconventional for a “cute” cartoon like this)….and the message was clear without being preachy.

    Nick you are my new hero.

  • http://anikey.blogspot.com/ Albert

    Nice one! Loved it!

  • Karim

    Well, what about people who can’t go to festivals?

  • http://bakertoons.blogspot.com/ Charles Brubaker

    I loved it. The message gets through loud and clear.

    Great animation, too.

  • R.A. MacNeil

    Amazing film, awesome animation. Starts like a “Happy Harmony” then turns into 1984.

  • Angry Anim

    WOW! What an acomplishment!! Well done… and excellent use of library music, too!

  • julian chaney

    WOW! that was a nice film .bright future to you Nick .

  • akira

    cool! i love the animation of the cat king coming off the throne… and all the other cartoony animation, too!!

  • http://joelbrinkerhoff.blogspot.com/ Joel Brinkerhoff

    Engrossing, and unfortunately relevant for today.

  • leticia

    Very political and well-done!!
    Loved it!

  • Charles Thompson

    I was thinking this cartoon was Smurfs meets Battle of Algiers only drawn better. Very good.

  • G Melissa Graziano

    Awesome!! Can’t wait to see it on the big screen at Ottawa!

  • Pheslaki

    I found the allegory a little too on-the-nose to be amusing, and the character design and animation reeked of spumco rip-off.

  • Adam

    Now THAT’S a cartoon!

  • http://www.skylineart.blogspot.com Vinny

    Wow, I think “damn good” is quite the understatement. Loved every minute.

  • http://chrisallison.blogspot.com Chris Allison

    Great job, Nick. Another really strong film. Keep films of these calibre coming. Can’t wait for the DVD of all your films!

  • Em

    this was incredible. congratuations, mr. cross!

  • Lippy

    I’m stunned at the depth/conflicting styles/ and general mastery of the short form.

    Congratulations, Nick!
    Well Done!

  • andreas Wessel-Therhorn

    great short! well done

  • oteamak

    absolutely fantastic! I really like it very much! Great job!