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An excellent, psych-happy animation, Cascade, from Timothy LaPointe

Date
13 July 2012

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If I had a finite number of screen-grabs left in me – in the same way that I know I can only play Allesi Brothers’ Seabird a few more times before it will cease to be enjoyable – I’d use most of them up on this one-minute-20 wonder animation, Cascade, by Timothy LaPointe.

Just give over to its beautiful cacophony of psych-visuals played out as random cloud bursts and firework tadpoles erupting in a woodland clearing. Yes, it’s random but it’s also a great example of some canny animation skills working with a familiar digital aesthetic that would work brilliantly as stills but as an animation? Something else entirely. Enjoy!

A 3D render of a swirling, luminous cloud of pink and orange light. The glowing form floats above a dark, dense thicket of foliage under a starry night sky.
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Timothy LaPointe: Cascade

An abstract digital painting of a glowing orange sun rising over a swirling purple and pink landscape. Above the horizon, a dark sky is filled with scattered, soft-edged points of white and yellow light.
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Timothy LaPointe: Cascade

A 3D render of vibrant, colourful clouds of smoke floating against a dark blue night sky. The neon green, pink, yellow and blue plumes drift above a dark, silhouetted treeline.
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Timothy LaPointe: Cascade

A 3D render of vibrant, multicoloured clouds of smoke or ink swirling against a dark blue background. The plumes blend in shades of pink, yellow, teal and purple, with bright light glowing from within the clusters.
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Timothy LaPointe: Cascade

A 3D render of a large, billowing red cloud of smoke or fire against a dark blue background. Bright, thin lines of white and yellow light streak across the frame, intersecting over the central explosion.
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Timothy LaPointe: Cascade

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Bryony Quinn

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Bryony was It’s Nice That’s first ever intern and worked her way up to assistant online editor before moving on to pursue other interests in the summer of 2012.

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