What you see above is the work of four graduate students in the Texas A&M Viz Lab, over the course of a year and a half. It’s an incredible story about the battles and wars that go on behind the doors of the Goobee vending machine. Simply amazing.
Candy canes glisten, green frosted hills sparkle, and battered steel weapons glint in the setting sun. Tensions flare on both sides of the battlefield. Gumdrops glare with hatred at the Chocolates. Chocolates wait with confidence, eager to slaughter their opponent. High above in the crimson sky candy corn vultures circle in anticipation of the devastation to come. On a far away hill bright white eyes wait. They wait…
- GoobeesFilm.com [via BoingBoing TV] (Thanks, Xeni!)
Sounds like this story owes a bit to this comic strip from a couple years ago…
http://pbfcomics.com/?cid=PBF129-Colonel_Sweeto.jpg
Well, looks like boingboingtv made some money off it through verizon’s ads. I wonder if the grad students did?
Reminds me of the coke machine animation you watch before being released into the World of Coke to explore on your own. The new place is cool but I miss the focus on it’s history like the old one had.