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These videos are almost too cheery to be considering LTV-worthy, but every now and then something truly phenomenal comes around that you just can’t help but feature it for all the animation fans who might enjoy a brighter/cheerier palette cleanser before delving back into the dark and weird.

I haven’t read all his postings, so I’m not sure of all the little tricks he uses, but the primary result of these videos is a technique that makes real life scenes and events look like they’re stop motion animation.  I don’t know if it’s the bright colors and high saturation coupled with the sharp focus near the middle of the frame and blurred toward the edges.  Whatever it is, people come out looking like tiny little matchstick models, the seas look like they’re fake, even a real helicopter appears to be a little toy.

The “Bathtub” series appears to be all water oriented, but he has other videos that cover other topics.

I want to thank MythBusters’ Adam Savage for tweeting the link to this video and bringing the series to my attention.

Bathtub IV from Keith Loutit on Vimeo.

Keith Loutit on Vimeo