Greetings Aliveasart readers! It’s been a while since we’ve posted, and even longer since we’ve updated our collection of experimental motion graphics. We have some great short films for your viewing pleasure today. Enjoy them, and have a great Friday!

Reulf
by Charlesque
In a black and white Parisian backdrop, miniature artists get down and dirty to brighten up the European city. A true joy to watch, Reulf is student project created at the University of Paris. If you are curious, the music composed by Robert le Magnifique and Olivier Mellano.

 
World Builder
by Bruce Branit
Ladies …

Most of my favorite artists lead very non-traditional lives, and, consequently, they go through frequent artistic phases. If you have ever taken an art history course, or are at the very least a fan of Van Gogh or Picasso, then you can probably sympathize with my fascination with creative stages. I believe that when artists change the manner in which they create art, it is a signal that they have experienced some profound milestone in their lives. Of course, milestones are not always positive in nature. But one thing is …

This morning I commenced a mega-packing chore, in preparation for my summer move to Houston. As I rummaged through my closet full of worn and torn clothing, it occurred to me that I had not yet written a post about fashion. That is just silly, because personal style is the most overt way in which we live our lives as art. So I would like to introduce to you Marguerite Sauvage, a fantastic fashion illustrator based in Paris.

A self taught artist, Sauvage combines sophisticated European techniques with Japanese-inspired line work …

Imagine that your job was to play with food and toys. Paris-based artists Pierre Javelle and Akiko Ida make a living doing just that. In 2002, the husband-wife team invented Minimiam, a man-made micro universe, where miniature figurines perform ordinary activities amidst a combination of sweet and savory landscapes. Since then, the concept has given way to an amusing series of diptych photographs that are as pleasing to the eye as they are to the pallette.

Through Minimiam, Javelle and Ida have melded multiple genres of photography, including micro-photography, culinary art, portraiture and landscape. In each …