The Great Vince Balducci

Following on from all the talk about the new Pixar short Presto, I stumbled upon this animation by Shaun Abernathy created in 2005.

Here’s what Shaun says about it:

No this isn’t Pixars new short “Presto”, but my senior thesis I made in college in 2005-06. I saw Presto recently, other then the similar designs or characters the story actually ended up being different. The goal of their rabbit was to get fed, mine aspired to be the star of the show and was tired of being a useless prop.

The very talented Shaun can be contacted here where he also has other showreels available.

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A Breathtaking Transposition of a Signed Card and a Signed Bill... You display a deck of cards and allow a spectator the choice any card they like (no force). The spectator then signs the card and it's returned to the pack and lost. The deck is placed on the table. A bill is then borrowed as well which the spectator also signs their name on. The bill is displayed on both sides and you slowly start to fold it into eighths. With the folded bill at your fingertips, you slowly wave it over the d... [more...]