Drawing a woman from the inside out

This is a wonderful flash animation that recreates an artist's systematic rendering of a woman from skeleton to nude to clothed model. I wish I could draw like that.

Self-carving Pumpkin

Here is a fun stop-motion animation of a pumpkin dancing around and carving itself. Enjoy.

Prop of the day

This amazing spider prop was built by Tracy Murphy of "Village Haunt". Using windshield wiper motors as well as pneumatics, it has the ability to chase after trick-or-treaters and spit "venom" at them. Click here for a terrific video detailing the spider's creation. (My favorite part was learning that the spider's legs were covered in eight fuzzy scarves that Tracy's wife knitted.)

More detailed instructions on building this prop can be found here.

Animated prop of the day

For all of you Coulrophobes out there, allow me to introduce Mr. Softy. He stands there, 6'6" tall, slowly turning the handle on his jack-in-the-box, waiting until someone approaches. Once they do, a screaming skull flies out of the box at them.

You can find Mr. Softy and other terrific creatures at The Scarefactory. Their stuff isn't cheap (Mr. Softy costs $2000!) but the site is a great place to check out when you're looking for inspiration.

Zombie killing game

This zombie-killing flash animation game is based on Herbert West: Re-Animator, a series of short stories by the horror fiction writer H.P. Lovecraft.

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