About

Cool 3D World is a collaborative animation project by Brian Tessler and Jon Baken that posts 3D animations with intense distortions and grotesque imagery. They were primarily active on Vine before the platform shut down and have since moved solely to YouTube.

History

Brian Tessler is an animator who has been active online since 2013. On his Tumblr, brianbrianbrianbrian,^[1] he has posted images and videos of grotesque 3D animations since September 13th, 2013. Jon Baken, under the handle popcorn10, is a musician and animator who began posting 3D World-esque collaborations in June of 2015.^[3] On September 28th, 2015, Cool 3D World posted its first Vine (First in the YouTube compilation below).^[2]

The channel was an instant hit. Only 18 days after the duo posted their first Vine, Fusion^[4] published an article about their work. Killscreen^[5] also wrote an article a month later when the pair released their first longer video, a music video called "The Summoning of the Skylark," released December 1st.

In September the following year, Dazed Magazine^[6] wrote an article about some of their recent longer-length videos. Overall, the channel has remained very popular; according to Killscreen, Cool 3D World's Vine had subscribers "into the millions" as early as December 1st, 2015. The YouTube channel^[7] has over 44,000 subscribers. They have nearly a million likes on Facebook^[8] and over 28,500 Twitter followers.^[9]

Various Examples

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