I was first drawn to these 2 shorts due to their character designs. I absolutely love this style of character, with the head being an extension of the body, and their faces being very small. It sets up the short as something out of the box, whilst also linking all of the characters together. Both these shorts have social themes saying that we're essentially all the same as each other, and the use of this "template" character design helps sell this.
I then found I liked these shorts for different reasons. For animals it was the absurdity of the events as well as the pacing and escalation. The surrealistic ending was also appreciated and was a fitting climax to the short, in multiple ways similar to Caterpillarplasty.
For El Empleo, it was the strong story and social commentary as well as the creativity of the idea. The many ways humans were used to replace objects never got boring, with this scene being my favourite clip:
These shorts (especially Animals) makes me want to get into 3D animations using non-standard character designs, as I love how that looks combined with the realism 3D animation can produce.
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