The little video that could, should and did, Kitty Said What?, has been nominated for the YouTube 2007 Video Awards in the Creative category. Here’s a little something our Photo Animation Guy put together to encourage animania and animal-mania, hip hoppin’, trip-hoppin’, hamster and pug beat groovin’ morph lovers to get the vote out!

Our morphin’ jumpin’ jivin’ hiphopin’ furry-creature lovin’ creative partner Bowen has done it again, launching yet another lovable, danceable animal animation on YouTube. This one features a pet that may have slipped out of fashion but is definitely back in the spotlilght now - a hamster - let out of his/her(?) cage to invade the screens of fans of Kitty Said What? and I’m a Pug!.

This came in from Morpheus’ YouTube fanbase. Meow. As for letting your kitty crawl all over your laptop – file under These Are Professionals, Don’t Try This At Home Kids

Bowen keeps rockin’ and YouTube keeps stockin’ his morphin’ movies. Check this one out, fresh for the holidays, garnering hits and generating comments like “I love your videos and so does my bro please make more.”

The Kitty Said What? phenomenon continues. It’s outta control, spreading like wildfire in Malibu, inspiring talented kids to pay tribute, as you see here. Kitty was once lonely, but no longer. Kitty would like to thank its fans and introduce a new meower on the scene…

More quirky animating animals, more catchy tunes & good fun from our friend Bowen, as he tallies up the hits (625K+ as of this posting) on YouTube with the rockin’ good time of I’m a Pug! Woop - Morphin’ Pugs, a crowd pleasing, morphed-out music video sensation from the wacky land of pets bent on entertaining us video-glazed humans.

This clip has also garnered 11 YouTube Honors: #58 - Most Viewed (This Month) | #2 - Most Viewed (This Month) - Pets & Animals | #3 - Top Rated (This Month) - Pets & Animals | #96 - Most Discussed (This Month) | #3 - Most Discussed (This Month) - Pets & Animals | #83 - Most Discussed (All Time) - Pets & Animals | #18 - Top Favorites (This Month) | #1 - Top Favorites (This Month) - Pets & Animals | #70 - Top Favorites (All Time) - Pets & Animals | #4 - Most Linked (This Month) - Pets & Animals | #33 - Recently Featured - Pets & Animals

In addition, “I’m a Pug” ringtone has become a top ringtone download under the Other category on LilTone.com

Catchy and infectious, our colleague Bowen’s irresistible YouTube phenom "Kitty Said What?" pretty much starts and defines a new genre: pet rap. Having received 12K+ views in a week’s time [UPDATE: 2.9 MILLION VIEWS ON YOUTUBE AS OF 11/13/07], it’s delivered with inventive uses of morphing, sound sync and humour, and shows how Morpheus can serve as a cool tool in the arsenal of music video production. For kids of all ages. Way to go, Bowen – definitely keep ‘em coming.

Love the action on the ears! There is a certain family resemblance… Very nicely done, great dynamic feel to this morph. It also helps clear up that age-old question: “Can red pandas touch their tongue to their nose?”

Great work here with the precise layout of dots to get a very centered, symmetrical and dynamic morph. Revenge of the nerd dogs! We also like the subtle shades of gray in the two photos used, adding a further sophistication to the animation.

We like how this animation sets the beach on fire, and reveals the feline inside.

Thanks to Morpheus aficionado annandrige for this animation of “Abot’s baby at 5 wks 3 days” morphing into young Cameron by the lake. A couple of young pups with a family resemblance? We think so…

A girl with a beautific smile turning into a cuddly kitten is a true recipe for a feel-good morph. What makes this one special is the close attention paid to the position of the eyes, nose and mouth in the two original photos. Nice one from Morpheus user mikebell!

Helene sent this one. Fantastic grasp of timing and setup - the facial features are smoothly transitioned and the pace is nice. Care put into choosing the right photos and then plotting the transform points can really make a so-so animation into something remarkable. Way to go, Helene!

We like this one for its upbeat emotion. It’s alive and preserves the happy expression of this emotion in both beast and boy, from beginning to end. We also like to see users take advantage of the backwards morph, so we can see the reverse morph as part of the animation.

No, it’s not the less-than-thrilling band that Bob Weir formed after the demise of the Grateful Dead, alas, but rather a rat smoothly transitioning into a chihuahua, submitted by Morpheus user revilohm. Stay tuned, we have a bunch more user animations in the queue!