This dynamic mother daughter duo created a home-made “bluescreen” – an animation technique from way back – using a sheet to set up a neutral background shared by both shots. Way to go!

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

Some of you may remember John Woo’s 1997 thriller Face/Off with Nicolas Cage and John Travolta. The tagline was In order to catch him, he must become him. Well, here’s a little homage to that imperfect piece of cinema with perfect casting…

With this post, we begin a series of experimental animations on celebrities, trying to draw out some of the more dynamic elements made possible by Morpheus. If you have ideas for celebrity combos you’d like to see represented here, let us know by by leaving a comment below or contribute your own!

Thanks to Morpheus user mr-r34 for this one – great attention to detail here. We like the morphs of the coifs almost as much as that of the nicely-transitioning facial expressions. Definitely a keeper.

This is one of those charmingly surreal uses of a classic b/w portrait with a new color one, and across generations. Really nicely done, in our opinion. We’re guessing from the file names that this is a mother-daughter combination. Thanks to wl_missnono for sending it in.

Either he’s brave or his girlfriend sent it in, but thanks to Morpheus user musicmaniac313 (don’t you love how we refer to people by numbers nowadays; what would Orwell say?) for this nice gender-bending celebrity morph. Smooth!

Wazzup Talea, thanks for this classic photo montage morph with a distinctly alien twist. The truth is (still) out there!

Got this time lapse (or generation-leaping, depending) treasure in from anlongbeach.

Morpheus user spencer_murphy submitted this charming animation called "Nick & I."

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…

Well, Halloween may be over except for a smashing pumpkin or two, and Dia de los Muertos just rounding midnight, but we think this one could pass fine for any ghoulish holiday. Thanks for the trick and treat, yellek0711 – that’s kelly backwards we’re guessing, and she’s either lucky, born under the sign of Cancer or works at 7/11 – or possibly all of the above…

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!

He’s got the sideburns, the French beret, the buttoned up shirt AND the drawing skills. We’re just wondering if those are books or DVDs. Whatever they are, they dissolve away in the simpler world of the drawn character. We also like how the lines on the shirt collar morph perfectly into the drawing. Nice work.

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!

Animania! goes international with this animation that came in titled “Nous Deux.” It’s like a mini foreign movie – but no need for subtitles so no strain on your eyes!

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.

We’re not sure who this Nik is, but he does a fine Belushi imitation and has wilder hair to boot. Nice slow and strange – animania indeed!

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!