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Props to Travel Oregon for, as one Source reader puts it, “breaking the Internet” with a video that’s a gorgeous, magical rendering of our fair state. 

So what do we want to do today, kids, watch Japanimation-ish vids, or go play outside #inBend?

And of course, mad props to the people who made it — Psyop and Sun Creature Studio, via Weiden+Kennedy.

This article appears in Mar 7-14, 2018.

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Cartoon Oregon: Only Slightly Better Than Real Oregon

by Nicole Vulcan, The Source - Bend, Oregon
March 13, 2018

<h1>Cartoon Oregon: Only Slightly Better Than Real Oregon</h1> <p class="byline">by Nicole Vulcan, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />March 13, 2018</p> <p>Props to <a href="https://traveloregon.com/" target="_blank">Travel Oregon</a> for, as one Source reader puts it, "breaking the Internet" with a video that's a gorgeous, magical rendering of our fair state.&nbsp;</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full aligncenter aligncenter"><a href="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/screen_shot_2018-03-13_at_1.53.20_pm.png"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/screen_shot_2018-03-13_at_1.53.20_pm.png" alt="" class="wp-image-33274" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">I mean, it's magical, but who knew Crater Lake could be this magical?</figcaption></figure> <p> So what do we want to do today, kids, watch Japanimation-ish vids, or go play outside #inBend?</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"> <div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://www.youtube.com/embed/XXRBLyQQ78A </div> </figure> <p>And of course, mad props to the people who made it — <a href="http://www.psyop.com/" target="_blank">Psyop</a> and <a href="https://suncreature.com/" target="_blank">Sun Creature</a> Studio, via <a href="http://www.wk.com/" target="_blank">Weiden+Kennedy</a>. </p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/outside/cartoon-oregon-only-slightly-better-than-real-oregon-5377716/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=33265&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/outside/cartoon-oregon-only-slightly-better-than-real-oregon-5377716/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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