Henrique Barone just graduated from Classical Animation, and already his name is being spread throughout the internet as the inspired creator of a wonderful short animated film, Tough West.

Featuring the gravelly voice of veteran actor Ron Selmour, the short was featured today as a Vimeo Staff Pick.

No small feat, considering the sheer number of amazing projects uploaded to Vimeo.com each day and the high bar set by the staff: “We really love videos, and these are the videos we really, really love. All of these videos have been hand picked by the real humans who work at Vimeo. We hope you enjoy them!”

Congrats on the well-deserved exposure, Henrique!

Update (1/12/12): In case you didn’t notice, Henrique pointed this out in the comments below:

“Thanks for posting. I really appreciate it! It’s also cool to mention that the Music and Sound Effects were done by VFS Sound Design students Jonathan Bonder and Luis Orlando Ruiz.”