Recent Posts Tagged With 'stop mo'

• ANIMATING UNCLE ELEPHANT

  Posted on Sunday December 13th, 2009 at 13:46 in animators, animated shorts, stop mo

  ANIMATING UNCLE ELEPHANT from Joel Fletcher on Vimeo.My friend Joel sent another video of stop mo animators at work! My buddy Mike Belzer is in it!I shot this mini-documentary of my fellow animators Justin Kohn, Kent Burton, Mark Kendrick, and Mike B...

• Behind the Scenes: Tim Burton at MoMA

  Posted on Monday November 23rd, 2009 at 19:15 in directors, cg, animators, animated features, stop mo

• Do Bem™ – 100% Fruchtsaft

  Posted on Sunday November 8th, 2009 at 17:57 in animated shorts, stop mo, animated commercials

  do bem™ - Açaí Juice 100% fruit (Tic Tic Tac Wafer's Keyboard) from Hardcuore on Vimeo.love the monkey!...

• Example Animation Review

  Posted on Monday October 26th, 2009 at 16:03 in learning, resources, cg, 2D, animators, visual fx, stop mo

  I heard your requests for an example review to be posted to the blog.Below, is a review I completed for a submission to my $50 review post.No need to reveal who the animator is.This is just to illustrate what a basic review would entail.General Notes...

• Mary & Max

  Posted on Monday October 26th, 2009 at 12:56 in inspiration, animators, animated features, stop mo

  This is a wonderful film.Below, he says "The true actors are the animators..."...

• $50 Demo Reel Review

  Posted on Wednesday October 14th, 2009 at 00:55 in learning, cg, 2D, animators, stop mo

  It seems there are plenty of young character animator reels out there that need help.I will provide $50 Reel Reviews for the rest of this month. What will your $50 get you?personal review with meemail with bulleted notessketches or drawings, if need...

• Strawberry Swing

  Posted on Monday October 12th, 2009 at 11:10 in Music Videos, animated shorts, stop mo

  Directed by Ross Neil and Matt Clark. Written by Ross Neil. Produced by The Pixel Hive....

• Henry Selick leaves Laika

  Posted on Sunday October 11th, 2009 at 15:33 in the biz, animators, animated features, stop mo

  We have all heard about the layoffs at Laika, but I really figured they were going to focus on stop-mo with Selick after the success of Coraline. I guess not?Apparently the filmmaker’s contract was up, and according to Variety, Selick had become f...

• The PEN Story

  Posted on Friday August 14th, 2009 at 15:17 in Photography, stop mo

  wowsie wow!This is the PEN Story in stop motion.They shot 60.000 pictures, developed 9.600 prints andshot over 1.800 pictures again.No post production! ...

• DEADLINE post-it stop motion

  Posted on Monday August 10th, 2009 at 18:47 in animators, animated shorts, stop mo

  Directed by Bang-yao LiuMusic by Röyksopp (http://royksopp.com)Sound design by Ian Vargo, Shaun BurdickActor: Chun-yao HuangBehind the Scenes...

• Amautalab

  Posted on Thursday April 16th, 2009 at 14:10 in inspiration, Music Videos, cg, 2D, visual fx, animated shorts, stop mo, animated commercials

  Awesome!!!The timing of the reactions made me giggle...Client: Nat GeoProduct: Ecology messagesConcept, Production, Animation and Direction: Amautalab Music Clip for Anne LaplantineClient: Angelika Kohlerman RecordsConcept, Production and Direction: ...

• Stop motion with wolf and pig

  Posted on Thursday April 16th, 2009 at 13:01 in animated shorts, stop mo

  Someone has a lot of time on their hands...but fun to watch!...

• Mykonos

  Posted on Saturday March 28th, 2009 at 20:21 in inspiration, Music Videos, animators, animated shorts, stop mo

  Mykonos from Grandchildren on Vimeo.The short film above looks so much better than most of the design-oriented, digitally created with "crapter fx" or whatever stuff that is churned out there.  The beautifully abstract and less literal concepts and ...

• NIGHTMARE BEFORE XMAS behind the scenes

  Posted on Tuesday March 24th, 2009 at 11:50 in inspiration, animators, animated features, stop mo

  NIGHTMARE BEFORE XMAS behind the scenes from Joel Fletcher on VimeoMy buddy Joel sent me a link to a video of him animating on Nightmare Before Christmas...those stop mo animators are some patient people....

• Interview with Henry Selick

  Posted on Friday March 13th, 2009 at 15:12 in inspiration, animators, animated features, stop mo

  I am a BIG fan of Coraline, Neil Gaiman and Henry Selick.His description of developing the script is interesting.Story boarding is KING!...

• George Pal Puppetoon - Rhythm in the Ranks

  Posted on Friday February 27th, 2009 at 15:57 in inspiration, animation history, animated shorts, stop mo

  Youtube has everything!George Pal Puppetoon - Rhythm in the Ranks ...

• Coraline

  Posted on Friday February 13th, 2009 at 16:32 in inspiration, animators, animated features, stop mo, concept artists

  "Art of Coraline" panel at the Nucleus galleryMy sister from the other mister!Coraline JonesI cannot say enough good things about this movie.It's the Modern day Alice in Wonderland!Not only is the story rockin, the animation is to die for and every s...

• Koumpounophobia

  Posted on Friday February 6th, 2009 at 17:09 in inspiration, animated features, stop mo

  I am so excited about this movieI have no words!!!!!!!And Coraline's last name is Jones!I haven't seen a movie in the theater since Ratatouille!The crew of Coraline has been sending out special handmade boxes as gifts to bloggers. I am so sad I did ...

• Mary and Max

  Posted on Wednesday January 28th, 2009 at 14:04 in animated shorts, stop mo

  It's like Bukowski wrote an animation script...The film’s about a lonely 8-year-old in Australian (voiced by Toni Collette) and her pen pal, a fat, 44-year-old Jew with Asperger’s living in New York City. ...

• Bubblicious by Rex The Dog

  Posted on Friday January 23rd, 2009 at 14:23 in inspiration, Music Videos, stop mo

  Second cute clip from electro canine, Rex The Dog. Insane stop motion animation on this Geoffroy De Crecy directed spot, mixing paper crafted caricatures, simple staging, synth flourishes and that unmistakable Yazoo vocal sample.Watch the music video...

• Coraline = Yum

  Posted on Thursday November 20th, 2008 at 12:49 in news, artists, animators, animated features, stop mo

  I am a HUGE Selick fan and even HUGER Gaiman fan, but then I hear the soundtrack is from They Might Be Giants! OMG, it's like a dream team. This looks so awesome...I can't wait to see her sew buttons on her eyeballz!Title: CoralineGenre: Animation/...

• Il Luster

  Posted on Thursday November 6th, 2008 at 00:20 in cg, 2D, animators, animated shorts, stop mo

  I found some really fun animated shorts at Il Luster in the Netherlands. Although the website doesn't work on Mozilla, I went the extra mile to open it in Safari and it's well worth changing browsers. Good stuff! Hard Boiled ChickenRunning time: 4 ...

• Meghan Brain United Spot

  Posted on Monday September 1st, 2008 at 16:08 in inspiration, 2D, stop mo, animated commercials

  It's no secret I am a big fan of Meghan Brain's Paper Scultures. I found her art back in 2006 and posted some of it on the blog.She worked on a couple united commercials where her sculptures are animated!There is a whole behind the scenes section on ...

• Visual Amalgam Show October 5th - James Gray Gallery

  Posted on Sunday August 31st, 2008 at 14:39 in inspiration, artists, parties, illustrators, the biz, animators, artist spotlight, visual fx, storyboard artists, stop mo, character designers, concept artists

  Charge, diptychOil Painting on Canvas96” x 36”2008Angela JonesVisual Amalgam Show: The Film Industry Artist Gallery Event.James Gray Gallery at Bergamot StationSunday, October 5 2008, 5:00pm - 9:00pm2525 Michigan Ave Santa Monica, CAThe event wil...

• Chainsaw Maid

  Posted on Friday August 22nd, 2008 at 17:37 in stop mo

  Zombie Friday...Remember it's just play dough....

• Levi van Veluw

  Posted on Monday August 18th, 2008 at 19:44 in inspiration, artists, practical, stop mo

  Talk about practical animationLevi van Veluw...