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Light Painting with the iPad
One of the things I love about being an artist, or designer, is the endless possibilities. What I mean by that is, you are always looking for new ways to create, new techniques to bring what you see in...
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The Power of Light In Motion.
Over the last year and a half I have seen a ton of stop motion video. It has been the go to flavor of the month for some time now, much the way the “I can’t draw sketch book look”, … Continue reading →
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It’s Not Technology. It’s What You Do With It.
This entire film by Aardman Studios was shot using a Nokia N8, and a microscope adapter. The main character is 9 millimeters tall. yes 9 Millimeters. In the opening title frame for the short film “The...
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Stop Motion Moleskine.
This stop motion video for Moleskine by the Danish artist Rogier Wieland is wonderful. While it looks like it is all stop motion, I have a pretty strong suspicion that he is doing quite a bit of After...
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This is T.I.E. Watch it Now.
This is why I love what I do for a living. This great little animated short for T.I.E. is wonderful, but when you watch the making of video, you’ll be blown away. Beautiful design, photography,...
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Design Friday. FRICTIONS.
There isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t wish I was still in school. Every time I turn around I find some new work produced by a group of students that is absolutely fantastic. this video is no …...
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500 People in 100 Seconds, Analog Meets Digital.
A friend of mine sent me the link to this video about a week ago and I completely meant to post it. The thing is, it kind of got lost in the shuffle of the Adobe MAX conference last week … Continue...
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The Story of Sushi, Four Story Tree House.
I am being blown away every day by a new piece of work that is being done by someone combining stop motion animation, live action footage, and DSLR shooting techniques. “The Story of Sushi” created by...
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Avett Borthers, “Head Full of Doubt”. 2600 Paintings in 1.
Creating a stop motion animation is a painstaking and time consuming process. It involves thousands of minute changes, each of which is photographed and edited together in post. It’s hard enough but...
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Monday Inspiration. “Malaria” by Edson Oda.
What better way to start your Monday than with an absolutely killer stop motion animated short film featuring, great illustrations, an engaging storyline and plot, simple yet effective special effects,...
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“Sol og Måne” a Danish Stop Motion Lullaby.
I’m a little over the stop motion animation thing these days. It just seems like it has saturated every media outlet and no one is really pushing the boundaries with it. That doesn’t mean I don’t like...
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Boilerhum, A Year Through My Window.
If the Australian Tourism Board hasn’t already licensed the film below they should. This short 5 minute film compresses an entire year of travel around the entire coast of Australia into one short...
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“Book of Legends” Stop Motion Done Right from Second Home Studios.
Anyone who knows me, knows my pet peeves when it comes to stop motion animation. Stop motion doesn’t have to look herky jerky, old-timey, jittery. It doesn’t need fake gate weave, frame jitter,...
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Awaken the Spirit of Travel.
Malta based BRND WGN was charged with creating a tourism video for the island get away and Air Malta. Using the ubiquitous red candles that are found through out the island a crew of thirty created a...
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BlackMath’s Mixed Media Animation for Disconnect.me.
Boston based BlackMath always produced top notch video and animation work. Recently they produced a piece for Disconnect.me that has been getting a lot of playtime on the internet. I’m loving their...
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Fear of Flying with No Stop-Motion.
Below are two videos. The final “Fear of Flying” and the Making of film that shows how much work goes into something like this. “Fear of Flying” has one more awards than you can shake a stick at, and...
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How To Make a Jarritos Stop Motion Commercial.
Below are four great videos from CHRLX for Jarritos and GSD&M. While you would think this is a full on stop motion short, this is actually a blend of CG characters and real world filmed...
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Type is Power. A Brief History of Typography.
You use type everyday, but most of us don’t give much thought to the history of typography. The stop motion video below is an overview of the history of typography in less than five minutes. Take a...
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Ninjas vs Superbugs
I say this time and time again, just because you are making a stop motion animation, you don’t have to make it look like something from the 1950′s. Case in point, First Avenue’s animation for IBM,...
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StopMo Pro and a Cool Animation About StopMo Pro.
The National Film Board of Canada is currently offering their StopMo Pro for iPad2 software for just 99 cents. If you have any inclination toward film making and or stop motion animation this is a no...
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