Part 1 of my design final! I used a limited color pallet to create a character. As well as trying to use less outlines than I normally do.
Initially I had doodled a bunch of mermaids but then suddenly there was this fancy lady trying to go somewhere in a gust of wind. No regrets.
wowie, this is lovely, Mari! Love the muted color palette.
Man, it took me a while to get back to this! So this is a basic “what if” animation. The folks at WayForward are remaking the old DuckTales NES game as “DuckTales Remastered,” so I decided I’d try to mimic what they did for the Rescue Rangers NES game!
I animated all of the performable actions you can do as Chip based on some sprite sheets I found from the original game. I’m gonna upload a full video of it eventually, once I can get the export to look better. That way it can be seen without a break in the action.
Here’s hoping they actually go forward with a Rescue Rangers remake!
Alex has been chugging away at this beauty for a while in his free time, it looks beautiful!!
so some advice I received in high school that has stuck with me to this day is that art block is just “your art in the process of getting better” so you just gotta push through it and get to that next level!
This is my take on that advice :P
shannon’s right!!
gabriel: party angel
for tada4ever. Here’s hoping he’s dancing to whatever you’re listening to. Because? He is. He KNOWS.
who did the thing
KATY DID
THE MINOMONSTERS CINEMATIC TRAILER!!!
Watch it! Love it! Dance with it!
( it’s a great dancer )
<3 The Minomonster crew
THIS LOOKS SO GREAT, GUYS.
My good friends are animators at Mino! Wow, this looks so great, guys.
Peter: It’s here! My intro film for the “Salty Toons” animation screening at Big Irv’s Gallery, which I curated and hosted this past weekend. I was so excited to create something that emulated the dark and gritty tone of the films that were screened, and to have a chance to revisit some stop-motion photography (it’s been 5 years since my last stop-mo film!). This was also the first time I used DragonFrame software and shot with a DSLR camera (courtesy of Andy London) which made everything beautiful - make sure to set your youtube player to 1080p resolution!
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And since I always enjoy looking back on the process of making a film and seeing the similarities and differences between original ideas and final result I thought I’d post some storyboards, tests and behind the scenes photos from my process. Below are the original boards, which include an alternate intro involving making popcorn on top of the salt-machine (boards #1-8). I decided to scrap this portion when I realized the story was more about the journey of the salty mixture.
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Here are some early concept sketches of the salt machine and basement set, as well as the film’s well-worn supplies list. Lots of trips to Home Depo and Utrecht:
Below is the basement set before the dead plants and dirt floor were added. While there are lots of little details included that may not completely register to the viewer in the brief moments they’re on screen, I do think they subconsciously get recognized and contribute to an overall reality. Plus the more detailed the set, the easier it is for the filmmaker to feel inspired and immersed in the environment while shooting:
The counter top set was pretty small in actuality. I made 3 tiled wall sections that were movable so I could rearrange them according to the shot, in order to convey the sense of a larger space:
Set lighting is VERY important (as is a good camera). Check out the before and after difference:
The actual room where I shot everything was a mess of homemade solutions to get the desired result - you can see I put a blue t-shirt over my globe light to add some diffused ambiance, and I separated the colored lightbulbs on top of the set with cardboard beer cases to keep the colors from bleeding together and to help define them better on camera. But you’d never know that looking at the final shot:
Lastly, I went back over some of the footage and animated flames and flowing salt goop by hand (frame by frame) using Flash. After I roughed out the animation, everything was cleaned up and then composited onto the original footage using AfterEffects:
Finally, all that was left was the sound design - which can really make or break a film. I set the tone with this great version of “In the Hall of the Mountain King” by Trent Reznor that had a lot of distortion and electronic interference, which suited the style of the footage really well and helped set an audio direction. Having a partner who is a professional film sound designer was also pretty helpful. We sat down together and figured out ways to include subtle sound effects that complimented and integrated with the soundtrack. There’s lot of film projectors, record players, television tubes, static and even some deer rutting calls and a cash register!
And so that’s how I made a 1 minute film in 2 weeks! Looking back on it, it was a lot of work but extremely fun and gratifying. Now I can’t wait to start something new!
peter is cool
Oh my gosh whoever you are that made these .gifs from some of my films - YOU ROCK. I’m glad you enjoy my stuff, stay tuned for more (I’m literally gluing dirt to a stop-motion set right now for my next film).A pretty little known youtube person who’s made some really nice things. Also has a tumblr.
Peter is one of my best friends and his stuff is super creepy/cool, please check him out!!
Due to silly reasons, I have stupidly late galentines to give! So I decided, since they were already late, I might as well make them White Day gifts!
So sorry for the lateness you super cool ladies, but I hope you like them <3
sobbb Mari is tooo sweet and talented, look what she made for us!
