Actual Glass Animation

Through BoingBoing, who incorreectly daated this as from 1984, I came across Inspirace (Inspiration) by Karel Zeman, from 1948. Somehow I had never heard of him, Wikipedia describes him as a Czech film director, artist, production designer and animator, best known for directing fantasy films combining live-action footage with animation.Because of his creative use of special effects and animation in his films, he has often been called the "Czech Méliès".

Stop Motion Animators and their Puppets

Very interesting thread on Twitter

Paint on Walls Animation

And nt just the walls, all srufaces in the room are fair game. I had seen this one before, but enjoyed it again when it was redently posted to Boing Boing
 

 
Now you might think that was a lot of work. There is more where that came from: blublu.org. The above is actually just a small part of this much longer animation:
 

Back to Basement

Not Stop Motion

This reached me through multiple channels. It was made in Blender

Home, Closed (2020)

My latest animation is now available online:

Home, Closed from Wobbe on Vimeo.

Grinding Light

Just before everything changed, I had set up for a stop motion test in my basement. Last night I finally got to shoot it, here is the result:

Grinding Light from Wobbe on Vimeo.

Oscar Worthy Animations

Looking for something to watch while confined to home? How about this, reported by OpenCulture.org: Watch 66 Oscar-Nominated-and-Award-Winning Animated Shorts Online, Courtesy of the National Film Board of Canada

This includes the full version of Chris Landreth's Ryan:

You can of course also go straight to the source, the YouTube playlist by the National Film Board of Canada, which contains both animation and live action actually, or their website

Here is a stop motion animation (with some real eyes) favorite of mine that is a bit on the long side to show in class: Madame Tutli-Putli, directed by Chris Lavis & Maciek Szczerbowski, from 2007:

Welcome Back Students (Almost)

Here is something I finished over the break:

Spawn (Vicious Cycles #2) from Wobbe on Vimeo.

AR 386 Hands On Exercises

I put these, unlisted, up on YouTybe for the ArtNow Library Exhibit.

Animación Fotograma a Fotograma

This was created in Columbia. My Spanish is a bit rusty so I do not actually know what it is about but it the animation quality is rather good

Atando Cabos EP01 from Quiero Animar on Vimeo.

Here is a making of

Making Of Atando Cabos from Quiero Animar on Vimeo.

Again found, by way of FaceBook, through Mat et les Humains

Animated Book

Did you too grow up with Astrid Lindgren? The book depicted in this short animated clip, know to me as "De Gebroeders Leeuwenhart", is translated into English as "The Brothers Lionheart"

Astrid Lindgrens Värld - Bröderna lejonhjärta from HarisArts on Vimeo.

Director: Niklas Gunnarsson @ filmstory
Director of photography: Haris Mlivic
Shot on Canon 5d2, all the Canon tilt-shift lenses and Dragonframe.

Early Man coming 2018 A.D.

There is stop motion animation, and then there is Aardman:

Who you gonna call? GHOSTBUSTERS

Say, any fans of the original Ghostbusters film? This videos is a stop motion animation that recreates the Ghostbuster film but adds more to the story that may surprise you, which makes it more fun. One more detail that I forgot to mention, this animation uses LEGOS! https://youtu.be/4Nnj1NCfjt4

Google "Lotte Reiniger"

Google honored one of the pioneers of animation, the first to ever create a feature. And all by cutting out silhouettes by hand: Lotte Reiniger.



Here is a behind the scenes look: the doodle was created using the techniques pioneered by Lotte Reiniger.

3D Printing Animation

The 3D print I showed in class separated and recorded as replacement animation.

Community Garden, Beechwood Ave, West Long Branch, NJ 07764, US

Radiohead Returns

The Lost Prince

It seems we may have to wait a while before we can see "The Little Prince" I blogged about earlier; the distributor has dropped the film. We can enjoy this trailer though
 

UPDATE: Netflix picked up the film

Clothing in Motion

Got this through Nerdbot on Facbook, they did not post who created it. It is a fun bit of stop motion animation.

Stop Motion Clothes Video

This stop motion video blew me away!

Posted by Nerdbot on Monday, February 22, 2016

An while we are on the subject of stop motion:

More Stop Motion

Yes, it seems my posts lately have a bit of a stop motion theme to it. Here is one created by Aardman: