Production Stills + Making Stuff 3!!

Hey-Low! Video editing is going really well. There was certainly a learning curve with Final Cut Pro, but I got the basics and have pretty much laid out my clips. Now I must go in and add effects and color correction to give it that finishing touch of pro-ness. I’ve gotten some good feedback from …

It’s Been A Whiiiile! (Yarled like that one song)

Hello fellow pineapples! well It’s been a long damn while indeed. last post was like, sooo last year! like, Ermahgerd! Anyways heres a quick update, followed by the pickup from the last relevant post. UPDATES: -The Studio is gone! literally, it has been demolished by Trimet(local Metro) and will be turned into a Metro Transit …

tis the season

to hole up in a studio and create!

8 hours in, after studio relaxin

Making Stuff! – A Skeleton’s Skeleton 1st attempt

So I found this old halloween skeleton chilling in a box of old junk and I went berzerkers! it had charm and character like only an old, dirty skeleton could have. A lot of skeletons these days are much too clean and smirky to star in a heavy metal film. Only problem was that it …

Paranorman Review

Paranorman is 1 part zombie thriller, 1 part goonies, and 2 parts fucking awesome. I was invited to a pre-screening by a friend who works at Laika (thanks Christina!) and I went into the movie only with an expectation of seeing some awesome stop motion, and a seemingly decent PG zombie thrasher based on the …

Making Stuff – Eyes!

For eyes, I like to use small pearl beads. Just dab some paint on the eyelet hole however you want your character’s eyes to look. blue, green, iris, no iris, big small….or better yet, make many designs so you can animate them! Why paint the eyelet and not the smooth part of the bead? answer: …

Supplies…The Infinite Search for Bollocks

If you don’t work for Hollywood, chances are your budget is bollocks, and you have to find your materials behind the used teapots and broken plumb pipes of thriftstores and flea markets. I find myself at Goodwills and Salvation Armies probably at least 2 to 4 hours a week. Luckily I inherited the genes that …

Cleanliness is Close to Godliness….Especially when Clay is Invloved

As they say, Cleanliness is close to godliness, and when it comes to stop motion with clay….thats fucking so true.  Because basically when you’re animating, you are playing god. its your own little world that you’ve created, your own characters you’ve built, your stage, story, lighting, and actions. You are manipulating every aspect of this …