Monday, November 7, 2016

Stop-Motion Character Animation

Stop-Motion Character Animation by Daniel Herrera: Enjoy!


Hi! So, for this assignment we had to do a simple stop motion of a character. We could use a doll, stuffed animals, or other inanimate objects, as long as they were posable to create a character out of it. The picture bellow shows my setup on my desk. My story was supposed to be a simple dive by my posable art doll into a pool of water. But I started to think on ways to extend it and make it a little more creative. Then I started having my art doll do stretch poses prior to the dive. I used my speakers as the platform for the diver’s launch area, and a container full of water as the pool. I shot frame by frame using my camera and tripod. Things got a little complicated when one of my doll’s legs came off because the water dissolved the glue. Therefore, I improvised and extended the story to a more abstract ending that involved mutilation, and that surprisingly still worked and was sad but kind of funny in a way. Then, i grabbed all the images, edited out my arms and strings in some of the photos using Photoshop's clone stamp tool. Finally, I put all the images into the iMovie software, played around with the timing of the photos, and finalized it into a movie with sound. I hope you guys enjoy it as much as I did!





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