Autumn Leaves Now in Full Production

For the past week I've been animating like crazy for the new Autumn Leaves short and things are going amazingly well. I'm already about a quarter (or possibly a third) of the way through the animation and have completed four whole shots!

I don't have any of said animation available for viewing yet, so in the meantime, I decided to post a few pics of the sets and whatnot.

Some ruins in the background - made of green florist's foam.

The set

A close up of the tree man

In this shot the pink screen was still up. I was going to use it instead of a green screen but the color bled into the shot too much and made everything very pink, and generally hard to key out. So I put up a white screen instead and it works quite well.

Behind the Scenes Pics

Just a peak behind the scenes at the last short I did.

It's just a 16 second spot for StopMotionAnimation.com
You can see it here.

I'm Still Here

As usual, I've not posted for some time but that's mostly because I had little to say.... until now that is. I've just recently finished a promotional spot for the IlluXCon 4 art show (which takes place every November in Altoona, Pennsylvania). You can see the spot on the site or here on YouTube.

Also, I'm finally getting around to some of the other shorts that I've been planning: like Autumn Leaves and a 10 second promo for Stopmotionanimation.com.

Happy Halloween!

Well, I've been gone for some time now, being busy with other junk and such, but I had a bit of free time and decided to do an E-card.

My free time is due mostly to the lack of RAM in my computer which makes the task of rendering HD files out of After Effects virtually impossible. Oh well, I hope to have things up and running again for the music video and Autumn Leaves soon.

Autumn Leaves Returns!!

As you may or may not know, I've decided to take a little time off the Music Video so that I can try to complete the remake of my first short Autumn Leaves. I was originally intending on using it for the Stop Motion Magazine Film Festival, but, seeing how the deadline is the 15th of this month, I don't really think I'm going to make it. Oh well . . . . I still may be able to use it for some other festival. But I digress . . . . Here are some pics of the new puppet and if you click HERE you'll get to listen to the song itself (note, the version you'll hear isn't the one i'll be using cuz it's too upbeat).

We made him using the Build Up method; liquid latex, cotton, and foam. He has a wire armature and epoxy bones. And those ARE real twigs sticking out of his back and head.

And I spent an hour and a half painting foil leaves.

New Book Out!

THE ADVANCED ART OF STOP-MOTION ANIMATION by Ken Priebe is due to be released June 16 . . . . . and the best part is . . . . . I'm one of many animators listed in it! There's also a bunch of interviews from great guys like Justin Rasch, Ron Cole, Mark Spess, the guys at Screen Novelties, and MORE! I'm absolutely amazed that Ken was able to pull together enough people and info to make another, but I'm happy he did. You can check out his other book The Art of Stop-motion Animation here.

Another quick "STOP IN"

Ok, so, I've been really busy with STUFF lately and haven't really had time to say hi. I've done a lot more animation and am about HALF way done.

Also, I've been working on the big outdoor set for the last few shots. We made the ground out of plywood and covered it in GREAT STUFF spray foam which we then carved and painted. It actually worked out quite well.

WELL, GOTTA GO, HOPEFULLY YOU'LL HEAR SOMETHING MORE FROM ME BEFORE THE MONTH'S UP!