{Music Monday} Color...

Hudson - Against The Grain from Dropbear on Vimeo.  

It's going to be a busy week with (hopefully) a lot of color. This stop motion, colored pencil video fits my mood today. Happy Music Monday! Now I'm off to the studio... 

via ::  Design Mom

{stop motion} animation in white...

It snowed today here in the northwest and it's very cold and white. It's a perfect sort of night to curl up with some hot chocolate and catch up with some of my favorite blogs. When visiting Paper Forest, I found this beautiful stop motion video from french animation artists Camille Baladi & Arnaud Roi. You know how I love stop motion & paper cut art - so I was excited to have stumbled on this video. It's so cool... and very white. Quite fitting for a day like today, don't you think?

   des pop et des up from upupup ! on Vimeo.
 

Dot...

{image via here }

I'm a huge fan of anything from Aardman Animations (creators of Wallace & Gromit) and  I was really excited when I spotted their new project Dot, on one of my favorite blogs, Kickcan & Konkers. This features the world's smallest stop-motion animation character- shot on a Nokia N8 camera phone that's fitted with a CellScope. The art piece used in the film is also called Dot, and was made by Will Studd an Ed Patterson, of Sumo Science, for Aardmann. 

As always, I am just as interested in how these wonderful little short features are made and I loved watching  this "making of" video too. -Simply amazing. Hope you enjoyed it! 


*I also wanted to say how touched I am at all of the sweet & supportive comments that were left on yesterdays post. Thank you!

{Everyday Inspiration} Stop Motion Awe...

Her Morning Elegance music video by Oren Lavie, has been circulating on the web for over a year now. I remember posting it on my FB page when I first saw it because I liked it so much. I find that I keep coming back to it for one reason or another. I dove in a little bit to learn more about how it was made and was surprised to learn that there is a Her Morning Elegance Etsy Shop. The still photos by Eyal Landesman that were used in the video can be purchased. The 2096 photos that made up the stop motion video have been broken back down to still form and have been exhibited in galleries worldwide. {Image via here}

I'm so intrigued by the stop motion process and completely in awe of the work that goes into a video like this. This video fit my mood today- it's calming and inspiring all at once. Hope you enjoy it too. Now I am ready to go to the studio... 

{Inspiring Artist} For the love of stop-motion...

{still images via here}

While reading, It's Nice That a while back, I stumbled on an article about Joseph Mann. The article was about the stop motion representation of William Goldsmith's, The Chimney Sweep that Joseph Mann painstakingly created by hand. I loved the image of the two clay figures sitting on the rooftop and immediately looked him up. Mann, finished his last year of school at Glasgow School of Art and has some pretty wonderful work to show. I am particularly taken with, Taller Than Trees, and Me and My Toes. This guy is pretty darn inspiring. Enjoy! 

Getting to know me and my toes from Joseph Mann on Vimeo.

Taller Than Trees from Joseph Mann on Vimeo.

The Chimney Sweep from Joseph Mann on Vimeo.