Lego Animation Workshop brought to you by ASIFA-Colorado

This August ASIFA-Colorado and Ones & Zeros hosted a four hour Lego Workshop at the Mamie Daud Broomfield Library. The turnout was impressive, with around 70 families showing up at the door. Unfortunately, we only had space for about 40 of them. Together, the children split into teams and concepted an epic battle between Earthlings, Pirates and Martian Dinosaurs! Each team shot an scene and the entire short was edited and projected on site. What a fantastic experience for event planners and participants alike. Thanks to all the parents who stuck around and helped, and all the kids who mustered great attitudes especially when sharing their beloved toys with strangers. Check out the video!

Adventures in Medical Stop Motion: The Workshop!

Here are the results of a successful stop motion workshop I delivered to the Association of Medical Illustrators 2010 conference in Portland, Oregon. Pay particular attention to the first animation where a surgical towel comes to life after an ill fated suture accident. This was a collaboration with Dr. Max Maizels of the Childrens Memorial Hospital in Chicago. We are experimenting in creating an animation that would teach good knot tying and suture habits. Others who participated in the workshop include Medical Illustration professionals and students.

Selected Stop-Motion Shorts from Sarah

stop motion videos:

i like the movement in this one
"Life Is Editing"


i like the black and white in this one
"Que Sera Sera (is print dead?)"


i like the soundtrack to this one, and it's funny
"The 10 Commandments: No. 5 Thou Shalt Not Kill"


i like how simple and strangely entertaining this one is
"BnC_LearnWalk"


ok, i'm done... except for this one

this one is just art (not stop motion)
pretty! with cheesy words!
Check it out!

thanks Sarah!!!

Happy Halloween!

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A gem from youtube!

More Stop Motion music videos

My friend Sarah Knowley sent this:

"I found more work from the guys who did the stop motion music video Her Morning Elegance.

They have other music videos and some independent short films and stuff.

Three of their commercial videos are exactly like Her Morning Elegance which I thought was hella lame.

http://www.onewingfly.com/

Check out The Red Suitcase in the animated, old gallery...wtf? I liked it!"

The 2009 Summer REEL THING at the STARZ Tivoli Theatre!

It is that time again folks, the Art Institute proudly presents it's quarterly REEL Thing, an animated showcase of student and faculty work. Come one, come all to this totally free event at the Starz Tivoli Theatre, on the Auraria Campus in the Tivoli Student Union this Thursday, September 24th from 7 to 10pm. This projection features 3D, 2D and even stopmotion work, such at this little ditty by student Moses Guardado. See you there!

A New Wes Anderson Movie IN STOP MOTION!!!

My friend Jason Bennett, who resides in Brooklyn, turned me on to this trailer. I don't know much about the film, but it looks fantastic!

Hi everyone! So sometimes I cruise the interwebs, watching for interesting or innovative animations, seeking inspirations and ideas. I recently encountered an artist named Stefan Nadelman, whose webpage is located at http://www.touristpictures.com/ . This guy is really inspired, and uses many different techniques as part of his storytelling process. In particular, I saw that in some of his short films, he utilizes actual photographs or real footage of real world places as backgrounds, sometimes even as the principle characters. I am inclined to think that we may benefit from this kind of technique as well, meaning that we could use actual photos or film of real places in Denver as the settings for our animated characters. Using some simple methods, we could apply these images as "skins" for three-dimensional shapes created in 3D Studio Max or some other whiz-bang program. I believe this could be a time-saving process, decreasing the amount of time needed to physically build environments, as well as adding a level of "verisimilitude" or suspension of disbelief to the entire feature. I encourage you to take a look at Nadelman's works to get a better idea of what I mean, as well as to simply enjoy this guy's creative process.