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Showing posts with label stop motion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label stop motion. Show all posts
Friday, April 2, 2010
Experimental Animation: v2.2
This is my home-made rostrum setup on my dining table.
Awesome, eh? I can't show you the camera setup but that little wire-thing coming in from the left is a DSLR remote I use to take the photos so I don't bump the camera. Unfortunately it drains the battery like nobody's business and I had to stop shooting tonight because I ran out of power completely. I keep my laptop open with the animatic at the appropriate spot in Toon Boom so I get an idea of what kind of movement I should be making under the camera. The camera itself is just precariously perched on a tripod which I have manipulated around so the camera sits parrallel with the table when shooting.
Anyway, here, have some light tests...
Using the overhead light in the room. Lol camera shadow on background.
I call this one, "Kidney Failure".
Anyway, here, have some light tests...
Lamp too close on the right.
Done with my awesome vintage blue-shade lamp, but not strong enough for shooting.
Using the overhead light in the room. Lol camera shadow on background.
I call this one, "Kidney Failure".
Unfortunately, I can't seem to get rid of that yellow tint when shooting at night. The white balance on my camera is always hard to get right, even during the day.
More to come...
More to come...
Experimental Animation: v2.1
Had a rethink of my idea and figured out a way to still get the texture of the beads without having to fiddle around with the damn things all the time and extend my shooting time to a ridiculous amount I just don't have.
1. Make a drawn template for my animated objects. In this case, you can see the two fish models I'm using, with one smaller than the other.
2. Stick double-sided tape onto clear plastic sheets (in my case, ripped out of a display folder).
3. Cut tape+plastic into required shapes.
4. Peel off the double-sided tape backing. In this case, I'm using the bubble I made as an easier example, because the fish were really fiddly.
5. Stick beads to sticky plastic shape.
6. Make sure they form a good shape and are mostly covering the plastic.
7. Coat the whole thing in clear adhesive (you know, the kind you get with the awesome fumes?) and leave it overnight until it sets, and now you have a bubble!
8. Or a fish!
9. Which you can then segment using your handy craft-scalpels. The beads aren't friendly to scalpel blades, though, so don't use a really favoured or expensive blade for the cutting.
To Be Continued...
1. Make a drawn template for my animated objects. In this case, you can see the two fish models I'm using, with one smaller than the other.
2. Stick double-sided tape onto clear plastic sheets (in my case, ripped out of a display folder).
3. Cut tape+plastic into required shapes.
4. Peel off the double-sided tape backing. In this case, I'm using the bubble I made as an easier example, because the fish were really fiddly.
5. Stick beads to sticky plastic shape.
6. Make sure they form a good shape and are mostly covering the plastic.
7. Coat the whole thing in clear adhesive (you know, the kind you get with the awesome fumes?) and leave it overnight until it sets, and now you have a bubble!
8. Or a fish!
9. Which you can then segment using your handy craft-scalpels. The beads aren't friendly to scalpel blades, though, so don't use a really favoured or expensive blade for the cutting.
To Be Continued...
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