"The Ball"

So to escape the clutches of LEGO Stop Motion cliche - and the slight chance of either having to actually storyboard - or even having to write a script. I decided the ball I'd been walking past the last few days needed to be a star. "To shine through all the other 'ball' stereotypes!" It did take alot of character building but in the end the ball stepped up (even knocked back a role in Titanic II)and pumped himself up to be the bigger (midget) soccer ball. This was a special day for me, and a special film. I knewI was doing nothing special on this day except what I wanted. It was the 14th anniversary of my brothers untimely death, and as every year I take this day to remember the only brother I lost. We weren't that close after we turned about 18 but regardless, we were still brothers. The day he died is the day I remember like my own birthday. I do the same for the both, I take the day off. This year I took the day off, but prepared. I charged the battery in my camera. On the day of the shoot, I just filmed everywhere I could and it felt so good. I knew it was going to work. It did. This is the result:

"The Deuce"

It's been a while since I made a LEGO Stop Motion. Late September actually but that's not to say I haven't been busy with other animation. This one is probably my best to date in terms of smooth animation, lip-sync and general overall quality. I'm more than quietly proud of this one.

Walking to Work '12

So I decided to do another Time Lapse of me walking to work. I took a photo every 6 steps (plus a few videos along the way). This one worked out alot better than my first (incidently my first You Tube video - but not my first made) It worked out pretty smooth, better than I expected actually which it usually the way right. Aim low - hit higher!?

I've got two more videos to add, both are Lego Time Lapse and Stop Motion: Most people do a straight time lapse but I try to add a "bit of life" to them.

"Alien Conquest"

This was made with cardboard cut-outs.
I filmed the cars with the background upright.
The UFO's were filmed with the background flat on the table.
The fire was filmed in the backyard....

Red Bean....

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Rotoscoping

Here's the 2 rotoscoping animations I recently finished:

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I don't mind that one but it is kinda "lazy". I much prefer the second one I animated:

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Alot better detail :D