Rough&Laugh

Another amazing bit of abstract animation, I have absolutely no idea how this was created (although I wish i did!), paint stop motion?! I love Vimeo.

Rough&Laugh kz remix short-version from TYMOTE on Vimeo.

More Amazing Animation Inspiration

by Hiraoka Masanobu

Animation Beginnings and Stills

In the last week or so I've finally started drawing out the first frames of my animation after lots of visual research and planning and learning new software. Here's the first animatic loop which I'm currently illustrating my characters over. I will probably add a few more inbetween frames to the run animatic whilst I'm animating my characters.

Here's a still of one of my characters over the running loop!

'When The Day Breaks'

Just seen this amazing animated short and it's semi-paralyzed me it's so good! 

Animation Beginnings and Inspiration

For my Defining Interactive Practice module at university we have until February to do basically any project we like, whether it be a continuation of previous work or something entirely new. I've decided to really concentrate on animation (utilizing illustration along the way) and finish off a project I started last year, although changed around a little bit.

So far I've been drawing down a lot of ideas and loose draft storyboards in my sketchbook, as well as trying to teach myself how to use Adobe After Effects. I definitely want to continue with 2D, hand drawn frames scanned into the computer as opposed to experimenting with 3D computer generated animation. 

I've also been looking at existing animations to try to work out how they were achieved and put together, here are some of my favourites.

Music video for 'No Turning Back' by Sarah Blasko, directed by Celeste Potter (not sure if she was responsible for creating all the animation) I think this is just stunningly perfect and wonderful!

'Howard'  by Julia Pott. I absolutely adore all of Pott's work, both animation and illustration

'Pipelines: Here, There, Everywhere?' by Daniel Gies / e.d. films. An educational film about pipes and plumbing systems but the animation is totally gorgeous.

Music video for 'Full Moon Reggae Party' by Tigercats by illustrator and Tigercats' lead singer, Duncan Barrett

Music video for 'Hide' by Kris Menace featuring Miss Kittin, animated by Mathieu Bétard, Pierre Ruitz and Jonathan Djob Nkondo.

Music video for 'Feels Like We Only Go Backwards' by Tame Impala directed by Becky Sloan and Joseph Pelling.

Underachievers Hooded Fang Poster

My most recent poster commission was an updated version of a poster for Manchester clubnight Underachievers Please Try Harder advertising their Hooded Fang gig at The Castle in Manchester's Northern Quarter. 

While I'm on the subject of Hooded Fang, I absolutely lovelovelove this single and the amazing animation that goes with it!

Sadly I didn't actually get to go to this gig as I was at the clubnight that me and my boyfriend organise, artwork for which will be in the next post!

Tigercats

...are an indiepop band from London who happen to have really, really awesome music videos.

Gospel Music

So I was wandering around Manchester today listening to a Kill Rock Stars compilation and this song came on and I was all like I HAVE TO ANIMATE THIS RAAAARR. Turns out it already has a pretty lovely video. I'd still like to animate something for it though, maybe after I've finished my other animation.

Animation Stills

I've started making my first animation! It's going to be a music video, here are some of the first stills. Took me two whole days to animate 20 seconds of film (only 220 more seconds to go!).

White Corolla

I have no idea why I haven't posted this before, it's pretty much the best thing ever. It's Julia Pott's music video for White Corolla by Casiotone for the Painfully Alone and it's SO GOOD.

Times New Viking / Animation Love

From Wears The Trousers:

"...The band have selected the brilliant ‘No Room To Live’ as the first single from the forthcoming LP. The track was originally released last year as a tour-only 7″, and was featured on our list of 2010′s best tracks. Check out the song’s incredible video below. To produce the clip, the band enlisted the help of around forty artists, mostly from the Columbus, Ohio area. The video was shot in real time, then each individual frame was printed out and hand drawn, coloured or decorated to produce almost three thousand individual images, which were then put back together."

Amazing.

More Lovely Stopmotion

This video is so cute, Grass Widow are awesome too. I really, really, really want to have a go at making something using stopmotion one day.

Coasting and Lovely Stopmotion

I abolsutely love everything about this - the track is summery and shambolic and lovely and the animation by Alice Cohen is really charming. Love. This is currently out as part of a triple A-Side 7" EP on the excellent M'Lady's Records.