real eyes, animated body

Not sure what I think about these. No denying that it makes a super strong result, but kind of feel like it's cheating: of course it's gonna have a strong result. I think these ones by Carlos Lascano are the most effective. That monkey one at the bottom is kind of freaky.

Seems aftereffects is integral to so much these days, whole worlds are built in it, suppose I should learn it.

Making of J'ai pas le temps / sneak preview from Carlos Lascano on Vimeo.

J'ai pas le temps / I have no time from Carlos Lascano on Vimeo.

The Can from Carlos Lascano on Vimeo.

A SHORT LOVE STORY IN STOP MOTION from Carlos Lascano on Vimeo.

Justin & Shel Rasch documentary

John Ikuma filmed Justin and Shel Rasch for a documentary, only just ran across it. I love these guys, totally inspirational, especially seeing this and seeing how low tech they are, just getting it done not worried about doing it the "proper" way, and then their end product comes out looking great.

Juan Soto Shooting

really nice 2ndary motion by Juan Soto

Foam Latex how to tutorial

Stop Motion Magazine recently put up some youtube tutorials walking you through the steps for molds, armatures, and the black arts of mixing latex. Solidly presented.

(this is vid 5 of 6)

I recall that in the Dec 2009 issue there were instructions for making an oven to bake your latex in (so you don't poison your family with your kitchen oven.)

John Brown Drawing Tips

Was watching a scultping tutorial by John Brown and he threw some great tips that apply equally well to drawing or sculpting.

He defines a curve as a series of intersecting lines. So if you want to exaggerate, it will still feel right if you maintain the ratio of the lines. (the red lines)

Then he uses the silhouette to check his shapes from his reference against his piece. He looks at where the apex (furthest out part of the line is) is in relation to the length of the line (here 3/4 of the curve appear above it), and at what kind of negative space the curve creates, and checks his piece against those things.

Pretty cool stuff. Easy to follow video, makes you feel like you can do it.