4/20/2020. Los Angeles. A global pandemic has cut off pilot season at the knees. The necessary halting of live action production has lead to mass layoffs in the entertainment industry, and from the looks of it, even animation production (which adapts much more readily to remote collaboration) won’t emerge unscathed. Even as the mainstream industry …
I came up with this exercise in 2008 when I was working through the 1979 edition of Kit Laybourne’s The Animation Book and wanted to experiment with cameraless drawn-on- and scratch-on-film animation but had no analog film and no access to a projector. The result? A cheap and easy approach to teaching cameraless direct animation …
Earlier this year, I went to a Zine Fest Houston workshop where we learned to make a one-page zine out of a single sheet of 8.5″ x 11″ paper. Since then, I’ve incorporated these tiny zines into my development process for all animation projects. Zine-making requires more attention and organized thought than drawing in a …
8" x 10" x 1" acrylic shadow box + 8" x 10" x 1 5/8" cradled birch panel + battery-powered LED pen light = an animation light box for the masses.
Watch “Mannequin”, a hand-painted animated short by Pete Burkeet, then read an interview with the artist.
Build your own multiplane animation rig for $60, from IKEA parts! No power tools required — all you’ll need is a screwdriver. Place it under any copy stand / down shooter rig. Replacement glass (usually the most significant expense) is just $5 per sheet. Music by Black Ant (CC-BY)
