Author: davemh

DIY Animation Club co-founder Dave Merson Hess taught animation and developed curriculum for Aurora Picture Show's youth workshops, 2014-2018, including stints as a resident artist in the Arts in Medicine programs at MD Anderson Cancer Center and Texas Childrens' Hospital. He also started Rush Process, a Gulf Coast-based festival celebrating animators who work with physical media, which ran from 2015 to 2018. Dave is currently an MFA candidate in Experimental Animation at Calarts.

Plog Your Way To Filmic Victory

plog-planning

Plan + log = plog. Set priorities and track progress on your current animation project.

$60 Multiplane Animation Rig IKEA Hack

$60 multiplane animation rig IKEA hack

Build your own multiplane animation rig for $60, from IKEA parts!

Cel Animation for the Digital Era

scooter dog painted cel

A crash course based on existing internet resources plus additional things I've learned in a year of experimenting with hand painting on cels.

Robert Breer’s introduction to Byron Grush’s “The Shoestring Animator”

Robert Breer on getting started in animation, and working with index cards.

Portable 10F lightbox with pegbar for $40

clipboard-lightboard combo

Make a portable (USB powered) 10F animation lightboard for animating on the go.

h3ll y3s: A Chat With The Makers of “Stilton’s in Charge”

Still from "Stilton's in Charge"

A rad cutout short from Jonni Phillips and Victoria Vincent, made with sharpies, construction paper, and a 10-year-old webcam.

Cut-Out Animation Basics: Persistence of Vision

diagram explaining persistence of vision

The first installment of DIYAC's kid-friendly cut-out stop-motion animation course.

Cameraless Direct Animation: A Paper-Based Approach

A cheap and easy approach to teaching cameraless direct animation for the post-celluloid era.

The One-Page Zine As Brainstorming Tool

Instructions for making a 1-page zine (jpg)

Make a tiny zine as a project development exercise.