Digital vs. Analogue Cut-Out Character Puppets

EXD300 Stop-Motion Shooting     |     Day 1   Week 14     In the fourteenth week of the second semester Final Project course, I started shooting my stop-motion animation demo. I started with a test scene, then made multiple attempts at shooting the analogue puppet demo.      Test      Demo     During the shooting of the scene above, I realized how difficult it would be to animate the butterfly flying past the puppet since they are on the same level of the multiplane. Because of this, I decided to shoot the butterfly flying cycle on its own in a static position to then edit back into the demo in post production.     I was also unsure of the jump and recovery, so I made another attempt at it.     In the end, I preferred the original scene's jump more than the second attempt. All stop-motion animation was shot with Tahoma2D on a multiplane set-up provided by AAS College.

AND141 Sketching and Drawing for Animation 2nd Semester      Week 14      In the fourteenth class of the second semester Sketching and Drawing for Animation course AND141,  we returned to observing the body in parts. This time, we focused on the whole arm, including the hands, forearms, and shoulders.     Notes     ARMS Minimi - pinky muscle "Anatomia Artistica"  ☆  Arm Totality  ☆ relaxed                                •  Part 1 - Hands holding                               •  Part 2 - +Forearm pointing                              •  Part 3 - +Shoulder or else...  ☆ DREAMMILL               Dóra Keresztes     ...

AND141 Sketching and Drawing for Animation 2nd Semester      Week 13      In the thirteenth class of the second semester Sketching and Drawing for Animation course AND141,  we returned to observing the body in parts. We focused on hands and used class to aid in reference to any films or projects being worked on by the students.     Notes Exercise 1 → portray an instance; use your hand! HANDS        -  always learn from observation! PARTS OF THE HAND        -  central box       -  thumb       -  mitten       -  fingers       → FULL HAND 🗹 Relaxed hands → passive Holding → energetic            -  wrist?            -  weight?            -  grip? Pointing → energeti...

EXD300 Easter Break   Week 12     In week 12 during the Easter Break, I made a paper puppet butterfly and a background & set for my analogue stop-motion animation.      Butterfly      Above are notes on the design reference for the butterfly in my film.  ~ Butterfly Design Reference ~  Based on: Cabbage White Butterfly      - "Pieris rapae"   Needs to be:  - Clearly designed  - Simple but eye-catching      Assembly      Based on the above reference images of the common Cabbage White Butterfly, I drew, cut, and wired a paper replica. I used colored pencils and ink pen on water color paper.      Background & Set      After unsuccessfully finding graph or millimeter paper that is large enough for how I want my film to look, I settled on making it myself. I used water color paper and blue colored pencil. Background Background test with ...

EXD300 Final Project Animation Final Film Animatic by TJ Joy Made in Adobe After Effects.