Animating Morph

 At the Morph making workshop we were encouraged to take our Morphs home and try animating with them. So I did! I've done stop/start animation before and I really like it.

 This was my set up. I kept things simple by putting my Morph on a plain white background in my home made light box.

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For my first animation I thought it would be really funny to make Morph do the Macarena - or 'Morpherena' - and it was. Though Morph wasn't completely steady on his feet and face planted a few times in between shots, and he missed out one of the moves of the dance.

Then I did a fun little magician scene using paper clips.

Now...how inappropriate would it be to make Morph twerk?

Video Time

Today I wanted to share this quick little stop/start animation that I made using magic sand.

I'd forgotten how fun that stuff is!

Whoah, plot twist. Who saw that coming?

I've also updated my 'Are You Filming?' video so here's the extended version.

Still makes me giggle. 

My highlight is my friend Laura in a cupboard.

*Imagine the Doctor theme tune as the title of this post*

If anyone is keeping tabs on what tv shows I watch, you can add Doctor Who to the list.

Well, you can pencil it in.

Anyway, I recently spied this Tardis console in a charity shop and bought it for my sister.

It's supposed to be part of a whole set that has all the other interior Tardis elements.

But for £3.99 who's complaining.

And did I mention that it lights up and makes noises. It totally does.

So my sister and I decided to make the rest instead.

There's a lot more that we could add but..well...we kinda gave up.

And it's the Tardis for the 10th Doctor. Cos they're all a bit different.

I also got this tiny Tennant at the charity shop for only 99p.

And here he is chillaxing on the rails, pondering the universe no doubt.

Here's a silly little stop motion of the Doctor in action.

Do you watch the show?

Who's your favourite Doctor?

Miniatures on the move

Before putting my miniature creations away for the summer I thought I would use them as sets for some short stop/start animations.

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For the first I used the hospital room I made and the miniature scrubs I put together.

Then I thought I'd use the miniature coat I made for my little studio space and the miniature letterman jacket I made. The secret is pipe cleaners!

And then I made a spooky little animation using the shoebox office scene which I think I could make into a longer animation, but I never take enough photos for it to be really long.

Maybe next time.

Even more stop/start

Pretty dresses this time :)

More stop/start

Cos it's just so fun!

Nom nom nom

Shoe attack

Ages ago my friend and I were goofing around with stop/start animation, and her shoe collection when I was getting the photo material for this painting, and here are the results.

Wait for them to load, it'll be worth it