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DatDatori — Stop-motion Final Animation
Published: 2010-05-21 21:14:01 +0000 UTC; Views: 2864; Favourites: 36; Downloads: 75
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I've been meaning to upload this for a while now but never really got around to it until now.This is a stop motion animation project that I did about a year ago back in the Spring semester of 2009. This was my final for my Experimental Animations class that I thought some of you may enjoy and that I wanted to share. The story was formed from the top of my head, so it's a little silly and kinda random
This particular little puppet was recycled for about 3 assignments in that class and I definitely wanted to use him for my final project. I decided to name him Zeke
Zeke is made out of armature wire and epoxy putty, dipped in wax (for the clay to stick on) and, of course, Sculpey Polymer Clay.Also, sorry for the crappy sound. Which was from a free sound effects site that i forgot the name of... o.O
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That's adorable! I love Zeke's expressions, and the cute little noises the fish make
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Cute! Good animation. The reaction with the ears/fins when he turns his head is a good touch. I done stop motion before with clay and it was fun but also a bit tricky sometimes. And I still have the clay puppets.
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Thank you kindly! I'm really glad you enjoyed it. Claymation is so fun to experiment with.
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pretty good. if you are going to keep animating clay you should join this group![link]
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pretty good. if you are going to keep animating clay you should join this group![link]
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wow, i love this
it brings me childhood memories for some reason C:
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Aww! Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it! Stop-motion animations remind me of childhood as well! From Wallice and Gromit to Gumby and everything in-between!
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Hahaha the sound effect on the squash and stretch is just too adorable love the squishy things ^^
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I got the sound effect off of a free sound effects sight. I totally thought it was appropriate for them!
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Agreed ^^ very appropriate!
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Ohnoes! Tribbles! I love the expressions. Some good secondary motion going on there with the head fins. The body doesn't move much though... that's the hard part
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Thanks for the comment!
Ya his body was completely nailed down. I did a screen test with him before where he walked and it just... was not working. So it indeed was the hard part for me! I decided to not completely go insane and leave his body nailed to the stage x3. I wish i did get his body to move though, but maybe it was for the best, who knows!
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Yeah. For full body motion you really have to get an armature specifically made for stop motion. That's how the big companies do it. Like this one! [link] This is really fluid animation, at least compared to some of my stuff 
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Thanks Retro! The expressions were kinda hard to pull off cause he wasn't meant to show expression, just move! Thank god for clay being so manipulative!
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Why aren't these videos loading for me? I want to see them but they refuse to load.
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Thats so interesting.... maybe it has something to do with V7. If anything you can always check out my youtube account for both animations! [link]
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Academy of Art University of San Francisco
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Oh okay o.o I'm attending the Art Institute of Seattle
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Neat! We have an Art Institute in San Francisco too!
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I wish DA would hurry up and fix the bug so I can 
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Awww thank you! It's the thought that counts!
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This is awesome!
I love stopmotion.
The characters are very nice and cute. I like Zeke very much. I'd love to see more animations of him.
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I appreciate the comment! He was definitely a fun character to animate! Unfortunately he's so mangled due to being man-handled, but I have a feeling I'm going to be spritzing him up soon
Thanks!
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Nicely done and very cute! Animation-wise, I like how his little head-fins move...nice attention do detail, there!
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Thank you very much! I'm glad you enjoyed it!
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That is bloody awesome!
I worked shortly with stopmotion on a camp once, so know how it is done, and that has takin' quite alot of time for you guys...
Well done, and keep up the good work! ^^
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Thanks so much! Yes, it's a very tedious process!
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Still my favorite claymation of all time!! XD
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8D this is cute! and I envy you, this musta took a long time.
I wouldn't have the patience
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Ya it took some time and lots of patience, indeed! The animating, of course, was the most tedious. But it was definitely fun and extremely enjoyable!
Thanks for commenting!
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Glad you liked it
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wow so nice i like the little beasts they're cute i mould like to pet them :3
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