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August 10, 2009
animation: paint improv
by sven at 7:00 am
When I was at ASIFA Portland's summer social on 7/18, I got to play with a sandimation set-up… Down-shooting at a light table with sand on it. It got me jazzed to try some down-shooting at home.
I used some modular light supports that I built a while back, and simply clamped on a cross-brace. The camera is attached with a 3" long 1/4" dia. threaded rod. Unfortunately my good digital still camera broke in Wisconsin -- so I shot using a video cam, which is more prone to flicker.
Altogether, it took about 14 hours… Nearly half of which was sound work. Sound design was very influenced by Joanna Priestley's animations -- which I highly recommend.
posted by sven | August 10, 2009 7:00 AM | comments (5) | categories: painting, stopmo
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Cool! What kind of paint did you use, regular acrylics? On paper or plexi?
Nicely done, I especially love the white/red ball bits. Great sound too :)
Posted by: ubatuber at August 10, 2009 7:46 AM
Fantastic!!
jriggityPosted by: justin at August 10, 2009 4:34 PM
that was great! like ubatuber, i'm wondering if you used acrylics on plexiglass or something else? well done!
Posted by: grant at August 11, 2009 7:35 PM
Hey peeps!
First off, I want to apologize to you all for my poor responsiveness during the past two or so months… As you can surely tell, I'm better at writing new posts than responses to comments or emails… I feel like I'm only just beginning to get back in control of life following our big trip to Wisconsin -- but I know the problem runs deeper than that. I don't manage to give you what I think you deserve.
That said, the answer is: Regular acrylics, on plain "bristol" paper.
I shot 1140 frames in one sitting -- about six and a half hours. (I forgot to eat dinner.) Towards the end, the texture of the paint was beginning to build up, and it became harder to paint a smooth stroke. If you look at the end credits, you can sort of see the raised texture.
…THANK YOU! And I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Posted by: sven at August 12, 2009 12:24 AM
While what will go on in 2009 ? We are looking forward to it !
Posted by: air jordans at August 13, 2009 1:07 AM