Archive for the ‘animation’ Category

It was a great Moustache May, though Molly is happy to be rid of the ’stache. My full set of photos is here, but the surprise I managed to keep the entire month is a series of action shots I took while drawing each day, compiled for your enjoyment:

yewknee.com blogged yesterday about The Johnny Cash Project, as he puts it, a “crowdsourced, animated stop-motion video” of Johnny Cash. Sign up and you can contribute by drawing over specific frames yourself. I love that you can then watch your drawing session at high speed. Here’s my drawing over frame 302 (awaiting approval):

Not only does Focus Features’ feature length animation “9″ look fantastic, the website has a piece of technology I hadn’t seen before. It accesses your webcam, and by holding up a special graphic (downloadable PDF on the same page) you can see the different characters in 3d, perched on the paper in your hand.

I had to install the latest version of Shockwave player, but the effect was worth it. This is a straight screenshot (click for larger), no photoshop work, and the character rotates and tilts in real time as you move the paper. Nice!