The Craft of Stop-Motion Animation
Article by Daniel Nienhuis, Lead Animator for Flying Paper, May 16, 2012 Stop-motion animation takes a long time. That’s the first thing most people say when I mention the technique – and it’s undeniably true. There is, however, a secret about stop-motion; something that makes the act of snapping hundreds or thousands of nearly identical […]
Creating Handmade Animation for Flying Paper
Article by Daniel Nienhuis, Lead Animator for Flying Paper, May 5, 2012 One reason that I love animation is that if one takes a step back and considers what is going on, it really shouldn’t work. In fact, symbolic, representational art in general should not work. Our brains should reject it. A stick figure has […]