SKETCH
We first started the design process by listing our flaws—both physical and character. We had been doing so many cute designs at the time that we wanted to make uglier characters.
Another challenge was to make characters out of large, iconic shapes. The scientists were based off of pills and capsules shapes.
CONCEPT ART
We also used loose watercolor studies to explore mood and atmosphere. Though these color sketches were done very quickly, most of the core design ideas were kept in tact in the final frames from the film.
STORYBOARD
Early on, we were interested in the idea of writing the movie with storyboard thumbnails. In fact, there was never a formal screenplay for the film and the dialog was more or less improvised in recording sessions. Keeping a big piece of foam core in our studio, allowed us to change, add, or subtract, but maintain the big picture.
We kept panels loose and sketchy so it was easy to make revisions.
CHARACTERS
Final characters were constructed from fabric, rope, clay, ping pong balls, erasers and soy milk carton. Then they were photographed and assembled in After Effects.
We tried to challenge the limitation of 2D flat characters by creating many replacement parts.
100 hand positions
These hands were Ru’s hand with a padded glove.
All close up shots were pixilation.
50 mouth shapes made out of rope and erasers.
Max rig in After Effects. * VIDEO DEMO w/ audio
This is a glimpse of our character file and the ideas behind. Warning: This is not a tutorial and all the technical steps are not included in the demo.
Artie rig in After Effects.
Artie rig is set up the same way as Max rig. But what makes this rig unique is the back of Artie mirrors the front. This allowed the character and the reflection in the rear view mirror to be animated together.
*Help from Sean Mcbride.
PROPS
All props were first constructed with cardboard and then painted with acrylics.
They were photographed from all angles to be reconstructed digitally in 3D space.
More organic shapes were photographed 360 degrees and used as replacement parts.
MINIATURES
—–airport—–
One of the biggest design challenges was to create a large scale sets in our tiny studio. Part of the process was figuring out how the sets will be deconstructed and stored.
If you look closely, you’ll find our pig friend in the door way. She acts as a stand-in for lighting and shadow.
—–highway—–
—–cliff—–
All the parts were planned as modules so each scene could be easily assembled and stored away. Also by reusing parts & fabric for the landscapes, we saved a lot of materials and space.
Rocks were created with styrofoam, which was also photograph 360 degrees.
This set was used to make the cliff sequence below.
—–forensic lab—–
Forensic laboratory was the most detailed set in the movie. (a whole month to create everything)
Even though the scene is about 10 seconds, and the props go by very quickly, if they weren’t there, the scene would have felt off.
Cousin Miho who is a nurse helped us understand human anatomy and internal organs.
—–San Francisco street view—–
A wide shot like the San Francisco street needed more thinking before construction because of limited space. To give the illusion of depth, we used forced perspective. The houses got smaller and smaller as it got further.
This helped with storage because we could stack them like Russian dolls and saved a lot of space.
STOPMOTION
A great deal of the animation had stop motion elements integrated with digital animation.
Here is an example of how we combined the two.
EXPERIMENTS
—–jello—–
We really wanted to have fun and experiment with materials.
Jello was used for water scenes.
Although the idea was simple, it took quite some time to get it right.
In the end, we ended up using 15 boxes of jello and filming with an HD video camera.
This aerial view of San Francisco was then composited with the jello.
Clouds were sculpted out of cotton.
—–puppet—–
This segment of hand puppets made us respect puppeteers a lot more.
To get the 8 seconds of footage, we filmed for 2 days.
—–rain—–
The rain on the glass of the car was a video footage of water dripping down on a piece of glass. The glass was held up by Ru’s comic books which got wet.
Then the video footage was later composited to the cardboard car.
COMPOSITING
This is one of the examples of a typical composite breakdown.
1.We plotted timing in animatic which was drawn in flash, based on the storyboard thumbnails.
We created a background with modular bushes and trees. Max held the light up at 24 different increments to create the sun rising and setting.
Stop motion element of moss gradually growing on rocks.
Ru created 3 stages of body decomposition.
We dissolved between the 3 puppets.
Added shadows, composited all elements together and that is how we create 1 scene!
—– color correction & depth of field —–
After we finalized animation, we rendered out TIFF sequences for multiple layers.
This allowed us to make color changes and to create subtle lighting to the flattened images.
This is the image before color correction.
Using the TIFF sequences, we generated depth mattes for the scenes.
It was very flexible to make depth of field changes as a final touch.
This is how it looks at the end.
Here is the example of layers in After Effects.
FINAL NOTES
It took us 2 years and 4 months to create this movie in between commercial jobs and it was not always fun, but in the end, we cannot be happier with the final piece.
We learned a lot about discipline, commitment, and we fell in love with animation all over again.
We hope you enjoyed the making of “Something Left, Something Taken” .
Feel free to contact us if you want to know more about the production.
1:18 pm on May 26th, 2010
Thank you so much for the behind the scenes production pron, I love the way you guys work and the hidden glimpse’s into your process
4:15 pm on May 26th, 2010
>SP3KTR
I think it’ll make more sense once the movie is released. So stay tuned…
5:13 pm on June 1st, 2010
thanks for posting those AE rig vids! was there supposed to be audio?
and great approach to those hands, mouths, and eyelids!
7:28 pm on June 2nd, 2010
>Jeremy G,
No we didn’t record the audio with the video but we probably should before we release our film. Thanks for the suggestion!
8:00 pm on June 7th, 2010
Thanks for a great post and what wonderful, wonderful work. I love the use of cardboard.
12:32 pm on June 16th, 2010
awesome work! and thanks so much for the awesome breakdowns!!!
2:30 pm on June 16th, 2010
Wow, this is all so very inspiring. I absolutely loved your film! It really makes me want to go out and make one myself.
-Jose S.
4:03 pm on June 16th, 2010
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5:13 pm on June 16th, 2010
Thank you for sharing this. I work with 3d animation and compositing. But I never thought about making such an elaborate rig in AE. This is mindblowingly awesome! Thanks! And btw your film rocks too!
8:56 pm on June 16th, 2010
Wowwwww!!!! great job!!!! it’ amazing!!!!
It’s really funny. Awesome all the work you have done for this two years. Thanks for sharing (and for do it)
.
Congratulations!!!!
9:40 pm on June 16th, 2010
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11:04 pm on June 16th, 2010
inspiring.
thank you.
11:33 pm on June 16th, 2010
This is a genuine animation short, a mix of everything without worring about trends n clichés, only about making art! Very good!!
12:05 am on June 17th, 2010
Thank you SO much! I am a student in school right now and you guys truly inspire me!
5:17 am on June 17th, 2010
great work ! thanks for sharing !
8:54 am on June 17th, 2010
Very inspiring, thank you so much for sharing!
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11:12 am on June 17th, 2010
THANK YOU for all the nice comments!
It was a very fun process to mix & match various materials so we figured we can share the joy. XO
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3:53 pm on June 17th, 2010
Great! I enjoyed every minute of it.
Does anyone know the name of the band at 02:20?
4:16 pm on June 17th, 2010
Hi Flex. Thanks so much!
That is Alison Cowles and her boyfriend Alex. Alison is 1/2 of the amazing pop duet, “The Girls”. Check out their music here:
http://www.myspace.com/mikaelaandalison
5:36 pm on June 17th, 2010
AMAZING! After seeing this and reading through your “making of”, I wanted to do my own animation (which is, just an idea at this stage
but the commitment you made and the solutions you have created for the piece is so inspiring. The story itself and the characters are just perfect. Thumbs up!
6:47 pm on June 17th, 2010
Gracias! Gracias! Es lo más inpirador que he visto. Y me ayuda a decidirme a empezar a trabajar en mis propios proyectos.
Es lo más generoso que he visto en muuuuuucho tiempo.
Saludos, suerte y sigan así!
2:48 am on June 18th, 2010
I saw your film posted on thedailywh.at and I absolutely loved it. I thought the animation style was great, and I’m glad you guys have this “making of” to explain what you did. It really makes me appreciate all the work you put into it.
3:34 pm on June 18th, 2010
WOW! That was really fantastic and really fun!! I just watched the video about your super-complicated, super-intelligent rigs, too. You guys are insane! In the best ways.
3:53 am on June 20th, 2010
INCREDIBLE! I’m continuously inspired by the work ethic you two exhibit! Amazing work.
-Rob
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5:06 pm on June 20th, 2010
Stunning!
I’m deeply impressed, the story is nice, funny and has a calm, laconic quality to it, despite being quite scary and thrilling at certain moments.
The whole approach is so unique, it’s almost a new way of thinking about 2d, 3d and stopmotion.
Thank you for this lovely littel gem:)
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1:16 am on June 21st, 2010
Love your work. It takes a lot of time, detail and dedication.
Have fun.
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8:22 am on June 21st, 2010
muchas gracias por la amabilidad de compartir las producciones, me encanta lo qu hacen, saludos desde la Argentina, Jorge.
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3:16 pm on June 21st, 2010
Hey you guys. I just finished watching the short and I’m officially blown away. I love everything about it. You should both be very proud. Thanks for a thrilling and sometimes hilarious 12 minutes! I’m so inspired, I can’t wait to get off work and hit my studio.
5:14 pm on June 21st, 2010
You guys are awesome and very inspirational. Thanks for the great film and showing us how it was done.
10:50 am on June 22nd, 2010
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10:57 am on June 22nd, 2010
WOW! Amazing stuff! Loved the animation, such dedication!
Loved the making of even more!
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3:11 am on June 23rd, 2010
Wonderful work. Very inspiring and worth the watch. Hope to see more of your works in the near future. Best regards from the Philippines.
8:42 am on June 23rd, 2010
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9:59 am on June 23rd, 2010
wow!!!this is a fantastic work! thanks a lot for sharing this great material!! I love the short! congratulations from Barcelona!!
11:27 am on June 23rd, 2010
what else can I say?
this simply blows your mind away!
great work and well done!
please, keep working on more projects!
2:15 pm on June 24th, 2010
superlatives!! here’s to fun!
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10:11 pm on June 29th, 2010
Congratulations for the fantastic work and wonderful explanations. I’ve learned a lot from you!
All the best from Perú!
Daniel.
10:11 am on June 30th, 2010
Wow guys. It’s awesome…
And love seeing all the behind scenes stuff, it makes watching it that much more rewarding so everyone understands the work you guys put into it.
*High 5′s
Rick
South Africa
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11:36 am on June 30th, 2010
Parabéns!!Excelente trabalho.
Gostaria de um dia poder participar de projetos assim.
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6:17 pm on July 2nd, 2010
AMAZING work guys. Liked it a lot, and thanks for taking the time to share your process. A whole month to make the forensic lab! Your commitment is enviable.
6:22 pm on July 2nd, 2010
By the way, how do you get a depth matte out of After Effects? Did you have to duplicate everything in white and use Digieffects Falloff/Atmosphere or something?
10:43 pm on July 2nd, 2010
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2:27 am on July 3rd, 2010
Hi Steve,
Thanks so much! We have used Digieffects Buena Depth Cue – i guess the legacy plugin of Digieffects Falloff- to make depth mattes in the past, but for this project we just faked it. All of the big 3D comps were rendered out as layered Tiff sequences. We were not frugal w/ storage, so there were a lot of image sequences for each scene.
In a final 2D comp, we duplicated the Tiff sequences and applied fills/ramps with respect to their relative depth. If an element moved through space, we keyframed the change in grayscale.
I think the technique worked pretty well because the design is so stylized, but might look a little funky if we needed more precision.
11:38 am on July 3rd, 2010
Thanks for sharing that. I really like your whole ‘manual’ approach.
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2:48 pm on July 3rd, 2010
Great job! The rigs in AE are super clever. Would love to see the expressions used.
9:01 pm on July 3rd, 2010
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11:54 pm on July 4th, 2010
Hello, first i want To congratulate you for a exellent
work, i work in afew projects but i don get the good
resuls like you, i really like you can explain more about of the rig in after effecs and the composite.
i realy like your job; sorry for the spelling,luck.
3:40 am on July 5th, 2010
Great Job! Expecting more~
5:08 pm on July 5th, 2010
you just made my life better, seriously people, this was awesome
3:45 am on July 6th, 2010
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8:54 am on July 6th, 2010
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2:52 pm on July 6th, 2010
Awesome work guys!!! So inspirational it hurts!!!
If its not too much to ask, where can i find the expression used for the character rig?
Thank’s
11:15 pm on July 6th, 2010
I love it very much! Wonderful animation!
12:11 pm on July 7th, 2010
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10:31 pm on July 7th, 2010
@JulPer and @Ruben
Unfortunately, some of the expressions are little too complicated to explain briefly, but here’s a great resource to get you started rigging w/ the puppet tool. We link the puppet pins to target shapes set as guide layers, but the idea is the same and the expression he uses is the basis for our rig as well.
Courtesy of talented NY animator Rob Powers—
http://www.slipperyrocknyc.com/SlipperyRockNYC/Animation_Tutorials/Entries/2009/3/7_Using_Parenting_and_Puppet_Tools.html
4:17 am on July 11th, 2010
Thanks for your sharing.
It is so great.
It make me felt in love with animation again.
You give me the passion that i have to make animation again!!
Thanks!
Cheers
Dodobird from Hong Kong!
7:06 am on July 12th, 2010
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3:06 pm on July 13th, 2010
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7:35 pm on July 14th, 2010
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6:53 am on July 20th, 2010
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9:57 am on July 22nd, 2010
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9:11 am on July 28th, 2010
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4:47 am on July 29th, 2010
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7:21 am on July 29th, 2010
wow this is such an amazing animation, from the start to the finish. all the hard work you have done in the 2 years have definitely paid off! you have incredible patience!
3:36 pm on August 6th, 2010
This little movie is amazing. It made me so happy to watch it and thank you for the time you’ve spent sharing the process! I’m inspired!
10:32 pm on August 8th, 2010
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10:30 am on August 12th, 2010
So very cool…
1:57 pm on August 12th, 2010
That was a fantastic video, and this behind the scenes stuff is great! Thank you so much for working so hard!
1:32 am on August 13th, 2010
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1:44 am on August 14th, 2010
Love it! Thank you for the demos and wonderful looks behind the scenes! I can’t get over the puppet control rig! That’s amazing stuff!
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4:37 pm on August 18th, 2010
You have done a beautiful work, an amazing work !
Vous êtes géniaux
1:51 am on August 19th, 2010
Love your film!! Thanks so much for sharing your incredible creative process.
I love the mix of techniques you guys have used. Inspiring stuff
9:51 pm on August 28th, 2010
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9:09 am on August 30th, 2010
Congrats! The work of real artists.
2:58 pm on September 9th, 2010
Wow, this blog is keeping me going today. Just when I thought I was doing too much work on my animation, it’s nice to be reminded by other’s that the commitment and patience is key to making it all worth it. Thanks for sharing -now back to my AE zone with recharged batteries!
7:13 am on September 10th, 2010
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3:19 am on October 6th, 2010
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6:08 am on October 7th, 2010
[...] Dirección: Max Porter, Ru Kuwahata Producción: Tiny Inventions Guión: Max Porter, Ru Kuwahata Animación: Max Porter, Ru Kuwahata Música: Erin Kilkenny, Andrew Landry, Andy Kennedy, Panic Bomber, Alex & Alison, Peter Squires Sound Design: Greg Sextro (East West Audio) Voice recording: Erin Kilkenny Elenco actoral: Kyle McKeveny, Mickey Ryan, Tatiana Gomberg, Erin Kilkenny, Mike DiBenedetto, Veronica Taylor, Marc Diraison Año de producción: 2010 Pais: EE.UU. Duración: 10:14 Minutos Información adicional: Técnicas y herramientas: After Effects, Stop-Motion, Pixilation, Drawn on Paper, Flash, Live Action puppets. Para mas información y making-of visitar tinyinventions.com/blog/?p=317 [...]
1:54 pm on October 7th, 2010
How did you create a controller in AE to switch between the different frames of the hand? Is there a tuorial somewhere?
Thanks! Keep up the great work!
10:33 pm on October 9th, 2010
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12:08 pm on October 12th, 2010
Hi
Would you be interested in letting us post your short animation. We think it is great. Extra exposure.
http://www.short10cinema.com/submit-your-film/
Thx, Jonathan
11:00 pm on October 14th, 2010
>Matt
There is no tutorial since it was costume made by Sean McBride for us.
It’s lots of expressions. Sorry I can’t help you much with that…
http://vimeo.com/14014197
We’ve shared a bit more here. This probably won’t solve your question but you might get an idea.
5:30 am on October 17th, 2010
Congratulations. I love your work. It´s very creative and you both must be happy to create this amazing creatures. From Spain, thanks for making me happy in a sunny Sunday Morning.
8:03 pm on October 25th, 2010
Guys!!!! your work and imagination is awsome!!! congrats!!!!! love it! i would love to see more!
From Mexico City
2:44 pm on November 21st, 2010
Congratulations
Thank you very much for your generosity in sharing your work.
Inspired and encouraged to work
Greetings from Spain
Ismael
5:30 pm on November 26th, 2010
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9:51 pm on December 7th, 2010
wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow… Love it! : )
3:28 am on January 5th, 2011
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6:37 pm on January 7th, 2011
Wow congratulations! awesome job! it is a lovely film, I laughed out loud the entire movie!
8:53 am on March 8th, 2011
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2:58 pm on April 7th, 2011
You guys are CRAZY!!!! (in a good way). I’m really amazed by the dedication and quality of your work! I’m a true fan.
7:13 pm on April 10th, 2011
[...] Tiny Inventions’ blog provides a very detailed behind-the-scenes review of the production process. Clearly, the task involved a tremendous amount of time and [...]
10:19 pm on April 13th, 2011
wow 2 years! that is a long time, but its a nice little short film. was it only a 2 year person project? and where did you learn to create such a complex expression in after effects for the character rigs?
10:32 pm on April 13th, 2011
>Al
2.5 years in between commercial jobs& teaching. It was just two of us so it took a long time.
Sean McBride helped us rig the characters. Max also watches crazy amount of tutorials and that’s how he learns compositing & rigging.
12:21 am on April 24th, 2011
espectacular animacion y muy profesional
viva.
esperamos tener su trabajo en nuestro Festival 2011
carlos Céspedes
productor de Animacion
Valparaiso Chile
1:21 pm on April 24th, 2011
[...] Happy Easter everyone! Um euch die Ostern ein wenig zu versüssen, hab ich hier einen animierten Kurzfilm für euch gefunden. Unglaubliche 2 Jahre und 4 Monate wurde gebastelt, gefilmt, animiert etc, bis dieser wirklich sehr gelungene 10-Minuten-Krimi im Kasten war. Alle Hintergrund-Infos inklusive grossem Film und Foto Repertoir gibt’s hier. [...]
2:42 pm on April 30th, 2011
[...] ‘Something Left, Something Taken’ is a 10-minute short by Tiny Inventions made up of Brooklyn-based duo, Max Porter and Ru Kuwahata. After the movie, if you’re left wondering “how’d they do that?, Max and Ru’s excellent video for Red Giant TV will make you happy. And if that’s not enough, their blog has even more coolness to spare. [...]
1:10 pm on May 2nd, 2011
Fantastic! Beautiful work, great techniques and thanks so much for sharing all of it in such detail.
Yours truly,
Jeff Orgill
11:42 am on May 6th, 2011
awesome! I really inspired with your art work.
7:12 am on May 21st, 2011
[...] Additional “Making of” blog posts here. [...]
8:05 am on June 17th, 2011
[...] Making of “Something Left, Something Taken” [...]
4:01 pm on August 8th, 2011
[...] Alle Hintergrund-Infos inklusive grossem Film und Foto Repertoir zum Streifen gibt’s hier. [...]
9:32 am on August 19th, 2011
[...] su blogde producción pueden ver el making of del corto Share [...]
9:32 am on August 29th, 2011
[...] their own short films on the side. They have an incredibly extensive (and somewhat technical) “making of” for Something Left, Something Taken on their blog that walks you through their unique workflow for mixing real-world models with [...]
9:15 am on September 15th, 2011
[...] Tiny Inventions process blog [...]
11:48 pm on October 15th, 2011
[...] those of you learning their art, be sure to hit on this link for the behind-the-scenes blog that Tiny Inventions ran during production. There are some really [...]
6:52 pm on November 26th, 2011
wooooooooow, Amaaaaazing, I’m speachless, good job guys, but I think 2 years is very long time …
8:05 am on November 28th, 2011
This is great!
I hope you´ll win at Anchorage Film Festival. Will your short participate in the Academy Awards Competition?
6:47 pm on November 28th, 2011
>Tomas
Thank you! Unfortunately we were disqualified from the Academy Awards because we released our film on the internet before we received the academy-qualifying award.
9:26 am on December 9th, 2011
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2:21 am on December 19th, 2011
hi… m in2 stop motion animation and have alwayz done experiments with it.. m doin my degree project on stop motion.. i just lykd the method u have used.. its just mind blowing… i just wantd ur help tht hw did u do the eye blink of the charcter.. it will be really gr8ful of you if u help me out with this.. i dont hve 2yrs for this project but just have 4mnths…
6:44 am on April 4th, 2012
[...] http://tinyinventions.com/blog/?p=317 A produção de “Something left, something taken” Gostar disso:GostoSeja o primeiro a gostar disso post. [...]
7:15 pm on April 13th, 2012
Brilliant! Great story to with your fantastic animation. I know how difficult it is to do what you did — and you did an amazing job!!!! I loved it!!!
Bryan Michael Stoller – author of “Filmmaking for Dummies”
9:48 am on June 16th, 2012
Hi, I’m Rodrigo, I congratulate you for the excellent work they do and very creative! I am an animator and professor of Fine Art and Cartoons in Argentina, I have always reference their work and also recommend them to my students to study. I wish I could get in touch with you. to make further inquiries. Excuse my English is not good when I write, except when I speak. A big hug and thanks again.
pixelote@gmail.com
4:08 am on August 16th, 2012
[...] Techniques and tools: After Effects, Stop-Motion, Pixilation, Drawn on Paper, Flash, Live Action puppets For an extensive making-of visit http://tinyinventions.com/blog/?p=317 [...]
11:17 am on October 20th, 2012
[...] Techniques and tools: After Effects, Stop-Motion, Pixilation, Drawn on Paper, Flash, Live Action puppets For an extensive making-of visit http://tinyinventions.com/blog/?p=317 [...]
6:36 pm on January 5th, 2013
Great, guys! Thanks a lot
1:28 am on March 26th, 2013
[...] slightly twisted story line it’s a gem. They also have an extensive “making of” blog post (with video) on the site. I’d really like to learn some of these [...]