Illustrator animators from different backgrounds share their advice on using stop motion to bring illustrations to life.
Stop motion animation creates the magic and illusion of objects and characters seemingly moving on their own, bringing a story to life in a way other animation forms fail to replicate. Its enduring popularity and traditional flip-book style charm is something that draws in all ages, and all ages can have a go at it. For this piece, I have spoken to illustrator animators from two different backgrounds to share their advice on bringing illustration to life using stop motion.
Note that if you want general animation advice, you'd be wise to check out is a children’s book illustrator who brought her children’s stories to life using self-taught needle felting and stop motion skills. Her story Mr Bear's Christmas was recently picked up by the BBC. is a fine art graduate with over 20 years' experience in model making. After working with several top-name brands and becoming best friends with Shaun the Sheep at Aardman Productions, he is now a senior lecturer in animation production at Arts University Bournemouth (AUB
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