stop motion

Stop-motion PostIt Mario

John Baichtal

My interests include writing, electronics, RPGs, scifi, hackers & hackerspaces, 3D printing, building sets & toys. @johnbaichtal nerdage.net

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June 13th, 2010February 17th, 2016 2

Production took two weeks of eight-hour days and cost 5,000 yen. [via BoingBoing]

Two sisters collaborate on The Three Girls

Gareth Branwyn is a freelance writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books on technology, DIY, and geek culture. He is currently a contributor to Boing Boing, Wink Books, and Wink Fun. And he has a new best-of writing collection and “lazy man’s memoir,” called Borg Like Me.

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March 15th, 2010February 17th, 2016 2

In response to DIY Movie Making Month, one of our readers, Angela Sheehan, sent us this wonderful little movie she made with her (then six-year-old) sister: This is a stop-motion collage I made, based on drawings by my little sister (six years old at the time). Back in 2005, I was studying animation and taking […]

Jenni Rope’s Paper Animation

By Laura Cochrane

Laura Cochrane

"To oppose something is to maintain it." –Ursula Le Guin

Currently: NEO.LIFE Alum: Instructables and MAKE

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February 25th, 2010October 5th, 2015

The past couple of months, I’ve been interested in trying out stop-motion animation. I came across Jenni Rope‘s Kiipeilypuu / The Climbing Tree a few days ago, and it makes stop-motion seem very accessible. She uses painted, cut-out paper shapes that appear to morph into one another. It’s set to some sweet music too – […]