Ideas for animation

Bouncing ball!

Can you imagine a beautifully animated bouncing clay ball with no means of support?

Making eyeballs

Good eyes can really make or break a character. You can make eyeballs out of soft clay, however if you would like a more perfect eyeball, which will survive the rigors of animating, check out this tutorial.

Facial expressions

Facial expressions - pose to pose

Practice changing emotions with this excercise. You can really bring your characters and stories to life by using some close up shots of faces showing emotional changes.

Cut out animation - Part 1

Cut out animation is a good way to learn some key concepts in stop motion animation, indeed animation generally. This tutorial looks at the classic "bouncing ball", providing some new ideas on an old formula.

Mad ball - replacement technique

Make a ball go crazy in this tutorial that explores the concept of "replacements". Replacment is basically substituting models between frames. You can save a lot of time using this technique.

Timing foundations

In this tutorial we are going to make some clay figures move along paths, demonstrating how smaller movements slow action down, while bigger movements speed action up.
You will need to make a clay figure and print or redraw the path guides to move your figure on.

Whiteboard life cycle

Using a camera on a tripod, a whiteboard, some markers and Stop Motion Pro you can make a film very quickly. This film illustrates a mosquito life cycle as a science project. A great way to integrate science, art and technology.

Cut out animation - part 2

Cut out animation is a great way to have fast results. Some very famous animation has been made using these techniques. This project idea looks at how you can make a short film using this techinique with tools in Stop Motion Pro.

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