I spent a good portion of the day working on my newest animation.. It’s a little abstract. I spent about 7 hours shooting an 11 second segment (goes to show how long it takes to do stop-motion, even with my sped up rough style). I’m shooting 2 frames at a time at a rate of 24 frames per second, which means that for each second of finished animation, there are 24 shots (but I’m doubling them up, so you get 2 duplicate shots right in a row — half the amount of work and good enough for this style).
I’ve never shot away from a light box before, so this portion of the animation is a new technique for me, having to use lighting from the sides and above (instead of below to create silhouettes). I’m no lighting expert and you definitely see the flicker, but all in all, I actually prefer to have the look of the early 1900’s films, so I’m a-ok with it. I suspect I won’t finish it this week since I also have lots of art fair prep to do, and next week you’ll find me on a sunny (hopefully) shore in Florida for a quick break from life, then Thanksgiving, then the Bizarre Bazaar in Lawrence, and then I’ll be back at it.