Takuro Masuda, a filmmaker and stopmotion animator in Atlanta, has posted his animation “Death of a Matriarch” on YouTube. The film was made for the Center for Puppetry Arts XPT series.
Category: Animation
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Damocles Screened at Roll Yer Own Festival
ASIFA Atlanta’s Roll Yer Own Animation Festival, with entries from local animators, took place on Monday, May 21, 2007 at 8:00 PM. The venue was “the 5 Spot” at 1123 Euclid Ave in Little 5 Points.
Thanks to Karl, Brett and everyone at ASIFA Atlanta for your work on the festival and for including my film “The Sword of Damocles” in the program. Also, thanks to everyone that attended the festival for your support of our local animation talent.
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Curtain Test Video: Updated
Update. I did another test tonight and got the motion smoothed out. This is more of the effect I was aiming to achieve.
Here is my original post and first test:
Another test clip. I am finishing the assembly of the stage curtain and wanted to see how it would animate. The answer…not as smooth as I would like. But at least I got to test some lighting, framing, and curtain behaviors to adjust for the real shoot. -
Armature Test Clip 2
I did another test tonight. I am thinking that this armature is a bit unstable and has some spring to it compared to a wire armature secured with epoxy putty. I may have to make an epoxy version of the same proportions and try similar tests to confirm which is more stable for movement.
With this armature, when you move any limbs or the head the torso starts trying to move with it and then springs back. The epoxy armatures for Vitruvius and Damocles felt more solid in that respect.
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Armature Test Clip
I filmed a quick test tonight using my recent armature design. Here is the result: