Stop Motion Geek

SHADOWMACHINE (Robot Chicken, Frankenhole, Moral oral) have a new stop-motion project

Eric Robles (the guy behind Fanboy & Chum Chum ) he has just made a short called "Zombie Brothers"

This is an episode that was a 2013 nominee in the 40th Annies for the "best general Audience TV show award" whats even more awesome is

Paul J. McConnochie is a filmmaker with a background of stop-motion, and special effects, he is currently in the works of making his short film, ECHO.  He is a Scotsman who resides in Denmark.  With very limited resources he has accomplished

I have been asked in the past what do I use for dirt in a stopmo set, if you asked five different animators

Screen-Novelties is that company, no I mean THAT company, you don't know who i'm talking about?  No, well then (sigh or you can pronounce it PSY ) I guess i'll have to enplane who they are.

Dan Ojari is a stop-motion filmmaker, you may very well know and/or seen his film  Slow Derek ! which was a touch of genius and

The proposed stopmo film "The Addams family" is set to be directed by Tim Burton.  I have mixed feelings about Tim, first of all every movie he makes is

The Arctic Circle is a very special short film.  The stop-motion is fantastic, created by the very talented Kevin Parry so much is said

If your interested in how Aardman made Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit , it's all in

Aardman animation studios announced today that its teaming up with StudioCanal to launch a new Shaun the Sheep feature for spring 2015.

I have not yet watched the 2012 stopmo film Selkirk, but click the link

If you are live in Northern California or are visiting the San Francisco Bay Area you should check out Between frames: the magic behind stop-motion animation.  I just learnt of this yesterday,

If you like Shaun the Sheep or if you don't this is some behind the scenes goodness for you.

I have been asked before ' I don't have enough cash to buy a custom armature (the metal skeleton inside of a puppet), so how do I make my puppets?

If your in the mood for a good stopmo video at the moment check out  PES  on  youtube

This is the first time i'm going to give an honorary "Stop-motion Geek award."  The award goes to (drumroll please,)

Guillermo Del Toro is set to direct the much anticipated Stop-motion feature film "Pinnochio."

Coraline  Behind the scenes  at Laika studios in Portland, OR.

The Fleet Foxes 2009 stop-motion music video must have been friggn' hard to make,

Bradly Schaffers stopmo short film is online!  The title of this flick is "Thumb Snatcher from the Moon Cocoon."  Some of it is great,

There is amazing talent out there in the small stop-motion universe, a very talented animator is Patrick Boivin.      His video,

So for all you stopmo mother-loving fans, this is some good news for you.  In 2014 there is a possibility of fiour stop-motion features!

 Normally I'll post about stop-motion that is unreal and fantasized, well I'm going to shake things up a bit.

I recently watched the stop-motion, international flick "A town called panic"

These are armatures and puppets from the Tim Burton film "Frankenweenie."

For all you clay animators out there heres the best clay for animation. If you live in the UK, Newplast plasticine is the best, heck thats what Aardman (Wallace & Gromit, Shaun the sheep.) uses.

 These are blog posts on puppets for "Coraline" enjoy!  puppet molding   "Other mother" armature

The crew over at Aardman has been developing a "Shaun the sheep"  movie for quite some time now.

Here is a very good stop motion resource for behind the scenes  Stop motion magazine .

"Mobdeil" a lego stop-motion (or more collectively know as "Brickfilms") You-tuber has created a stopmo gem click here  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsaOKD9E0qM  to watch.

Hey guys, here are some custom armature suppliers.