Tag: animation

  • Pippi At School

    This is my third stopmotion instalment for the Instagram Pippi Longstocking illustration challenge: “All the children were sitting looking at Pippi, who was very happily drawing all over the floor.” Music: Onion March by Shane Ivers – https://www.silvermansound.com I have enjoyed making these. I felt things were flowing … usually.

  • Pippi’s Horse

    “She had always longed for a horse of her own and now she had one, and he lived on the veranda.” That’s the second prompt for an Instagram challenge based on the Pippi Longstocking character which I used to make a short stopmotion animation. Music: La Pompe Du Trompe by Shane Ivers – https://www.silvermansound.com I…

  • Pippi Arrives

    I’ve finished animating my contribution to the recent Pippi Longstocking challenge on Instagram (Aug1-7 2022). It was organised by Australian artist/illustrator Monty Lee and cohosted by 6 other artist/illustrators. I learned a lot: more familiarity with Dragonframe stopmotion software; playing with light; the strength of my puppets; pitfalls of balance if you don’t use a…

  • Pippi’s Horse

    Making a horse head. The joys of a corkwire or two. The joys of teeth. The joys of an old T-shirt. The joy of a horse.

  • Moving On

    I have an image in mind and am starting to make some new wire puppets. I am not good at doing things the “right” way – which is to draw the character design first. This process sometimes stunts my exploration and I seem to do better by playing with stuff, instead of Pencil & Paper.…