Tag: childrens stories

  • The Little Prince and The King

    “The first asteroid was crammed and obstructed by the King’s magnificent ermine robe.”Music: Diaphanous by Shane Ivers – silvermansound.com (Excerpt) I am continuing my animation series made earlier this year for a week long Instagram Storybook challenge based upon St Exupery’s “Little Prince”. This is for prompt number two.

  • Pippi At The Circus

    Where have I been? Sorry. Much of my time has been spent on Instagram. But I am back to carry on with my animation story. So I will just finish my Pippi Longstocking sequence with this circus scene. “Pippi ran out onto the tightrope, Mrs Elvira’s tricks were nothing compared to Pippi’s.” Well I didn’t…

  • Pippi And The Oaktree

    “Pippi climbed up the old Oaktree with the coffeepot in one hand …” Music: Rendezvous by Shane Ivers – https://www.silvermansound.com My fourth stopmotion episode from Instagram Pippi Longstocking challenge. For me the challenge in this one was … the coffee.

  • 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 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…