a.j.'s stick figure fun times

drawnblog:

Mack Carruthers’s short film Snowdrifter just made my day. I don’t want to to spoil anything by saying anything more than “just watch it.”

Oh my god.

danieltflynn:

mokou:

typette:

progression shot from Tangled

THIS IS PRETTY MUCH HOW IT’S DONE, FELLAS

ALL OF IT.

anyway I really love the gorgeous models that this movie uses, wow wow wow. I bet the face rig was a riot to animate too, I want to animate rigs that are like 80% realistic like this. 

the layout portion really unnerves me

This is incredibly fascinating.

Important to watch if you’re interested at all in making animation.

A walk from a project I never finished.
#edit
Wow! Thanks for the reblogs and the likes! 

A walk from a project I never finished.

#edit

Wow! Thanks for the reblogs and the likes! 

fuckyeahanimation:

Claycat’s THE THING (by leehardcastle)

This is amazing. Not the best animation, but a great homage. Worth a watch if you’re a fan of Carpenter’s The Thing.

Painful avatars

I’ve caved and joined this silliness. I’d like to actually use this and use it to animate stuff. And I love stick figures. So here’s something I made back in 2003, when LiveJournal ruled the world.

Then I made this one:

I hope to do a whole bunch of silly things like this and share ‘em with you. Go ahead and use them as avatars if you still go somewhere that lets you do that.