By: Jerry Beck,
on 2/1/2016
In this fairy tale about relativity, a cuckoo clock narrates a day where bread was sliced one second thick, lovers fell in sync and time rarely flowed at an even rate.
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By: Jerry Beck,
on 4/5/2015
By: John,
on 6/16/2010
I am smitten with this highly inventive and entertaining animated film: Something Left, Something Taken.
It was created by husband-and-wife team Max Poter and Ru Kuwahata of Tiny Inventions. What’s special about the short is how it blends so many types of animation — hand-drawn, stop motion, After Effects, and even some good old fashioned puppetry — all with a charming hand-made crafty feel. Throw in a little forensic science and serial killer storyline, and you’ve got yourself CSI: Little Big Planet.
What’s more, the two have prepared an exhaustive behind-the-scenes making-of post on their website. They’ve documented just about every process, from the felty padded gloves photographed as the characters’ hands to the water made of Jell-O.
As someone who has done his share of very limited puppet-style animation in After Effects, this video on how the digital puppets were rigged and controlled using little proxies was a revelation:
via Cartoon Brew.
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Tags: Animation, Crafts, Max Porter, process, puppets, Ru Kuwahata, Tiny Inventions
Blown. Away. This is fabulous!
Oh my… I wish I could use After Effects like that. =C
So Much fun!
So Much FUN! Loved this!
Really interesting. Thank you for sharing!
Fantastic. Quite an impressive after effects rig!
I've been a fan of their work for a while now. Everything “Tiny inventions” does is so unique and so delicious.
Watching the process and see the final movie, shows how much attention paid to details. Great job.
I cannot possibly thank you enough for posting this masterpiece.
My mind hasn't been this overcome with joy and wonder since I witnessed my first film at a cinema (James & the Giant Peach). Well… maybe there's been other moments, but this is definitely added to the list!
I'm now settling in to watch the rest of their work. Oh boy!
great posts but PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE update more frequently!! i keep coming back but new posts are so sparse! this is such a great resource site for illustrators and as we all know drawing all day can get a bit lonely sometimes, so we need to see more of life on here at least!!! thanks a lot and lots of love