Film still, "See You At Home" stop motion animated short film, 2024
3 min 45 sec stop motion animated short film
SLA resin, SLS nylon, aluminum armature wire, upholstery foam, rare earth magnets, wood, wood stain, paint, found toy ceramic dishes, found toy furniture, various fabric, buttons, trim
Software: Dragonframe, Blender, ZBrush, Nomad Sculpt, Adobe Suite (Lightroom, Photoshop, Premiere Pro, After Effects)
2024
The centerpiece of my 2024 MFA solo exhibition, home / office, is “See You At Home,” a stop motion animated short film. Based on original interviews with my family, the film walks viewers through an average workday for three members of the same household. I was responsible for all aspects of this film (apart from voice acting), from design to fabrication to animation to post production. The film features three unique puppets, each made with an aluminum armature, upholstery foam body, hand sewn clothing, and 3D printed head set. The faces were individually modeled in ZBrush and Nomad Sculpt, 3D printed, hand-painted, and attached to the characters' necks using a system of tiny magnets embedded in each component part.
The completed film won a Special Jury Mention for Animation at the Oak Cliff Film Festival in Dallas, TX.
Keep scrolling for a look into the fabrication process, and click here for a link to my stop motion reel, where you can see the puppets in action.
Film still, "See You At Home"
Film still, "See You At Home"
Film still, "See You At Home"
Film still, "See You At Home"
Photography setup
Sculpting daughter in Nomad Sculpt
Painting daughter heads
Priming replacement faces
Painting process
Painting father heads
Making clothing patterns
Father costume progress
Mother head ready to paint
Painted Mother faces
Completed Mother
