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Stop Motion World

Stop Motion World is a community-fueled resource for learning about frame-by-frame animation, whether it's puppetry, claymation, or brickfilms. It's the only place where clay, LEGOs and puppets all get along.

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Aug 26, 2008

Making an animated film? This short and easy animation tutorial provides beginners the bare minimum to begin creating a claymation or stop motion animation film. This instructional video shows how to ...

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Aug 26, 2008

This quick instructional claymation video reveals how to make a Mamshmam claymation clay person for a stop motion animation video. Follow these simple steps to create a Mamshmam claymation character: ...

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Aug 26, 2008

Here is a video tutorial that offers basic tips on crafting a simple claymation character using everyday, household objects. Soften a single chunk of material and pull your claymation character's limb ...

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Aug 26, 2008

Watch this short animation tutorial on how to perform the sandercurl trick for claymation animation videos. Follow these simple claymation steps:Maintain the arch, never leave the ground, & smooth o ...

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Aug 22, 2008

The final humanizing step in building a claymation armature is the crowning step, the head of hair. As hair moves independent of the body, and is not a solid unit, it can be especially tricky to scul ...

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Aug 22, 2008

This video animation tutorial demonstrates the process of moving a clay armature into poses for stop motion animation. It can be a challenge to instill expression into an inanimate object, but therei ...

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Aug 22, 2008

This video animation tutorial shows how to take a raw claymation figure and apply a costume onto it, as well as pose it in a scene. In this particular video, the demonstrator creates a wrap-around dr ...

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Aug 22, 2008

This video animation tutorial demonstrates a technique for creating a fabric-like effect out of clay for stop motion figures, or armatures. Instead of smooth clay, try to give a more authentic finish ...

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Aug 22, 2008

This video animation tutorial demonstrates the process of sculpting a human face out of polymer clay as part of an armature for stop motion animation. The demonstrator begins by molding a piece of po ...

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Aug 21, 2008

This video demonstration series shows the process of creating an armature for stop motion animation, claymation specifically, out of aluminum foil and polymer clay. Armatures need to be flexible to w ...