hooooome stretch

I just finished animation on the opening shot...it was a long three-days of coffee, tiny naps, and every imaginable technical difficulty (also animation). So many technical difficulties that when the alien's neck snapped and I had to replace her body mid-action, it was the easiest problem I encountered. Thank you Dean Lennert for drilling it into my brain that you should ALWAYS MAKE DUPLICATES. Always do it, guys.

Anyway, it all payed off and I'm quite happy with it. Now on to the final shot!

sunrise/aaricarise

Saguaro Cactus

Here's a video about the beautiful Saguaro cactus, native to the Sonoran Desert where my film is set. THIS FILM IS BASED IN TRUTH. 

finally chose a title!

style frame by Raz Khashoggi! she's doing my titles

lil strata test

stratacut prep

Trippy spikes

other side of trippy spikes!

bunch of pieces in progress

Dancing cacti

If you're curious about the stratacut technique, here's a great interview with David Daniels. He got a geometric brain. LINK

hrrnff

Jolene strung up in her fishing-line rig

Here's the cowboy and his replacement mouths--baked sculpey moldmaker and painted. I'm going to blend the seams with a mixture of clay and makeup--a tip I picked up this weekend from a fellow stop-motion animator.

reaching the end of the tunnel

Got held up by the flu for a week, which was extremely stressful because I couldn't animate...but I'm feeling better and there are only three shots left now! I can see that ol' light at the end of the tunnel...well I guess I see post-production, and then a light.

Here's some stuff I built while I was stuck on my couch this week.

Cacti made to be strata-cut

Eyes and mouth

woooooahhh

it's a strata-alien!