Stop-Motion Animation

Stop Motion Animation 2024 Class Info:

Stop Motion Animation Syllabus Fall 2024

Assignments

General Considerations for Animation Artists

Dragon Frame Quickstart

DragonFrame's Tutorial Links

Treatment Outline:

This site provides examples of student work, artists, links and instructions for the following class. If they are helpful I"m happy for you to use them, but if appropriate some type of attribution would be nice!

Professional Artist List for Reports:
many links already available under Links/Animation/ on this site
Jodie Mack
Chris Doyle (info) (who sadly passed away August 2025
Marina Zurko
Daniel Sousa drawn and collaged and 3d . report
Nathalie Djurberg, Report
Stacy Steers, Report
Kelly Sears, Report
Kangmin Kim: Visit  (3d cardboard city) 38-39 (2-3D bathhouse drawn)
Erin Cosgrove, Report
Michael Langan
Janie Geiser . Report
Alison Schulnik, Kerr Report ."Mound" . JacksonReport
Miwa Matreyek
Sean Pecknold
Lorilei Pepi Report
Brent Green
Haley Morris
Hotel Modern
Steven Subotnik Little Girl (naiive style)
Hannah Jacob, Dead Dog etc
Jan Svankmaier, Report
PES, Report
Kate Stenger, Report
William Kentridge Report
Lewis Klahr Report
The Quay Brothers (small sets and characters)
Karen Yasinski small made dolls
Allison Shulnick clay
Laurie Simmons   dollhouse characters
Lauren Kelley (flypicnic, truefalsetto)
Janie Geiser mixed styles, "ghost algebra" report
Nathalie Djurberg  New museum claymation/sculpture
    The Parade walker art center   stills
BathHOuse by Niki Lindroth von Bahr (animals as people) Report

Jenny Vogel   The Beauty of all Things Falling xerox
Recycled (photos from beijing landfill)

Niles Atallah, Cristobal Leon & Joaquin Cociña Lucia (Diluvio)
--LUCIA trailer
--LUCIA pt 1 of 2
--LUIS pt 2 of 2

Heidi Kumao

PDFs of reports, links:

"painting with plasticine" 1958

Student Work Links:
all pieces in italics have been deleted from Vimeo due to space but if you don't have a copy I may still have them

Human Animation (Pixelation)
Daniel Seidman/James Neimeister
Kate Lindsay/JaneMerker/SaraBaickerMcKee
Hallie Bahn/NickAnania/EmilyWitosky:
Ville Lampi and Arden Colley
Liz Bailey: The Voracious Vacuum
Grace Gardner Fortune One through Six
Madeline Courtney StickFeeder
Jacob Kaufman/DylanJones-Tuba Food Machine

2D stop motion
Jane Zisman
Catherine Carroll (personal story)
Erica Littlejohn The Flood (personal story)
Lauren Kerr (abstract/ myth)
Luisa Estrada The Barrens (family story)
Sara BaickerMcKee Spider (human/nonhuman)
James Neimeister Faith and Formulae (socio/political)
Jane Merker Mythos (abstract/charcoal)
Ally Schmaling Synthetic (experimental/photo)
Hallie Bahn Vultures (personal story)
Emily Witosky The Ad and the Ad Man
Nicholas Anania Whim (city/war)
Nicholas Anania Mitosis (draw/appropriate)
Jacob Kaufman Diary of an Ad Man
Kate Lindsay England
Dylan Jones-Tuba CATcher in the Rye (collage/live video)
Arden Colley, video, Jen Baker, sound Nostos (collage/myth)
Ville Lampi The Call to War (socio/political)
Peter Peregrine,video, Matt Davis, Sound
When Pigs Fly. (socio/political)
Arden Colley Snow (collage/socialcommentary)
Chelsea Raflo She worked at Walgreens (drawn/personalstory)
Liz Bailey: Starling (abstract/collage/social comment)
Liz Bailey, SCOPA (collage/socialcomment)

3D stop motion

First 3D project examples: Simple objects:
Nicholas Anania Number Two (abstract western)
Liz Bailey: Orange Toast (
Jane Merker MEAT
Daniel Seidman Fabrication
Emily Witosky Illuminate
Zack Weaver one minute of madness (embryo)
Ally Schmaling Echo
Daisy Dow Boiling Point (Iron/boxingring)

Final Projects:
Ana Inciardi: Shadow Attack
Jane Zisman: Red Sauce
Elena Ruiz: Un Momento de esta Vida
Catherine Carroll Ghost of Faith Discarded
Sarah Dendy Arachne
Sara Baicker McKee Exit (final project)
Ally Schmaling Creatures (final project)
Hallie Bahn Humankind Cannot Bear
Hallie Bahn Spider Mites (final project)
Hallie Bahn
(things will smolder down under, beneath, senior exhibit
be sure to click on individual links to the three videos)

Emily Witosky Since I Don't Have You
Kate Lindsay Knitting Machine
Kate Lindsay River
Dylan Jones-Tuba SCIENCE with turtles
Dylan Jones-Tuba The Great Jabroni (final project)
Chelsea Borgman The Fool
Ville Lampi They Want Your Heartbeats
Jacob Kaufman Natures Stomach
Jacob Kaufman CAT (final project)

Final Projects 2020

Final Projects Fall 2022
Lara Knopf
He Zhang
Zoe Ellen
Gracie Cameron
Lara Caligor
Grace Marshall
Ginger Semmelhack
Leah Kessler

Techniques Using DragonFrame:
ClayPainting
DragonFrame Basics based on Dragon Frame 5 ( we have 4)
Using RIgs for keying
Felted Characters
Live Motion record option
cinematography window

LINKS TO PROFESSIONAL ARTIST'S WORK
PowerPoint recorded presentation and
PDF on building Characters.
(you will need the password for manuals )

3D makers:
Ed Puertas on Character construction

2D.Makers
Consuming Spirits by Chris Sullivan
https://vimeo.com/187253863
https://vimeo.com/16781367
https://www.stopmotioncentral.com/paper-cutout-stop-motion/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVg8n7jmndQ