Stop-motion_ Claymation

2009 / I studied a Art & Design Foundation at West Kent, in Tonbridge, as well studying this full time course  I did  a separate course which covered the basics principles of animation once a week. Within this course, I previously made a character out of Plasticine, that was an aspect of the brief in College which we had to make out a animation out of a poem. 

The poem had to relate to the look of the character in terms of look and had to have that some think that almost immediately capture and start the story of my character as a stepping stone of things of even more inspiring stories in-store for this character.                                    

Jabberwocky

'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe. 'Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!' He took his vorpal sword in hand: Long time the manxome foe he sought -- So rested he by the Tumtum tree, And stood a while in thought. And, as in uffish thought he stood, The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame, Came whiffling through the tulgey wood, And burbled as it came! One two! One two! And through and through The vorpal blade went snicker-snack! He left it dead, and with its head He went galumphing back. 'And hast thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! Oh frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe. Lewis Carroll

Brief Look of Character;

 Our main focus if you like, was create a character in the look of the animated television series, The Trap Door, created by Terry Brain and Charlie Mills. The inspiration could come from other areas as well as, so I also look at Pixar's Monsters Inc. and the Computer Game Rachet and Clank  games as there are a few monster/wierd looking creatures look to some of Rachet's enemies in the game.

The final look of character is a very simple in comparison to the reference I had looked at so that when it comes to animating there aren't so many complications, where I have stop and really think how am I going to animate that ?!

                

I did attempt to animate this character to fit the poem, which looked promising on camera

unfortunately when it came to uploading my shots onto the computer they got corrupted

and this clay-mation I had set out to make did not get finish and there wasn't enough time

in the last bit of the term to redo it all again.  

Nathan (me) Catch 01

This reference footage is me catching a football

  into my chest and throwing it up high out of shot. 

Things I need to take into account in the reference footage

                             - How my hands flick open to catch the football

                             - The kick out of my right leg when I take the football 

                                back into my chest

                             - The movement of my arms and legs whilst catching

                               and throwing football back.