Animateclay.com's Tutorial DVD's and Book on Createspace.com
- Wednesday, 19 May 2010 07:32
- Last Updated on Monday, 16 May 2011 19:11
- Written by Marc Spess
| Animateclay.com sells tutorial products through our publisher CreateSpace. CreateSpace is an Amazon.com company where you can sell your instructional books and DVD's. We sell these on AnimateClay.com as well, but we make them ourselves. Actually the quality that CreateSpace produces is a lot better than what we can sell on our own - which is why they are my #1 choice. So if you need to learn how to animate, sculpt, make armatures - or anything else, you will really enjoy our products. |
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Secrets of Clay Animation Revealed Book Now you can learn what the experts know! Secrets of Clay Animation Revealed is a book written with all the how-to methods the experts use to make clay animated films from start to finish. After reading Secrets you will know how to create several types of armatures, learn how puppets are sculpted, make a motion control rig, light your sets, make your own surface gages, use video reference and more. There really are too many topics to list here, but we guarantee that every aspect of making stop motion films are covered! 168 Pages Paperback Click Here to Buy |
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How to Sculpt Puppets DVD Watch a puppet created from scratch before your eyes in this four hour long video tape! Just from watching, you will learn....... - How to attach clay to an armature - How to sculpt hair and other textures - How to paint and modify eyes - How to sculpt hands, fingers, and thumbs - How to make new colors - How and where to use scrap clay - How to transfer a design on paper to clay - How to properly smooth your puppets - How to lighten your puppet for filming - And much much more! Click Here to Buy |
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How to Animate Clay and Stop Motion Puppets DVD How to Animate Puppets 2 DVD set will help you to be a better animator. With over five hours of video, every possible animation trick is explained. Here are some of the things that are covered: -How to set a film camera's exposure using a light meter -How to animate the camera using motion control -How to buy 16mm film and what to look for -How to secure your miniature movie set, camera, and lights -How to set up a video camera to monitor your animation on a TV -How to use single or multiple surface gages -How to time different motions of your puppets parts -How to modify the face and eyes of your puppet -How to animate lead wire and aluminum wire armatures -How to ease in and ease out properly -Understanding a flying rig -And much more! How to Animate Puppets will make it easy for you to understand all of these secrets and more! If your thinking of getting a job in this field, this video is the #1 source of this hard to find information. Click Here to Buy |
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How to Sculpt Hair for Clay Puppets DVD Do you want to add realistically sculpted hair to your puppets and sculptures? Sculpting hair is one of the toughest things to sculpt until now. In this new DVD tutorial you will learn how to.... - Use custom sculpting tools for the right hair texture - Which steps to take before you even add hair to your puppets - How to plan where the hair should go - How to build up the clay in a certain way so it will look realistic You also learn how to... - Sculpt clay depending on its color and why this makes a difference - Use a very inexpensive texturing tool that is available to everyone near a grocery store Click Here to Buy |
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How to Make Brass and Lead Wire Armatures DVD Wire spring back is one of the major problems with wire armatures, and the methods on this video show you how lead wire armatures remove that problem completely. The cost to make these armatures is easly half the amount compared to the expensive option of a ball and socket armature. And many people dont know that these armatures behave the same way - there is no spring back. Here are some of the things that Marc teaches in this DVD: -Different metal cutting methods using metal saws, plus how to drill holes in the brass parts -Heating and soldering brass pieces together -How to apply Flux and heat properly -How to create detachable parts for sculpting, replacement parts and repairing broken wire pieces -Tapping holes for tie downs so your puppet can walk -Modifying lead wire for snug fits in the square brass pieces -Applying epoxies in the right areas -Considering animation limitations of the wire armatures and how to make the necessary changes -Heat Shielding Material and where to find it so that you don't burn your table and for safety reasons -Making animation rigs for your puppets using brass tubing and simple items you may already have -How to make your newly made brass tube and wire armature puppet walk with tie-downs -And yes, there's even more! Click Here to Buy |
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How to Create Replacement Mouths for Animation DVD Making your puppets appear to talk and move their mouths is no simple task. In this latest video you can learn the exact steps Marc Spess used to create replacement mouths for Zombie Pirates. In this new DVD you will learn how to.... - properly cut your puppets face for molding - make a mold out of silicone for casting your replacement mouths - align your replacement mouths to your puppets head with 100% accuracy - how to cast your replacements in the silicone "Van Aken Claytoon AND Newplast" - replace the mouths during animation - properly smooth the seam - how to hide the seam lines by changing the design - And a few added tricks you won't find anywhere else! Click Here to Buy |
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Oil and Polymer Clay Smoothing Techniques DVD Have you ever made a puppet or sculpture, and it just doesn't look smooth? Or maybe the clay on your puppet cracks and you want to know how to smooth these problems out? In this new DVD you will learn how to smooth.... - Claytoon Van Aken animation Clays "US" - Newplast animation Clays "UK" - Sculpey, Super Sculpey, Gray Firm Sculpey and polymer clays - Roma Clays used for molding - Make dirty old sculptures like new - Keep different colors from blending onto each other - And more! Click Here to Buy |
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