I emailed him a few months ago and he said he'd just finished animating <em>Fred</em> (the film in the video I posted up there)

Ah that's nice.
I really need some inspiration after the exams.
I always enjoy behind the scenes stuff too, or sometimes watching movies with creator's comments could inspire me.
Well I hope this thread could inspire me some more, I have nothing to add though. (if I did I wouldn't have been here actually, if you know what I mean)

I get inspiration from all over the place.
I have to say most of mine comes from the comic book industry though. I've been a fan of comic books for almost 10 years now.
I just love the continuation of them, and how well the world fits with badass characters.
The stories are always deep and characters always very interesting. Guess if I was any good at drawing I'd be making comics instead of animations.

Japanese movies really get me inspired too. They are just different then Hollywood movies.
Main inspiration I get out of the stop motion world of things is from Bruce Bickford, and Patrick Boivin. Two completely different styles, but I love them both.

Like I said I get inspiration from all over the place. I could keep typing on about how I love Robert Rodriguez films, and so on, but for now  I think I'll stop.

I have to agree with Sander about classical music. I don't necessarily listen to it casually though. I listen to it every now and then when I'm working on something and it gets me really focused. All other music distracts me from what I'm doing but classical music doesnt let me get distracted. So i guess it inspires me to work.

As for my inspiration for my animation... It just hits me. I'm not really thinking about anything, except I just keep in the back of my mind that I would like to do an animation soon and my idea just comes to me. Its usually as I'm trying to fall asleep though. Its when I think the best I guess. But I always right down my ideas so I don't forget them