UnwieldilyElephant: Silicone Puppet Test
If you've ever come across the Beast From 20,000 Fathoms, you might recognize the beast in the above video. The Ray Harryhausen Beat was...
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Apr 181 min
Where it all began: Willis O'Brien
Paper Finz has quite a number of really well researched videos surrounding the beginnings of stop motion. In particular King Kong and the...
Apr 91 min
Mark Gustafson goes Behind the Scenes
Have you ever watched Fantastic Mr. Fox? If you have, you might be wondering who the people were that worked on it. Or you might ask, who...
Apr 71 min
Snowman from Neon Cat Productions
When you think of stop motion studios, you might think of the big names such as Laika or Aardman. But have you heard of Neon Cat...
Apr 42 min
Rag Doll Short Film
I stumbled upon a short film called Rag Doll that was directed by Leon Lee. The video description says that "Although Yingying’s mother...
Apr 21 min
Clay Animation Pioneer Eli Noyes Passes at 81
Eli Noyes may not be a household name, but he was one of the first clay animators to receive an Oscar nomination. This was a major...
Mar 301 min
Lee Hardcastle's Dreaming Child
Lee Hardcastle is still releasing new films! Dreaming Child is one of the more tame ones to be released on his channel, which shows a boy...
Mar 271 min
Georgina Hayns on Fabricating Stop Motion Puppets
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio had a lot of puppet fabrication problems to be solved. For example, how would Pinocchio look if he was to...
Mar 251 min
Fear Of Flying by Conor Finnegan
Conor Finnegan completed this funny short film about Dugal, who faces his fears and pushes the boundaries of his comfort zone. In short,...
Mar 221 min
Walking the Dog: Ghostbusters Fan Film
Stunt Puppet Pictures has been working on bringing this fan film to life for quite a while and now it's out! Walking the Dog hearkens...
Mar 191 min
Shrine Of Abominations
Have you heard of Shrine of Abominations? It's a stop motion psychedelic horror film by Skinner and Ross Kennedy. Word has it that the...
Mar 171 min
The Forbidden Zone Short film
Zach Tolchinsky completed this amazing short film last year called The Forbidden Zone. The story is of Dumont who has to break free from...
Mar 131 min
Behind the scenes of HIDARI: The Stop-motion Samurai Film
A new behind the scenes video was released for the award winning Japanese film called Hidari. According to the creators "This film will...
Mar 111 min
The First Increment in Your Animation
Veteran film maker and animator Stephen Chiodo (of the Chiodo Brothers) talks about taking the very first frame in your animation. When...
Mar 91 min
Maya Tippett's "The Making Of Mad God"
Maya Tippett made this behind the scenes short documentary on the process behind Phil Tippett's MAD GOD. It shows what went into the...
Mar 71 min
Behind the Scenes of Dawn of the Nugget
With the release of Chicken Run - Dawn of the Nugget, Aardman has allowed people to come in and see what they've been up to. In this...
Mar 41 min
What is it like to be an animator at Aardman?
Andymation, who is a freelance animator, got to work on the latest Chicken Run feature for Netflix. The studio he worked for of course is...
Mar 41 min
Raymonde or the Vertical Escape
Sarah Van Den Boom created this award winning film about four years ago. It isn't very well known to audiences in the west, mainly due to...
Mar 21 min
Animateclay.com News Returns!
Good news. If you haven't noticed, in the last year there were a lot of changes to Animateclay.com. Yes, the entire site was re-done from...
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