Fox and Crow * Aesop's Fables

Fables!

Aesop's Fables are perhaps the best known

collection of all fables.

Each has a lesson to teach.

What would you say is the lesson found in 

"Fox and Crow" ? 

Animated GIF

Juni's first GIF 

My animation student Juni created this animated gif

from home! 

How did he do it? 

What "trick" did he use to make it appear as if

his creature is leaping off the surface? 

Juni calls his character a Scree, and it’s part of a comic 

he’s inventing called

“Attack of the Robins”

Transitions in Claymation

Transformation using Claymation

Claymation is the perfect medium to show change from one 

stage into another, 

or from one creature into another .

This video does a great job of showing how to make this happen,

using both simple and more complex ideas. 

Check it out, Animators! 

Circus Cirquelis Animation Festival 2019 from Chrysalis School

Circus Cirquelis Animation Festival ! 

2019

We made these short films in our Art, Animation and Illustration class at Chrysalis School

in Woodinville, Washington. 

Students used Stop Motion Pro, SketchUp

 and 

the Animatic app.

We hope you enjoy them all!

Pandi loves them.

Quick watercolor used to illustrate the New Green Deal: Imagine it first

"A Message from the Future"

animation using watercolor sketches

* Telling the story the way

you want it to go *

Is this an effective technique for 

"selling" an idea" ?
Does it help create these possibilities

in your mind? 

Clay Animation to show HowTo

Penguin Parenting * Stop Motion Pro video teaching about nature

Our favorite class app is
Stop Motion Pro

It's versatile, easy to figure out, and includes the very fun

Green Screen feature. 

Here's an example of a short video that illustrates "how to" do something - in this case

how Emperor Penguins manage parenting. 

StickDraw simple animation - a great place to start!

Animation with a simple and free app

like  "StickDraw" 

allows you to create amusing transformations.  "Blobette" represents the infinite 

possibilities of change.  Music was added by importing my animation into Adobe Spark. 

Cirque du Soleil Corteo - fantastic illusions

Speaking of Wonder,

Cirque du Soleil brings magic and illusion to life in fantastic performances. 

Gather ideas here! 

Wonderful Stop Motion Circus

Lots of Fun and Wonder to be found

in this stop action Circus animation. 

How can you use some of these ideas and effects?
I like the Scrabble letters.

Wonderful! 

Street Circus in Seattle

Street circus 

is another way to enjoy performers do amazing feats!
Can you make an animation featuring one of these ideas? 

Elephant stop motion Circus

Here's one example of a circus act using Stop Motion technique

SANCA School of Acrobatics and New Circus Arts

So you want to join the 

Circus? 

Once again, Circus Cirquelis will find it's way to Chrysalis, 

as we create a class animation project around this playful theme.

Did you know we have a school for circus arts right here in the Seattle area?  It's called SANCA. 

Watch this and gather ideas.