Sharing a Claymation Project I Made 15 Years Ago

[Emerald]

Just for fun, here's a video project that I created when I was 20 years old and in art school.

The assignment was that we had to create a piece of art in a medium that we'd never tried before. And I was mostly focused on 2-d art (drawing and painting. So, I chose claymation.

And I found a story that I wrote about my dog Pickles and my cat Oliver when I was 7 years old that I called "Double Trouble with Pickles and Oliver."

I would frequently write stories about my pets back then. 

But over the course of 3 days... with a couple cans of Play-doh and a camera, I made a stop-motion animation of the story that had over 1000 still images. 

Enjoy...

 

[Applegarden8]

I didn't underestand what what is about, but that is super cool.

[LifeEnjoyer]

Lol I liked it. 

Here's what I'm doing at 20

 

[Emerald]

@LifeEnjoyer Nice! Keep it up! I did open mic comedy once 7 or 8 years ago, and it was fun but a bit stressful to be up in front of everyone.

[Emerald]

9 hours ago, Applegarden8 said:

I didn't underestand what what is about, but that is super cool.

Thank you!

Here's a plot synopsis...

In the story, my dog Pickles and my cat Oliver are out on a walk with me and Pickles breaks the leash and they both run away... leaving me on the ground because I fell over when Pickles broke the leash.

Then, they find a ball and they start playing with the ball... but they accidentally knock the ball far away and it goes inside of the door of a spooky mansion.

So, Pickles and Oliver go inside the spooky mansion but they're too scared so they run quickly through the house and out the back door because they see the ball in the doorway of the backdoor.

And in the back yard of this spooky mansion there is a spooky pond. And this pond is where the swamp monster and the bride of Frankenstein live. 

And the ball gets pushed over the pond and the swamp monster and the bride of Frankenstein steal the ball and take it under the water with them.

And Pickles and Oliver are so scared that they run away.

The end!

Edited April 11 by Emerald

[Ragib Ashraf]

Haha, that's adorable! Do you recall how long it took to make this?

Are you still engaged in artistic endeavors these days?

[Emerald]

7 minutes ago, Ragib Ashraf said:

Haha, that's adorable! Do you recall how long it took to make this?

Are you still engaged in artistic endeavors these days?

It took me 3 days constantly working from 7am to 2am (those were the hours the art studio at my college was open).

So... 18-19 hours per day for 3 days straight... which is about 54-57 hours.

But I don't do any art now-a-days. Art was at the very center of my life from the time I was 15 until I was 22.

Then, I became a mother at 22. And art took a backseat. Like once I was pregnant (which was happening during my senior BFA) I REALLY did not want to make art. I think it was because all of my creative energy was turned inward.

But I was in my last year of college... so I had to push through and make some paintings (they're the pictures of the large heads of my husband with him standing in front of them, which I've added below). But I was really resistant to it.

I made one painting when my daughter was a baby of me nursing her, which I never finished. (which I've also posted below) But that was the last complete painting that I made from my own inspiration.

From 24-26, I was a high school graphic design teacher... and also a drawing and painting teacher. So, I did lots of art to demo the projects I was having them do. But none of that was really speaking to me in a deep way, though it was good to sharpen the sword.

But what my intention is with the new moves I'm making in my business, which will free up some more time for me eventually... is to get back into creating.

I want to start painting again... as series of surreal landscapes.

And I want to create a book of illustrated fables to teach my insights in a simpler way.

I also have an idea for a show that I would like to eventually create... which explores the concept of the Shadow more deeply through the lens of alternate dimensions.

So, I anticipate reclaiming creativity in the not so distant future.

 

Edited April 11 by Emerald

[LifeEnjoyer]

46 minutes ago, Emerald said:

@LifeEnjoyer Nice! Keep it up! I did open mic comedy once 7 or 8 years ago, and it was fun but a bit stressful to be up in front of everyone.

Thanks! I will! It was really scary at first but now I love it, and after every mic I'm just left feeling exhilarated.