Trying Stop Motion for the First Time

I wanted to see if I had what it takes to create stop motion, so I challenged myself with three levels of difficulty. Let me know which level was your favorite in the comments!

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*The tools I used for this project:*
• "Helping Hands" from Harbor Freight which I made into a rig
• Stop Motion Studio Pro
• After Effects (for painting out the rig)

Music used:

Track: Becku - Around The World
Music provided by "ByeByeCopyright".

[TheFishEyeAnimations]

If you are far in an animation and you accidentally bump the camera, just change the angle. Unless the cut to the angle is awkward, then just redo the animation. That way it doesn't make your animation choppy and you don't have to remake it. I bump my camera a lot and this helps me save some time.

[NomaddUK]

Can we all take a moment to appreciate the Wilhelm Scream in the second version? Well played!

[legopeaceez]

Wow! First time making a stop motion!?
It’s a masterpiece!

[SpiderSamYT]

The fact you mastered 8, 12, and 24 frames so easily, is like, honestly impressive. I adored the creativity you had for the scenes you made. That was the most interesting detail for me at least. And also, I appreciated those timelapses. Plus the sped up clock is always a treat to look at. Awesome vid and animation!

[ZachTheManiac]

Dude you progressed so quickly! I really love the dancing animation, its great! 🤌

[Brand-ykdw]

one thing i knew was gonna be annoying was the arm to keep the rig still so i did the easy thing by spray painting and taping the helping hands so i can chroma key the entire arm out. did that way before i even started my first stop motion so i wouldnt have to go through the tedious process of after effects and could worry about the rough touch ups to feel confident in my several dozen work and become more detailed in after effects before i worked on streamlining my blending in after effects

[hamframes]

I use 12 fps for my stop motions. And the dancing looks incredible! I love how you used almost all of Mando's moving joints.

[LucasTio.]

Wow! I wish I could be that fast at learning. True dedication.
Also, I love how Mando moves on the book at 6:20 and at the end.

[jazzbricks]

I’ve been animating for a while now, and considering this was your first time doing stop motion animation, I gotta say this was incredible! You learned everything so fast. The only thing I think you missed was light flicker. But other than that, it was awesome! Plus I loved the fact that Mando was still moving in the background!

[CanadianKomodo]

As a small stop motion animator, it's truly difficult yet rewarding. Personally, I like making lower FPS animations because I like how it looks, plus its easier. However, you CAN boost an animation with certain FPS boosters if you want an easier time. A personal issue for me is the lighting. It's hard to be consist with clouds or unreliable lightbulbs.

[rbaleksandar]

If you are shooting with the same background all the time, I would recommend wrapping the prosthetic that holds the model in green and basically create a mask for it in your software to replace it (green screen).

Great job!

[joshuarmost]

Being someone who previously has done stop motion, I really enjoyed this. You don’t just have the stop motion correct, you also have the story correct.

[dankmotionsstudios]

How the hell did your dance turn out so well. What a stopmotion prodigy 🙏

[BlaiBlaioggo]

0:01 Watching you move the pieces in fast motion is the coolest thing I've ever seen #goat

[schaferent.]

I’ve been making stop motion videos since 5th grade and this is so cool. I’m always glad to see new animators

[TwoStarWarsNerds]

This is really incredible! I love the meta story of learning stop motion being told through the animations themselves.

[Enderbrick]

Dang this is really good for your first animation!!

[Rigel_Chiokis]

When I was a teen back in the late 1970's, I was doing stop motion animation with a super-8 film camera which did not have a single frame shutter! Talk about being rough animation, but I had so much fun. I was inspired by Ray Harryhausen, a stop motion animator famous for the Sinbad movies as well as quite a few monster movies. He told a story about animating the hydra for a movie, how keeping track of seven heads was difficult. Then he got a phone call and when he returned, he couldn't remember where he was, so he had to start all over. I caught the Mandalorian moving behind you before you turned to look at it. Which reminds me; I meant to comment how well you did in erasing your rig from the sequences. Your compositing is good too.

[SpartanBrix]

As an animator, I can say you did a great job! I personally animate with Mega (formerly Mega Blox/Mega Construx) Halo figures.

[PdArtzs]

I've been watching YouTube all day and this is the coolest thing I've seen today