Stop Motion for Social Media
How to Prepare Cardstock for Animation
A course by José Lourenço , Visual Artist
About the video: How to Prepare Cardstock for Animation
Overview
“In this class, I will explain how we can use cardboard in animation. ”
In this video lesson José Lourenço addresses the topic: How to Prepare Cardstock for Animation, which is part of the Domestika online course: Stop Motion for Social Media. Discover the art of stop motion animation on social media! Bring any object to life using just your cell phone and make visually stunning content that wows your audience..
Partial transcription of the video
“THE CARTELLINE In this class I will teach you how to work with cardboard for animation. Why cardboard, maybe some of you ask. It could be cardboard, it could be plasticine, I tried plasticine to give you just a small sketch of the possibility of plasticine. Cardstock is just as versatile as Plasticine, I use cardboard a lot in my animations and I'm going to teach you how to make this little object, a hippopod parallel, because I will use several parallel hippopods of these to make a little animation or to show you the possibility of using it. I'm going to do this here in the mold, this is 6...”
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Course summary for: Stop Motion for Social Media
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Category
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Areas
Animation, Social Media, Stop Motion, Video, Video Editing

José Lourenço
A course by José Lourenço
José Lourenço is a talented visual artist and stop motion animator who started making short videos in a playful way, but quickly led him to collaborate with big brands thanks to social networks. With a fascination with stop motion animations since he was a child, José transmits his fantasy universe using techniques similar to those of the past, but with the convenience of doing it with a mobile phone.
His creative process is full of magic, color, fun and simplicity, using a mixture of manual art and imperfect fluidity that adds authenticity and warmth to his works. With this course on Domestika, José shares his passion and knowledge so that he can bring his own stop motion animations to life and share his stories with the world.
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