February's Animation
Maybe it's because I wish I was laying in the desert sun?
Or maybe it's because we've been really into nature documentaries on Netflix?
Reptiles are just so, so fascinating.
I mean, look at this guy. The details!
For February's animation, I knew I wanted to sculpt a chameleon.
I also knew I wanted to animate it's eyes to a disco song.
I started by using a small block of wood, some foil and some armature wire.
I layered on some sculpey and used my grand-father's awls for texture.
The puppet isn't made to move all that much, as it was all about it's neck and eyes.
As for the disco tune, I created it using one of my favorite drum machine apps (DM1) and my MicroKorg XL synthesizer. I wanted something catchy and fun.
Next, came the green paint. I knew I wanted to green screen the chameleon, as they can actually change colour in the wild. I found "sour apple" at the dollar store for $1.25 and it worked great.
Sure enough, I made a cactus to match scale and put a rock in there too.
This animation, from start to finish, took a total of 12 hours.
