definitely

Thanks!
I built a "rig" of sorts that spins on a turntable/lazy susan i bought from home depot! This was my first test of it!

sweet :] but how did u knew how much u should turn it every frame? it should be quite accurate for a "smooth move" :P

I marked all the measurements, so the movements stayed consistent. I put some detail shots of the rig (so you can get a better idea) to the right in the photos section.

haha..Awesome Stuff! :]
last thing im interested about [since i dont get to speak with "stop-motioners" every day :] is about tracking your shots. is there any kind of preview available for u, of the shots u made so far, while youre in the middle of the animation? seems so tough to memorize what u did at the last few frames, and all...u know what i mean :]

That's why I use frame-grabbing software -- the camera is hooked up to the computers, and then you use the software to control the camera and the images go right into the program as opposed to the camera's memory card. Then, then program allows you to see and scroll through all the frames you just shot, making it a much smoother process.

ohh..yeah! i think ive heard of this Real 'Hot' software for it...that alot of Mac users..erm..use :]
if im not mistaken, u could actually view your last frame with 50% transparency, while you mess around with your next frame in the meantime :] now, Thats hot! :] but, still..it takes a good animator to depict in his[\her :] head how everything needs to be set up, so all the frames will blend well together in post :] ...that is the real magic, and i dont know if u could use "gadgets" or other tools to help u achieve this. its pure talent, i guess :]

thankssss! :)

haha, hardly, but thank you anyway :)
checked out your stuff -- it's awesome. i also heart 2d (as you can probably tell)

me too! amazing talent!!!

haha, those are my dry crackly hands!

Hands up for winter's craptastic way of making everything dry and crackly.

Thanks!! This one's all clay, so I'd consider it claymation...but it's also stop-motion :)

Thanks!!!

Thanks so much! :)

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Thanks!!!

yup! :)

Thanks so much!
I've used istopmotion before and it has its benefits. Although for this animation I used dragon stop motion. I'd check it out -- it supports many more camera types than istopmotion.