Stop Motion Painting
The basic idea of this project is to see the painting being built from blank canvas up. To be able to see the steps that the artist takes, what layers he layed down first, how he makes the colors blend, ect. The two minutes that this video shows is in actuality about 4 days of work on the painting, or about 15-20 hours.
I got the idea for my projects after watching some "speed" painting videos on YouTube. What seemed to be a very good idea at first turned into alot of work. The process of taking the video was tedious however everyone knew that stop motion wasn't going to be a walk in the park. Overall getting the video shot was easy enough all be it long, and putting those images into Final Cut Pro was easy. The area that I really struggled with was the sound, and I am still not sure if I'm happy with it or not. The audio was created using GarageBand which I had never used before. I found it easy to pick up, but I felt like I only scrated the surface of what the actual program could do, maybe some instruction would be benifitial. Overall I enjoyed this project a ton, even with the ammount of work that was involved.
Comments
I liked your project a lot because it was different than everyone else's, and I like to see how artists create their work. Your's clearly shows what you painted and in what order to make your final painting. The actual painting itself is also really good as well. The music you put together worked really well with this piece, and overall I think your project came together really well.
Posted by: Ryan Mozzetti | November 27, 2007 2:02 PM
I thought the artwork that you created fit well in your video and it definitely had many blending and color transitions that kept the video flowing along nicely. Another positive is that you obvious spent a lot of time doing this. Having to paint in a certain way and then stop to take a picture every so often is a ton of work. I find myself wishing however for something a little more creative. It was cool that you picked something different than everyone else but it seems like it would have been better suited for project #2. I would have liked to seen some animation or something that can't be done in real life. You did however put together a good video and are an impressive artist. Good work.
Posted by: Andy Siegel | November 27, 2007 7:46 PM
I truly enjoyed watching the process of this painting being made. I'm not much of a painter myself but my mom is and watching this intricate process makes me appreciate her work even more. I wonder how long this would've taken you to do all at once? No doubt a very long time but possibly worthwhile. Although you've already heard this, an animation at some point would've been pleasing since this is just a time lapse video. Another approach at creating something more animated could be to reverse the time lapse at certain points, with synced music as to obtain the happening and repeating of the painting. Nice work and very appealing painting the the end!
Posted by: Sarah Horning | November 28, 2007 3:16 AM