Author: @julforres

Reading and images from my blog https://glen2creek.com/

wee dance in the days of muffled grey around the pinch of sun we had at the apex of our year in the Enchanted Valley

thanks to Katie Holten for the tree font

digital drawing from Glen forms from the place I call The Big Bow

Weds 28 – Sat 31 October 2020

LETS ANIMATE!

Hogie’s Grand Adventures with Julie Forrester

Create your own worlds, invent characters, draw, make and model scenery and props.
Animate your fabulous characters and stories on a smart phone or tablet.
Add music and voices to bring your world to life.
See animations about Hogie Hedgehog and Morphella to get inspired and then follow the tutorials to make your own.

Now Get Set Up and Learn the Basics
Watch the tutorials then set up your space and shoot!

Package 1 – BASICS and CUTOUTS
Starting package for all age groups
Learn the basics of stop motion animation and set up your studio. Make cut out characters create a home for them and let them play! Remember to take 50 – 300 photographs and make tiny movements to make your action smooth.

see the basics – Move & Shoot

Set Up Your Workspace and try a “Cut Out” Stop Motion Animation

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Package 2 – CLAYMATION
suitable for 6-8 year olds …..and older
Make a blobby face, move its eyes and mouth – think about all the things a face can do, now think about things a face can’t do! You can make anything happen! Experiment with character expression and movement using plasticine or modelling clay.

Watch the tutorials then set up your space and shoot!

Package 3 CHARCOAL DRAW & ERASE
[suitable for 8-12 year olds and over]
For those who like to draw!
Animate with charcoal draw / erase / redraw / erase and redraw and….

See the paper blacken and lighten as Hogie comes to life
Watch the tutorials then set up your space and shoot!

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HAVE FUN!
Upload to your instagram, Youtube or Vimeo or other

Don’t forget to tag

# hullabaloo and @julforres

*(~_~)* We’d love to see your creations <@,,@>

After an encounter with a seal (who visited my dreams and cured my aching sacrum) I am strongly feeling the presence of these graceful creatures… the synchronicity of finding this conversation lights up my world, magic as a way of perceiving differently….

Contains the line:

“…David do you mean that that rock literally spoke to you?”

and more here:

The Ecology of Perception

The largest Ivy heart 2020

“Intricacies” 2020

Loose connections and brief encounters”  2020

“She came from Nowhere” Cyprus shadows and Dryad 2020

 

During Lockdown archetypes whirled about and this one surfaced “The Magician”