I don’t typically write about individual episodes of NNN on this site, I usually wait until a chapter is complete and write about it as a whole. But I spent a lot of time documenting my creative process when animating the most recent episode, so it ties in very closely to the How to Animate work I’ve been doing here and felt appropriate.
How to Animate: An Introduction
The most recent issue of BrickJournal (a magazine made for and by LEGO fans) is focused on LEGO animation. My friend and fellow LEGO animator, David Pagano, was a guest editor for this issue and did a great job getting together some amazing articles about various aspects of LEGO animation. I contributed an article designed to help a beginner make their first stop-motion animation.
In conjunction with this article, I have launched a companion page on this website that gives an even deeper look at the creative process that goes into making animations. I hope you will find it useful. You can order the BrickJournal issue here.
Metamorphosis
This may be the best animation I’ve ever created. Read more about the production after the cut. Continue reading →
Color City Hide and Seek
Watch more cool animation and creative cartoons at Aniboom
This project was a collaborative effort between myself and my friends Tiffany Salone and Krista Christophe. We made it for Aniboom’s Sesame Street Competition. Until May 9th you can go vote for it here. You will have to register for Aniboom and then rank it 5 stars. (You can also watch other animations and rank those.) Because I’m sure people are very curious, here’s a quick behind the scenes explanation of how we made it.
NNN- Chapter 1 – New Beginnings
NNN – Chapter One – New Beginnings from David Pickett on Vimeo.
Several years in the making, this is the first chapter of my animated webseries
The initial concept for this series first came to me in Summer 2006. Script development began in Spring 2007. I started filming in February 2009. I put in about 102 hours of animating and countless hours of building, recording, editing and so forth. Used a bunch of new techniques (for me) – masking, blue screening and lip syncing. This was filmed on my Sony DSC-H7.
Now available on DVD!