If you are enjoying Shark Week on the TV, why not watch something we cooked up years ago, and something you would not find on Discovery Channel...
For more Shark VS Rabbit shorts, click here!
Mother's Day Breakfast!
Mother's Day is around the corner! Why don't you give her breakfast in bed, stop motion style?! That's what we have been helping the kids that we are testing Animating Kids with!
Here is our very own movie, for our very own, awesome mom.
We hope you enjoy, and to you mothers out there,
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!
Bon Animate!
P.S. Click here to see last year's Mother's Day animation!
Battle Hymn of the Peeps: Happy Easter!
We love Peeps. We also are aware that there are two types of Peep lovers. The ones who like them stale, and the ones who like them fresh. Here is our "ode" to the issue.
Enjoy!
Animation Chefs
Blueberry PI
In honor of the ultimate "PI Day", we decided to live up to our name and cook up a blueberry pie, Animation Chef style!
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
This is a reprise of a St. Patrick's Day animation two years ago! We are prepping for SXSWedu in Austin and are a bit overwhelmed to do a fresh animation this year.
But!
We used iStopMotion and we have done a huge tutorial on how to navigate your way around iStopMotion's interface in case you are going to try your own St. Patrick's Day animation this year.
Give it a shot! The whole family worked on the animation above. From beginning to end, it took us four hours. Including our video intro. Nice way to spend some family time with a mobile device! Actually producing something, instead of gaming! Mix it up people!
This is what excites us about teaching you animation. You can think up an idea in your cranium. And the next thing you know, it is alive and moving on a screen! We live in the most amazing times. With apps like iStopMotion and iMovie - anything is possible. But like us, you sometimes might have to skip dinner to make it happen.
Make your friends and family "green" with envy, and make an animated St. Patrick's Day card this year!
Bon Animate!
Animation Chefs
Punny Valentines Animations! You can do them too!
Send a Valentines animation this year. Make your love movable and fun! Secret recipes at the end of the animations! Happy Valentines!
The Abdominal Snowman
As Winter and the Holidays unfolded, our latest animation took shape using "Animating Kids Starter Kit" animation formulas and secret recipes. We'll be launching all the recipes at SXSWedu in Austin, Tx in March! Stay tuned!
Halloween Animating Kids! Think! Make! Share!
Here is a Halloween animation from our Animating Kids workshops driven by our training videos. We love how kids take this stuff a run with it. Enjoy!
Animation Chefs Take Manhattan
We had the privilege of being invited to two Apple Retail Stores in New York City to help young people find their "verse". Check out this short montage from the day. The co-host was Boinx software, makers of iStopMotion our app of choice to help young kids learn animation. Now go out and make your own cartoon network! Enjoy!
Animation Chefs @ Apple Store
Animating Kids: Inbetween Blur
We have a new segment called Animating Kids. This is the first lesson about the secret recipe for creating a special effect known as an "inbetween blur". It's a neat effect to create the illusion that a character sprints from one place to another.
Check it out. If you want to print out the recipe sheet with the instructions, it's posted in our members area. Just sign in and download!
Animating Kids