During the lockdown, I started studying tutorials about stop motion techniques, with the vague intention of trying my hand at some animation of my own. But my natural laziness intervened and I never got past the video-watching stage.
No film, then — but to put that research to some use, I’ve compiled a list of top Instagram accounts I discovered along the way. All belong to artists working in or around the medium of stop motion. Most contain explicit “how-to” advice, but some simply inspire by example. Enjoy…
Jim Parkyn has decades’ experience as a sculptor and model maker — he’s worked on all Aardman’s major features. He imparts his knowledge on his account, in the form of good-natured tutorials in clay modeling:
