I have been following Will Kim's tumblr for a while now because I love the vivacity of his animations. I think he has a really clear style that is really appealing due to the contrasting colours and the almost flamelike nature of the flickering frames. I've chosen my four favourite to look at:
This is something I have experimented with so it excites me to see this one of Will Kim's. He has taken stills of himself washing his brush and painted and drawn over, as if his hand itself is becoming part of the work of art. The shadowy hand that reaches from the bottom raises questions, who or what is it? I think it could be that self doubt that creeps up when you are working. I think the colours he has chosen really compliment the original photograph, with the blue deriving from the tshirt and the greens from the paint pot, and this is something I should think about when editing my frames.
Will Kim works a lot with watercolour producing wonderful movement, I think the free brush strokes are really successful in creating vivid ephemera. It really inspires me to work with more abstract shapes and colours, I want to experiment this week.
I've seen animation like this but I like this one especially as it becomes progressively darker. This technique would work really well with my subject matter and is something that I need to experiment with this week. I wonder whether this is made from individual paper frames or a stop motion animation. I think it is stop motion as it looks layered and has echoes of the last frames.
This is just so cute, it is executed so simply and in this way it conveys so much joy. I love the glitter explosion and this is something I should play with, combining 2D drawn and stop motion techniques. The best thing about Will Kim's work is how playful it is, he is continually playing with new ideas and techniques and this is something I can really aspire to.
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