Stop motion animations

Stop motion animation is one of those things that takes a huge commitment from the artist.
 Especially if they are doing the piece as an individual. But what I have noticed about stop motion artists that I have seen, seem to like messing with the viewers perception of the universe, which is probably why they choose to stop motion animation... seeing as one can do just about anything they can image with enough time and effort. Not to mention that aside from needing a camera of some sort, literally almost anything can be the artists media.

As far as a stop motion artist that appeals to me is quite easy, I have to go with William Kentridge. First of all he uses a lot of charcoal which is hands down my favorite traditional media but he also plays with text in his pieces... He is essentially doing motion graphics work with out a computer which I find very intriguing because I do motion graphics with one. As a matter of fact its what I would like to do after I graduate so it is pretty cool to see the techniques that I use quite regularly being used in a fine art sense.

Accordian book structures

This first accordion structure I chose because there is one thing in particular that I find interesting.. and that is how the images overlay across the span of the book structure.

It is slightly broken up from this angle but our eyes are still able to fill it in perfectly, not to mention that fact that if you spaced the pages correctly and moved the camera down you would see one continuous panorama which is very cool.  It the way that the artist plays with space on this one that makes it work... you need no words either to tell the story of this simple picture, a normally everyday man getting ready to read a book to his child... a simple picture that would mean alot to alot of people, including myself.

This particular book is made by Judson Mitcham of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. its 4.5"X8" 10 pages with full color illustrations. 

This second book is another one that I found to be interesting on a few different levels.
First the structure itself.. seeming to fall apart as it opens sets the tone for the entire piece. because the texture plays right into that theme. It is very grungy falling apart, it has a great fray around the outside almost like rest just enforcing the "falling apart". Also the way the text is layed out on the page is very nice and complements the overall geometry in the books structure as opposed to fighting against it. 

And lastly the subject matter, this is a book about a Hmong Shaman named and his relationship with both the french and the CIA in Laos during the Vietnam war, this is a subject that many people in the United States are still unaware of, and is very interesting. The book also contains the poems of the shaman Boua Xou Mua


Also this piece is done by an Alan Govenar of Stephens Point Wisconsin,