Two Balloons is a beautiful stop motion animated short film I worked on as a Model Maker, Animator, Set Dresser and all around helper.
Currently screening and winning awards at Film Festivals and on Amazon Prime!
Elba's goggles strap, balloon rigging, clouds
Nautical knots on tiller handle, shroud
Elba's boat cabin, portholes, rigging, clouds
Rendered 2D animation drawings
Wool funnel cloud, balloon rigging, clouds
Ocean waves
Movie stills above with my creations, details below. Enjoy!
Boat Tiller Nautical Knots
1:1 Tiller knots WIP
Finishing braid 1
Finished tiller knots
Testing tiller in place
First pass dark blue cord
First pass detail
Second pass light blue cord
Tiny 1:4 scale tiller
Bernard's 1:1 scale boat shrouds
Bernard's 1:1 scale boat shrouds
1:1 shroud detail
Armature and piano wire
Cord cover and whipping
Shroud bottoms
Wired cord to combine both discs
Bernard's 1:4 scale shrouds
Bernard's 1:4 scale dirigible
First 1:4 with 1:1 scale shroud
1:4 scale shrouds
Two down, 10 to go
Assembly line for lower part
Wrapping cord
Wrapping WIP
Funnel Cloud
Funnel cloud armature
Layering on wool
ready to animate
First funnel composite test
Exact funnel shape reference
Figuring out measurements
Small scale test
Beginning of armature
Wool Clouds
Cloud maker
One of many clouds I built...
...on a 5 layers of monofilament
Shot with multiple light setups
Cloud room
Created many shapes and sizes
Early composite plate
Replica Steel Cable
Replica cable (L) original (R)
Replica cable ready to "break"
Frayed after animating
10 strands of wire wrapped...
...around bendable steel wire
1 of 6
Twisting 6 strands up
Ocean Waves
Painting ocean waves with lightbulbs
Piecing together an ocean
Nearly complete ocean wave table
The pistons under the waves
Ready to paint more panels
Gel medium drying
Ready to film the stop motion waves
Elba's 1:4 scale Cabin
1:4 scale foam sculpt WIP
Finished foam sculpt
Door handles sculpted/added
Rough shape layout
Fitting sculpt into boat
Concept drawing reference
1:4 scale Broken Wing
Broken wing ready to shoot
Chopped wing, built "broken" balsa slats
Added torn rice paper edge
1:1 scale Broken Wing
Intact wing ready to shoot
building a break
Matching the 1:4 scale tear pattern
Odds and Ends
Tiny drawing for map
Rose flip book drawing
Tiny nautical knots
