Hi friends. I recently completed a new film, part of a series I’m working on called magic science. It’s 2.5D animation using Blender, Callipeg and TVPaint. I’ve been working a lot over the years to figure out how to produce more animation as a solo artist without assistants. Blender is essentially my assistant now.
The techniques involve combinations of live 3D puppetry, traditional hand-drawn work, and compositing. The first short I did trying these techniques earlier this year: