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Instructor: Constant Yen
When: August 27th 2022, 12pm - 6pm
Where: 1411 Dufferin St, Unit B
Cost: $45 for Members, $65 for non-members
(Registration closes on August 20th, 2022)
Beginner and/or Intermediate Animators: Everyone is welcome, no prior animation experience necessary!
About the Workshop:
Animation needn’t be a confusing or tedious process–let your intuition take the front seat and embrace + explore DIY methods and tactile approaches through animating frame-by-frame in any setting.
This hands-on workshop will cover:
- DIY camera setups
- Creating a short animated loop with the free Stop Motion Studio app on your smartphone/tablet
- Other accessible software and resources to help you create your own little animations with whatever tools you have at your disposal
- Exporting your animations to share with your friends/online afterwards
- Various ‘quick & dirty’ animation approaches, techniques, and ideas, with an emphasis on accessible ways to start, complete, and perhaps even loop your next animated gif (all in one sitting!)
You will learn to work fast and loose in real time and develop a DIY ethos with regards to problem-solving and letting your intuition explore various ways of animating.
The goal of the workshop will be to get participants, of any skill level/experience, to be more comfortable with creating low-cost + low-stakes animation on a small scale–for fun!
This three hour workshop will be followed by three hours of open studio time at TAIS for you to complete your very own ‘quick & dirty’ animation in a limited time frame and space! Some limited art & craft supplies will be available. Participants also have the option of bringing anything they’d like to work with to this workshop.
About the Instructor:
Constant Yen is a Toronto-based artist & animator who likes to draw and make things with their hands. Their practice involves creating spontaneous and playful experimental work. Constant’s straight-ahead approach to art and life is driven by intuition and finding comfort in the repetition of looping image sequences. Lately, Constant has been enjoying writing and drawing comics and putting together zines.
Constant’s work has been screened and exhibited in Canada and the US. They are the recipient of the 2021 Malca Litovitz Prize for Creative Writing as well as the Best Anijam Award in the 2021 TAIS Animation Showcase. Presently, Constant is looking for mentorship, new ways to learn and see, and discussions involving experimental animation. They are also working towards finishing their mixed-media stop motion animated short film, which will premiere at the 2022 TAIS Animation Showcase.
https://constantyen.com/
https://www.instagram.com/yawnstant/
https://vimeo.com/user138497736
Required Materials:
- Smartphone or tablet with Stop Motion Studio (free app) installed
Optional materials:
- Any props/puppets/materials participants are interested in featuring or animating. (Example: action figure with paper clip, glove with googly eyes, etc.)
- Wired Earbuds (Can be used as a mic and to click shutter with smartphone camera)
- Any sort of Tripod/Selfie Stick to hold phone upright, if you’d like
TAIS will have limited supplies of art & craft supplies, paper, stationary, coloured construction paper, sticky notes, and sticky-tack available during the open studio time.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
1411 Dufferin St, Toronto, ON M6H 4C7, Canada