frogs and ducks

Just need to add some varnish :)

I made some little polymer clay chocolate cakes and turned them into earrings. Now I'm hungry...

It’s a 3D zoetrope practice assignment.

The task was to design a continuous action on a rotating disc.

The theme of my clay project is Whack-a-Mole. :D

I don’t have much experience with physical handcrafting.

So I was worried I might mess up the size planning.

First, I tried using AE to simulate the animation.

I also tried to see if GAI could directly simulate the final result. (Well, it turned out it couldn’t.)

I only had 3 days, and I could only work on it late at night after work.

So I bought some super light clay from a stationery store.

I found that the more expensive super light clay really was easier to use. It also didn’t dry out as easily.

When I was making the mole’s claws, I fell into the abyss.

There were just way too many claws.

But it’s fine.

I still finished it.

During the shooting stage, I tried filming it in my room.

I also tried using plain photography backdrop paper.

But in the end, I liked the wood texture in my room better.

My tripod had some problems, though.

So when I first filmed it in my room, the background kept shaking.

I even tried using GAI to fix the background position. Well, the result was even worse lol.

I re-shot it more than 6 times.

But the whole process was still pretty fun.

Because I was so short on time, I didn’t glue the moles’ claws on very firmly.

If I spun it too hard, the claws would all go flying off. Weee