A birthday greeting to my sister from Billy T and everybody's bestest pal Hiway! Clay animation plus 2D.
I'm still working these characters out. (Billy T is ultimately supposed to be more slow, country, Larry the Cable Guy-esque but for this I just read it kind of straight.)
Using the clay is a fun experiment but makes things a lot harder. For instance, I wasn't planning on the brick wall when I photographed all the puppet pieces, and now I see that Hiway needs some key-lighting to pop him off the background. That's either a lot of Photoshop work, or re-shooting it with better lighting. Oy.
I'm open to opinions: I'm still not sure if the mixed media adds anything besides being a novelty. (I'm curious to try adding the clay character to a live action "ventriloquist". That combo might work better than the clay plus 2D.)
Ted Nunes - www.tedtoons.com
