10-19-2005, 09:05 PM
That would probably be a thumb making those marks. No rakes. The characters are no bigger than about 12" tall, and the expressions are done by hand. So, fingers & thumbs.
I'll be curious to see how you like their next movie, "Flushed Away", that is being made in CG. They are creating the look and textural quality of the Aardman puppets in CG. With thumbprints, from all I've been lead to understand.
With the actual stop-mo clay figures, the thumbprints change from frame to frame as the animator makes adjustments. What will you think if the thumbprint is permanently imbedded, just to fool you into thinking it's a clay puppet?
I'll just have to wait a year or so to find out.
I'll be curious to see how you like their next movie, "Flushed Away", that is being made in CG. They are creating the look and textural quality of the Aardman puppets in CG. With thumbprints, from all I've been lead to understand.
With the actual stop-mo clay figures, the thumbprints change from frame to frame as the animator makes adjustments. What will you think if the thumbprint is permanently imbedded, just to fool you into thinking it's a clay puppet?
I'll just have to wait a year or so to find out.