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Hi Patrons! 

So far, 2019 has been a year of rest, reflection, and rebuilding. The Unofficial Hiatus™ that we began in January continued longer than I intended—but just as long as I needed. 

We've had a few bits of content trickle in here and there, but now we're ready to get back on track. As with many online content creators, the goal of all of this was to find ways to keep making things without totally burning out. (A minor detail.)

Anyway! With tha...

Countdown to LGIS - 10 days remaining

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I have been nothing but "Little Guys!" for months and months now (see above image), and we are just over a week away from the release of this film! 

Countdown to LGIS - 20 days remaining

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Closing in on the final stretch of "Little Guys... In Space!" From here, there's only sound design, a few still photos, and digital effects to do. Here's some photos fro...

Countdown to LGIS - 30 days remaining

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Technically, there are 28 days remaining. But it's been a busy week. 

Suffice to say, principal photography on the film is complete! And now we're at BrickFai...

Countdown to LGIS - 40 days remaining

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Continuing on with the marathon towards August 31st! 

Reusing a ...

Countdown to LGIS - 50 days remaining

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We're marathoning our way towards the August 31st release date! There's been a LOT going on for a variety of scenes in the film. Here's the latest:

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HAWAT #003 - Behind-the-scenes images

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As with everything else I've already mentioned, this episode also benefited from having two people on hand to snap some behind-the-scenes pictures. 

At the start, I jotted down these notes on the order in which the actions in the scene would take place. Originally, I thought we might do three different shots, but as Christop...

BRICK 101 LEGO Godzilla | How About We Animate That

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When deciding on the subject for HAWAT episode #003, I had to consider the following:

- Dave Pickett was nice enough to send us the Godzilla model (the only copy in existence) but needed it back by 6/12. 

- Christopher Gearhart was in town and interested in collaborating on an animation. 

- A few folks on YouTube were asking us to "animate LEGO". 

These turned out to be the perfect circums...

Brickworld 2007 Animation Demos | From the Archives

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Since Brickworld Chicago is this week, I figured it was a good time to revisit the animation demos from the very first Brickworld back in 2007. My first LEGO fan event, I spent the majority of the time teaching exhibitors and attendees how to animate minifigures us...

HAWAT #002 - Behind-the-scenes images

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I had fewer behind-the-scenes images that I remembered; mostly because I wasn't planning to launch this Patreon until I was about halfway through shooting this episode. I'm also using this post as a way to teach myself how photo posts on Patreon actually work. 😄

Speaking of which, one thing I learned during the productio...

IKEA SPÖKA Night Light | How About We Animate That

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Production on the second HAWAT episode went much more smoothly now that I have a better idea of what this show actually is. 😄 

While I had production assistants on episode #001, this second episode was produced entirely by myself, including all phases of production. It also helped that I could re-use a lot of the assets from episode #001. All told, it took about 3 days of work. I'm curious to see if I can get thes...

Livestream 6/2/2018 @ 12pm ET

We're doing a #livestream tomorrow! David will be hanging out with #animator / #designer / #puppeteer...

AnimatorDV Commercial | From the Archives

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The goal for non-HAWAT fridays is to have a variety of other types content to post. One of these will be "From the Archives".

I've been making weird films and videos for decades. There's a lot of this stuff on various tapes and CD-ROMs that rarely sees the light of day.

While HAWAT shows my process in terms of how I approach stop-motion animation, something like "From the Archives" is more about the process of how I...

Mega Construx TMNT Mutations | How About We Animate That

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"How About We Animate That" is the main series of our new YouTube initiative, with a new episode coming out every other Friday. I've got seven episodes scheduled at the moment, with about a dozen other ideas for future episodes. All of this isn't even including suggestions from our viewers, so I'm not at all worried about running out of interesting subjects to animate. 

Completed episode uploads like this one will al...

ALL posts public until 6/23

Hi, supporters! As we develop our presence here on Patreon, we've decided to keep ALL of our posts public for the first month. 

This way, new folks can see what we're all about and be able to better gauge what level of support membership they're interested in.

Tell your friends.

Welcome to Paganomation on Patreon

If you're here, you probably already know what we're all about—and we're thrilled to have your support! 

This train has been moving along at a steady clip, and even though we've switched lines over to "releasing original content more often", I feel confident with where we're going. 

The train analogy is very vague, so why don't I stop talking and just get back to work on the next "How About We Animate That" episode. We're making more stuff!

Again, welcome.

- David...