Trenchcoat Man

As I believe I mentioned in a previous post, and will undoubtedly mention again (as it seems to be a newly recurring theme in my work), I love the idea of unexpected happy things come out of strange and somewhat dubious places. 

This is the first Stop-Motion Animation that I have created, and it is a tad rough, but I worked quite hard on it and am pleased with the result. I would certainly like to do more.

I received inspiration for this whilst listening to music, contemplating a myriad of banal ideas of things to animate. "Surely anything well-drawn or at least interestingly-rendered could make a nice stop-motion..." I mused... and then a song came on that changed it all. This idea was extracted from a portion of it, and I like the subtle reference, though for anyone who knows me and knows the artist will get it. I shall stop evading the subject and just spill it: It's a Regina Spektor Song, "Aching to Pupate"and here, ladies and gents, are some of the lyrics:

I should peddle butterflies 

There's a shortage in the city 
I'll stand on a street corner 
All mysterious and giddy 
When the passers-by pass by 
I will open up my trenchcoat 
They will see the butterflies

I would also like to give credit to the incredible composer of the music that so enhances my drawings in this short film; her name is Stephanie Chisholm.