Showing posts with label animated. Show all posts
Showing posts with label animated. Show all posts

Sunday, November 07, 2010

Celebrating pureness with Waybuloo!


Waybuloo
takes place in the world of Nara,
a land of happiness, laughter and friendship
that’s home to the Piplings.


The four Piplings are happy, loving and caring creatures that are inquisitive and playful: Yojojo is full of fun, he’s mischievous and loves surprises. Lau Lau is creative and thrives when she’s dancing or painting. Nok Tok is practical and inventive, he’s happiest when he’s making things. De Li is thoughtful, caring and loves gardening.


When Piplings experience pure happiness they achieve Buloo and rise gently into the air.

The Piplings practice Yogo, a gentle form of exercise which is similar to yoga. The movements are often inspired by things that the Piplings see in Nara like birds, trees and narabugs.

The ‘Call to Yogo’ happens when the sunlight shines on the coloured crystals of the ancient Yogo machine; it starts to turn and makes a beautiful sound. When Piplings hear this sound they stop what they’re doing and meet in front of the Yogo machine. Lau Lau, De Li, Nok Tok and Yojojo do four Yogo poses at the beginning of each programme and later when the cheebies (children) come to Nara, the Piplings and cheebies repeate the poses together.

Waybuloo is unique in its exploration of emotions and relationships, taking us on a journey through stories of co-operation, friendship and enjoyment.


You can try some of the Yogo poses by downloading the Yogo activity sheet.



Wednesday, June 09, 2010

Fada Moranga loves CRANKBUNNY!

The artist, in her own words

My name is Norma V Toraya and the species of rabbitfish before you is called a "Crankbunny".

I live in NYC and work as an animation director. People hire me to make them commercials, tv intros, music videos, projections, etc. I also work on my own personal films, build mechanical paper puppets, and run a small shop. I've lived in a bunch of different cities. I have a big finearts and film/animation background - yet ironically I have a fear of movie theatres.

My work is a layering of traditional techniques like hand drawn animation, under-the-camera, painting, and pixilation / stop-motion with a digital mishmosh of live-action compositing.
I'm a big fan of instinct. My friends and family all share the same frustration of not being able to get ahold of me - go figure. 

Excerpt from the fancy bio - "Some things in life are slick, polished and blatantly obvious. But for Norma V. Toraya, who's also known as Crankbunny, these are exactly the things she shies away from. Instead, she's more inclined to explore timeless concepts like subtly, curiousity, texture and awkwardness. Her hand-drawn and computer-animated creations are often described as dark, sometimes noir and always magical." 


PAPER PUPPETS

 

CARDS


ORNAMENTS


ANIMATION

Paper puppetry has never had someone so zealously dedicated until Paul Palooza started exploring its rare curiosities. A very small quirky world filled with amazing creatures, unusual storylines and enchanted paperie. Puppets have mansions. Dancers are made out of paper. Animals threw massive parties. Giant sea creatures boring people into panic. The universe of paper puppets needed someone like Paul Palooza to expose this wonderful impossibility of very handy craftwork.





BOOKS
Paper Puppet Palooza is a craft book that will show you how to make a wide variety of paper puppets, marionettes, dolls, toys, shadow puppets and gifts.

PaperPuppetPalooza
Paper Puppet Palooza by Norma V. Toraya
Paper-Puppet-Palooza on Amazon

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