Magical Cat: Episode 3

The third installment of the Magical Cat series, created by my wife and I, aka Threadwood LLC. We create these episodes to keep ourselves busy and viewers entertained while quarantined. We write, build, animated, and edit each episode in about a week using leftover materials from our previous projects.

It's getting uncomfortably hot in LA, so we decided to move our shooting stage into our apartment to stay cool. Additionally, we're only using 2 small lights for these shorts.

The bugs were baked clay with tiny wires inside. They kept freaking us out because they looked real at a glance!

Stop-motion is often described as "straight-ahead" animation, but I like to do a lot of planning before I start so that I don't waste time guessing and getting myself into trouble during animation.