WonkyCupTurnon2s

This started as an aimless doodle on a styrofoam cup that turned into something I rather liked. It's supposed to depict Raven, a figure of North American mythology. I guess you could call the style "pseudo-NW Coast Native American"--it doesn't even approach the real deal which is a lot cleaner and more powerful. But I'm still pleased with this version.
To make it move, I used JellyCam v4, a simple but highly effective stop-motion software. Unfortunately I've misplaced my proper webcam, which meant I had to position the built-in screenside cam on this laptop at something like a 45 degree angle, facing away from me, which made the cup have to photographed at a weird perspective. Also it meant that I couldn't look at the screen while I was photographing, just while I was bending sideways over the computer to position the next increment. I ended up using the wooden handle of a spoon to press the button that shot the images, just so my face and hands wouldn't appear in the shots. And of course you can see all the places where my hands shook and I bumped the table, plus my hair makes an uninvited guest appearance in a frame or two. (Does that give you an idea of what I had to do to get a look at the screen without messing anything up?) But I still really wanted to to this, with or without my nice webcam, which I must find before I do this again.

Over all, it took around an hour and a half to shoot this, which is good time as far as this artform is concerned. By the way, "on twos" means that every photo I took, I duplicated, to make this play smoother. The exceptions are the first photo and the last one. I copied those 24 times each to create a hold of a second's length at the beginning and end. (Industry standard frame rate is 24 frames per second.)