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After all this time I moved to Weimar, went to Colombia, miss my Berlin friends and with the darkness of the winter on I'm coming back to #mondayanimation that will be from now on #wednesdayanimation. Trying out some #cutout #characterdesign and #animation. Really inspired by "yellow submarine" and looking forward to try more of these. What do you think? #weimaranimationclub #analogeanimation #legetrick #animationthüringen #thüringen (at Weimar, Germany) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5YiJsHIkjY/?igshid=1nh6prxnqkz5m

Caracoles, Let's dance! Thinking about repetition, summer and celebrating that I moved completely to #Weimar and it feels good. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #weanimationclub #animationmonday #mondaymotivation #animation #collageinmotion #cutout #patterns #conch #caracoles #dance #summer (at Weimar, Germany) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0O01_DABY6/?igshid=1x1tki4yo3z4o

Part IV: the logo ---- @celula.arquitectura re-designed the logo @puertocandelaria playing with collage and some elements we used before for the animated intro. This collaged logo is being displayed on the screen during part of the concert therefore the animation is quite slow so it wouldn’t compete with their performance on stage. Nevertheless I tried to play with different elements and forms so it could look really alive //// La marquesina: @mpvallejo rediseñó usando collage el logo de Puerto Candelaria. El movimiento en la animación es mas bien lento, para que no compitiera con lo que sucede en el escenario. Sin embargo, traté de jugar con diferentes tipos de elementos para que se viera lleno de vida! . . . . . . . . #animationberlin #weanimationclub #ilogicotour #puertocandelaria #visuals #collageinmotion #analogcollage #cutandpaste #logo #marquee #id #colombianmusic #musicvideo #animationmonday #mondaymotivation #mondaymotivation #animation (at Berlin, Germany) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz89sJTIjun/?igshid=1dbhwg9m3p24a

Part III: how does the imaginary place of @puertocandelaria looks like? Together with @celula.arquitectura created two versions of this magical place, filled with details and this fish tail is one of my favorites. //// Cómo se ve el puerto imaginario de Puerto Candelaria? Hicimos dos versiones del puerto, una de día y otra de noche. Esta cola de pez es de mis favoritas. . . . . . . . . . . #animationmonday #animation #cutout #artinmotion #collage #puertocandelaria #ilogicotour #lacandelaria #legetrick #weanimationclub (at Weimar, Germany) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bzqx_higTtn/?igshid=1ak29w9zzdzz8

"Ir juntas a la luna" / "(go) together the moon" //// Pronto viajaré a #colombia y llevaré algunos de mis collage para vender. Si les interesaría ver algo, escríbanme! /// #collage #analog #cutandpaste #handmadecollage #handcutcollage #papercollage #paperandglue #paperlove #moon #redcollageco #collagista #medellin #collagemedellin (at Weimar, Germany) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bzfay_HI3m4/?igshid=isb31srxuab6

Regresemos con #animationmonday Esta vez con parte del proceso para realizar los visuals con los que están de gira @loscandelarios en el #ilogicotour en Europa. Con @mpvallejo nos reunimos con @juanchosargento y @sofyponyo. Para realizar el intro que se pone al inicio del concierto nos pidieron una pieza para descubrir el puerto de la candelaria. La idea giraba en darle la vuelta a las imágenes que uno siempre encuentra del trópico. Tenía que tener algo de absurdo, misterioso y sobre todo que sorprendiera. Nos pusimos a construir una pequeña historia y la idea era hacerla con collage análogo animado. Este fue el Storyboard desde el que construimos a distancia las animaciones que están girando de ciudad en ciudad. ///////////////// It all started with a long meeting Paula had with @juanchosargento and @sofyponyo in Medellin, because of time zones I’m 7 hours ahead of them and couldn’t joined the meeting. Some keywords that came during the meeting revolved around approaching the image of the tropic from a different angle. How could we represent the tragic and absurds situations that happen there and the comic and mysterious ways of living in the Port of la Candelaria? Our main goal was to make an animated Intro for the concerts plus some loops to play along some songs. As soon as we started we decided to work with collage, which is a medium in which both of us are working for some years now. The #analogcollages were made most of it by Paula and I animated the scanned parts of it digitally. But the first step was of course a Storyboard. From this we develop everything else. . . . . . . #storyboard #conceptart #animation #analogcollage #analoganimation #musicvideo #visuals #tropic #ilogicotour #puertocandelaria #ontour #tropico (at Weimar, Germany) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzG537boeVB/?igshid=gls4ph30m2uq

A test using luma masks and moving textures. /////// Last week we had @cecihyde as guest teacher at the university (incredible woman and animator) and she brought inspiring quotes from Jan Svankmayer: "Art isn't about stumbling from one idea to another. An idea has its place in art only at the moment when you have a fully digested topic which you wish to express. Only then will the right ideas come to the surface. An idea is part of a creative process, not an impulse towards it". . . . . . . . . #animationberlin #weanimationclub #animation #stopmotion #motionart #stopmotiondeutschland #animationchallenge #mondaymotivation #animationtest #weanimationclub #weimar #jansvankmajer (at Weimar, Germany) https://www.instagram.com/p/ByQj3x-IcAm/?igshid=1ik995e9ypwoo

#animationmonday has been a priority every week, either posting something I've been working on, or just siting for an afternoon and trying something out so that I can post it. It has been crazy weeks. Between excitement for future plans, supporting festival production and classes I barely had time to animate. Yesterday I managed to animate again. I was a bit nervous because I started to work without a plan and I was thinking I should be dealing with the other stuff instead. I also questioned myself, what's the point of this? Is it worth it? But I kind of tried to ignore the questions and slid into making it happen. I found this umbrellas between my prop's boxes and tried out what was possible with it. Now I know that I might be using this test for a project I still have to finish. ---- We are always persueing answers, waiting for lifesavers. We should remember instead just keep going might be the best way to go. ---- Note to myself in order to start into the new week: If life is causing you trouble, go for cocktails, buy flowers and walk under the umbrellas so you stay safe. ///// Si la vida te da marrones, responde con cócteles, flores y sombrillas que te protejan de la tormenta. . . . . . . #animationweimar #weanimationclub #animation #stopmotion #motionart #stopmotiondeutschland #animationchallenge #mondaymotivation #animationtest (at Weimar, Germany) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx-0qoWo2ND/?igshid=12w47adwxgo1u

#memorybits Nr. 2 “Ischgl, Tirol 1978” ----- Two months ago we chose a new postcard to work with. “Ischgl, Tirol 1978”. Have we been there before? Unpronounceable name, a year in which none of us existed. Ischgl, Tirol 1978. Looking at the snowy mountains @manuel.sonidero composed a music track. It had to be cold. Ski. White and grey in motion. I animated over the music, over the random beats, the cable car. We are traveling in time, no. We bring 1978 to 2019. Bits over beats. Someone lost the memory of you, unrecognizable you Ischgl. ------ Memorybits is a series of animated found postcards. A collaboration between the talented Manuel Castaño and myself. ------ . . . . . . . . #animationmonday #animation #weanimationclub #correspondence #mailart #animatedcollage #collage #cutandpaste #cutout #tirol #ischghl #series #stopframe #postcard #postcardplaces #post (at Weimar, Germany) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxsstGVlZvo/?igshid=19lb6w766vqwd

It has been almost two months since together with @sandra.motion we led this beautiful #animationworkshop in Berlin. Our participants did great job and I think they had fun! Sandra and I also started a short animation, which we still must finish. But here’s a summary of the results of the workshop and a sneak peak into that hunt story we started. There will be some other #workshops to come, but not only in #berlin. Stay tuned! To our participants @valerienaschert @intermediume @stopmotion_workinprogress thank you! It was a great weekend! (I also added some sound to your animations!) ;) . . . . . . . . #animationberlin #weanimationclub #animatuslibris #book #cutout #analogecollage #animation #stopmotion #legetrick #motionart #stopmotiondeutschland #animationmonday #animationchallenge #motion #booklove (at Weimar, Germany) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bxar4Q7oWYF/?igshid=w2x9jzhuki53

For the past three weeks I worked with @mpvallejo on visuals for @loscandelarios. Here is part of the process of creating and animating the lighthouse. The lighthouse is an emblematic image of Puerto Candelaria and was one of the first things I animated —though the design changed quite a bit in the process. Since their imaginary is so detailed, it was important for them that it fit in well in this world, so we had to tweak it until it matched what they had in mind.  The visuals were first shown last Friday on the first concert of their 2019 tour and they will come to Europe soon! I'm very grateful that the opportunity for this collaboration presented itself, and I'm extremely happy with the results we were able to achieve given the timeframe.  I'm very much looking forward to developing further animations together in the future!  This is just a start!  ///// Finalmente puedo mostrar un poco mas de la colaboración que hice con Puerto Candelaria y mi hermana Maria Paula. Aqui se puede ver un poco el proceso de diseñar y animar el el faro que ilumina las ideas de los candelarios. El viernes pasado fue el lanzamiento de la gira del 2019 y pronto vendrán a Europa. Estoy requetefeliz por este trabajo y por el resultado hecho en tan poco tiempo. Qué vengan muchas mas animaciones!  . . . . . . . . #visuals #puertocandelaria #animationmonday #animation #videoclip #lighthouse #behindthescenes #process #cinematropico #stopframe (at Berlin, Germany) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxIm2SJoFeB/?igshid=1jx1fwf2ss57r

"Starry Night" - For today’s #animationmonday, I created a short sequence based on some tests I did trying to get a kind of animated fluctuation for the animation I've been working on together with @mpvallejo for @loscandelarios. - While editing this, I thought about the composition of the elements in this space: How to deal with points of interest while at the same time maintaining balance. Visual weights, are placed in the center in this case and get counterbalanced by a constellation of other points. A network of focus points  spread over the animation space. I couldn't help to connect that with real constellations (those in the sky) and how there is a balance between their infinite number and those we can see with our naked eye. For the sound I chose the crickets to conjure the summer. Sound found on freesound by thedogryan420 "Noche estrellada" - Para hoy una corta secuencia a partir de unos tests que hice para crear unas oscilaciones para la animación que estoy haciendo junto con @mpvallejo para @loscandelarios - Editando esto pensé en el espacio que ocupa la animación y la composición de los elementos. Cómo manejar los puntos de atención y mantener su balance? Aquí el peso visual está en el centro, protegido por una constelación de puntos circundantes. Una red de puntos de interés distribuidos en el espacio de la animación. Se me ocurrió que las estrellas, las del firmamento, logran un balance perfecto entre su número infinito y lo que alcanzamos a ver con el ojo desnudo. Y como hoy es día frío y lluvioso, el sonido de los grillos quieren conjurar al verano . . . . . . #motivationmonday #animationchallenge #animation #legetrick #weanimationclub #starrynight #animationtest #analoganimation #stopmotion #composition (at Weimar, Germany) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw2PHfxCeYz/?igshid=1ctd1shvs29sj

He estado pensando que a veces el desencuentro es la única forma en la que sucede el encontrarse. Y que a veces, encontrarse (comunicarse) consiste solo en eso. (¡Qué bonito el español con esas palabras contrarias y hermanas!) -- Estos hilos (que van como un metrónomo) son una prueba para un proyecto que inicié en colaboración con mi hermana @mpvallejo para la familia de los @loscandelarios – serán unos días de trabajo intenso. Pronto podré publicar algo más concreto. ///// I’ve been thinking that sometimes disagreement is the only way to find agreement. -- These threads, like a metronome, are a test for a project I just started in collaboration with my sister @mpvallejo for our good friends @loscandelarios. This week will be filled with lots of animation hours. Soon I’ll publish a sneak peek! 😊 . . . . . . #animationberlin #weanimationclub #analoganimation #animation #stopframe #loop #legetrick #agreement #disagreement #animationchallenge #animationmonday (at Berlin, Germany) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bwkf3wpiP08/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=v56oswdlh77y

Today for #animationmonday I wanted to share some tests I did for the next #memorybits animation. Here I'm trying to visualize the soundtrack that @manuel.sonidero made. As I started to animate it yesterday I found that I wanted to spend more time on visualizing the sound beats with animation elements, So I'm posting a teaser for now with just this two sequences. . . . . . . . #animationtest #stopmotionanimation #stopmotion #cutoutanimation #weanimationclub #correspondence #oldpostcards #animatedcollage #collageinmotion #legetrick #motion #stopframe #dragonframe #sound #visualizingsound (at Berlin) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwSmX6jCtWI/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=fbyfipybmyzn

Today in #animationmonday- Are we getting tired of this? No, no. After I tried some animations with overhead projectors a few semesters ago it was the time to use it for one of my personal projects. But last week with the start of the classes I only could animate this explosion. Still meditating about isles. /// Animation Monday is a challenge I set to myself so that I show more of my work but at the same time I have an excuse to animate something in between everyday's  occupations . . . . . . . . #animationberlin #weanimationclub #collage #cutout #islands #meditations #animation #ohp #stopframe #loop #legetrick #animationchallenge (at Weimar, Germany) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwAqRxoCXYZ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=8jorowbr9nal

'Unterschied' ---- veröffentlicht in dem Buch 'Was hält ein Gedicht Zusammen' Diferencia ---- (sobre discrepar, diferenciar, disímiles) aunque haya puntos de encuentro. . . . . . . . . #analogcollage #cutandpaste #paperandglue #paperlove #collage #collagecollectiveco #collagewave #collageart #handcutcollage #papercollage #collageoftheday #mixedmedia #collageart #mujeresquecortanypegan #edinburghcollagecollective #redcollageco (at Weimar, Germany) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvzuKwxAIMc/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1et2nkaczy9nt