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How To Create Clay Animation in 5 Easy Steps

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  • The Background for your clay animation can be just about anything.
  • You can use a variety of art supplies to build your set - crayons, markers, colored paper, water colors, anything.

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Construction Paper/Crayon Background

  • You can also use real objects - a rock for a boulder, a branch for a tree, etc. Objects in the foreground can give your animation a nice sense of depth.
  • You can even create an animated background - one that changes during the course of your animation.
  • For a short cut - use a picture as a background, such as a large photograph, a small poster, or a picture from a calendar.
  • Make sure that your background is the same scale as your characters, and that it will fill the frame for whatever camera you will use to capture the images.

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Calendar Picture Background

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