Awesome Stop Motion

Animator Counter656 returns with another demonstration of his mastery of the art of stop-motion, as Gundam is joined by guest-star Saber Lily from Fate as she kicks some serious ass.

An illustrated summary of Ernest Hemingway’s novel The Old Man and The Sea by Hagen Reiling. Shot and converted to stop motion by Marcel Schindler. The song is Sail by AWOLNATION.

A LEGO version of the The Dark Knight Rises trailer, by Paranick Films, Jedimastersoda and Adviceversa. Is it just us, or is Bane more comprehensible as a minifig than as a human?

A proud couple chronicles the development of their baby before she was born by taking time-lapse pictures of her mother’s growing belly. If only giving birth was that easy.

Get in your Saturday morning jammies, grab a bowl of cereal and fire up this stop motion version of the 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle cartoon’s opening sequence. Music by The Boom Bang.

A clever stop motion short that plays on idioms and homonyms. PES made Fresh Guacamole for Showtime’s Short Stories as a follow up to his award-winning short Western Spaghetti.

The latest trailer for ParaNorman introduces us to Norman’s family, friends and otherworldly neighbors. Looks like we’ll have our fill of adorable animated horror movies this year.

The music video for Love Is Making Its Way Back Home, a track from Josh Ritter’s new EP Bringing in the Darlings. The video was made by Prominent Figures using photographs of 12,000 paper cutouts.

Stop-motion master Alex Kobbs made this montage featuring LEGO-fied versions of last year’s most popular video games – from Portal 2 to Skyrim – for the 15th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards.

CGI stop-motion video showing the assembly of the LEGO Millenium Falcon. Francisco Prieto spent three years modeling bricks and animating. The song is Chambermaid Swing by Parov Stelar.

No, it’s not a new Mac app. This short film shows artist Thijme Termaat creating works for his IPaint Project. The stop-motion and his skill makes real life seamlessly flow into his paintings and back.

Sorry Chris Evans, but this minifig does a better job of portraying the Star Spangled Avenger. Watch him tear the flesh out of his enemies. This Cap would have punched his way out of the ice.

Barcelona-based studio No-Domain made this stop motion music video for the “amazingly tender” Lullaby Crocodile, a charming song performed by three kids – Micaela, Agustina and Valodia León.

Stop-motion master Patrick Boivin pits the original Optimus Prime against the Michael Bay version in an interactive fight with two possible finishers for each Autobot. G1 All the way!

After organizing their bookshelf, Sean Ohlenkamp and his wife took their love of books to another level, this time using an entire bookstore. Just thinking of how this was made is making us tired.

Animator Counter656 returns with another action packed stop-motion short – an epic battle sequence between good and evil using Kre-O Transformers construction toys. Go behind the scenes here.

A strange and sinister stop-motion film about an egg and an apple who build broadcast towers to compete for the attention of a lone transistor radio. Winner, Best Animated Short, Slamdance 2010.

Jeff Gurwood replicated the classic opening scene of Raiders of the Lost Ark using action figures. It’s not the smoothest stop motion clip we’ve seen, but the devil is in the details with this one.

Bumblebee takes on Barricade in Counter656’s latest stop-motion animation, an awesome homage to the Transformers, hand-assembled from over 3500 still images over a period of 2 months.

A year-long labor of love for Kevin Parry, this stop-motion animation tells the tale of a lonely man who gives up his simple life for the easy way out. Even Tim Burton approves.

The music video for Against the Grain by indie folk artist Hudson. Made by Dropbear, the stop motion animation complements the song’s hopeful lyrics. A simple idea wonderfully executed.

A lonely toy takes a journey through the great outdoors, thanks to a little help from his friends, his owner’s iMac, Google Street View, and a sense of imagination from The Theory.

It’s been 2 years since the trailer and 6 years since Alex Kobbs and the rest of Kooberz Studios started working on this LEGO Halo stop motion film. It was all worth it. Nearly 28 mins. of fun and action.