When we had to draw the idea for our stop motion I just started to imagine random ideas. I've always liked peace signs, so I made one with my hand, then since I love surfing so much I thought about a wave and if it was possible to transform my hand into a wave. I kind of moved my hand slowly into the shape of a wave. I then realized it looked perfect, so I drew it on the little paper. Some classes after that we had to draw it in a big paper. This took me a while because I always like to draw super detailed. When I finally finished, we had to choose a medium to do the stop motion with. I chose plasticine because I wanted to challange myself and I knew I could make a really cool hand. Besides, drawing fifty hands would've taken me a very long time.
I started doing my plasticine hand and finished it perfectly. Nothing changed in the begging, the hand rotated a bunch and suddenly started to change into a wave. When that was done and the wave was complete, I thought it would be fun to add a surfer since it would be cool and would give me a chance to take more pictures. I made a surfer paddle in and surf that wave until he whipped out and the wave passed. When I thought it was the end, I realized I still didn't have enough images. I decided a good way to finish off is by adding a dolphin that jumps out of the water and back in. So, I ended up adding the surfer and the dolphin.
As I was working with the plasticine I came to a point where it was hard to get a good blue color for the sky and the water. I chose to do the water by blending the plasticine color that I also used for the wave. They sky was just blue paper. I had the most fun doing this project. I now know what to do in summer when I'm bored. If I could change something, it would only be the little wrong details like misplacing of the camera or crooked fingers. Other than that, I love my stop motion!
