My Wave

[michaelbaran]

blood in the water would've been cool but I think sharks get a bum rap as it is. Maybe he already ate and just wanted to play. hope you liked it anyway

[cocososupergeek]

why didn't you make the shark eat the surfer!!

[cheeseybrain2010]

OMG!! This is the best stop animattion i have seen, i make my own aswell but they arent as good and they arent clay

[michaelbaran]

@cheeseybrain2010

Thank you. It was loads of fun to make. I especially liked modeling the wave and figuring out how I would get that to work. I'm glad you like it. Have fun making your films.

[surferugby28]

that was so cool u should do more surfing claymations!!!

[shooterboy9901]

really well done man u dident half ass i at all

[MrRussellMuscle]

OMG THAT WAS PROBABLY THE BEST CLAYMATION IVE SEEN!!! you should seriously have more views!!!!!!!!!

[michaelbaran]

@MrRussellMuscle

thanks so much. It was loads of fun to make and I'm glad that people are still enjoying it. Perhaps you could spread the link around to all your friends. ha!

[Jake7Videos]

that was AMAZING!!!! YOU ROCK!!!!!

[W1LSON555]

dude that was the most amazing claymation ever keep up the good work.

[minimorgan69]

fucking sick

[AnimatedRosie]

how are there thumbs down on this video?! seriously!! its epic!

[hairypolack]

well done!

[bluekingkongkymm]

i hope that's what sharks do to us swimmers in real life

[snowboard622]

really good. Thats sick you can do that out of clay!

[alphastick108]

great video

[animatorstarter]

It's a little late, but I have an animation contest on my channel that ends in a week. You could post a new video to enter or one that you previously made if you are interested. Just post it as a video response to my film "Animation Contest" Good job!

[filma1993]

awesome.. make a bodyboard one

[dnnymynr]

awesome

[mitchcookskate]

man that was good, truely. ive tried doing it but u obviously have more time on your hands tahn me. sadly i have a life

[shadowpouch]

fuk u man that video was probally better work then u ever made

[asleybop534]

this rocks. you should totally go pro you have awesome artistic sklls

[newsombrothers]

Ya you should have way more views that was great. I am starting to animate and am getting a camera as soon as possible. Your claymation is very professional. The facial expressions were awesome. The only question I would have is what kind of lighting did you use to maintain a steady light for a full year?

[michaelbaran]

thanks for the compliment. I used a 3 lights to set up a 3 point lighting system. One brighter light for the main source and two diffused (with filter or bounced off a wall) to soften up the shadow. careful you don't get three unwanted shadows though. i made about ten mouths that I could replace which saved time sculpting during a scene. The armature was a homemade ball and socket set up. Have fun! i did

[soulwaves2000]

Gees! Good job....

The "wave" is bitchin...better than real life.

You've got pretty good nerves, man....

U a legend.

[michaelbaran]

it was a lot of fun working on it, but not as much fun as actually being in the water

[soulwaves2000]

Agreed. (nothing comes close actually)

[xatanos]

LOCAZO

[soulwaves2000]

How do you do that???

That's amazing...how do you not break the dough....and the transitions so smooth!

;-(

[michaelbaran]

i used Sculpy clay and added a oil for clay to maintain it's softness. to keep it from being jittery, I placed the tip of an art wire next to the character before I moved it. This lets me know where its last position was. The trick is remembering to remove the art wire marker before taking the next picture

[soulwaves2000]

My god...how long did it take you?...

[michaelbaran]

it was about a year on sporadic weekends and after work. If I animated it full time (40 hr week) it would've been a month, not including storyboarding and post.

[bosshood]

Love it, dude!

[bigballbubblehead]

WOW amazing! you are my new idol! that ruled man i wish i could do that. your awesome! WELL DONE!

[Pointerfilms]

The animation on the water was brilliant personally I would have used cling film but it was very clever to use plastercine it must of bean a headache to animate brillantly done

Bravo

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Pointerfilms

[samxma]

i love it its the best animation on youtube it rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!wel­l done its very pro :)

[cururufilmes]

very good!

[ObliviousInferno]

You are amazing. Wow, Im blown away, keep it up, I hope to see more.

[OneEyeProductions]

Excellent. I worked on a stop frame surfing film and it was not easy. Very well made with some good direction and editing.

[michaelbaran]

thank you everyone for your compliments. I'm very glad you enjoyed it.

[acccrew01]

Very cool work, its amazing what can be down these days using and without using new technologys.

Aprox how many hours did this take?

[2241991422]

Gread movie! Really good animation :D

[JP451]

talented shark!

[pitrucio]

hahaha very coooool

nice job

[miamiwilly]

Very retro/cool!

[xXMintyFreshXx]

i dont get it

[igsys]

Wow, this has been up for a month with only 1,536 view's. Why can't I digg on YouTube?

[U2Love]

awww it soo cute