A production photo of a stopmotion puppet prototype against an in- progress backdrop. A very simplified human figure kneels or crouches on the light-colored wooden ledge of an easel. Behind the figure is a lighter grey canvas with a tree trunk and some briars and undergrowth The figure (called Fred or F.R.E.D. - Faceless Representative Everyman Dude/Dudette/Duder) is medium-to dark gray and had no distinguishing features. It is made up of 17 individual flat, simply- shapedpieces- head, neck, chest/ribcage, belly/core, saddle/pelvis, upper and lower arms, hands, upper leg, lower leg, knees. Despite having no facial features, FREDs body language seems expressive, and they seem to face the viewer. Despite being assembled from fairly simple shapes, their positioning seems natural. (This is not a brag-I was shocked)
Feels almost torturous for both creator and viewer.
Most folk would describe me as colorful -maybe excessively so
In #ProjectEsperanto, dragging a vibrant colorful individuals into the muted grey of the #Netherwilds was a way to convey some of that experience, and discuss, through #animation🧵3/4