In Creative Boom’s 4 November feature, Daniel Jurman discusses his animations and interest in old television idents. Digital tools create their clay-like feeling: visible softness doesn’t prove that real clay was involved.
It’s a reason to reconsider neatness. Smoothness alone doesn’t make an image precise. A little deformation can express weight, temperament or absurdity better than a surface stripped of every trace of life.
For your own motion work, examine transitions as well as the impressive still. Where does anticipation start, where does the surprise happen, what invites a return to the beginning? A loop needs composition in time. Sometimes its most useful tool is knowing when to stop polishing.
