Closer and Closer to Halloween

Dear Reader,

The final hours of the set build are always the most fun as things really start to take shape, so ...

today I thought I'd give you a quick glimpse into the evolution of the table-top cemetery!

I love the way a world gradually materializes in just a few hours :)

And it's always interesting to see what goes where and how fundamentals such as the ground beneath our feet make some of the biggest differences.

There's still a little way to go, I mean obviously we need a night sky and a few more tombstones, but all in all its getting close :)

Chin chin
Ruthless Whims

The Squirrel King: Title Sequence!!

Dear Reader,

We've been very busy here at Squirrel King headquarters working out production of acorns. In the meantime though, the squirrels themselves were building a title card. Here's what we caught of the action :)


Hope you enjoy this as much as we did making it!

Chin chin
Ruthless Whims

The Squirrel King Celebrates Soccer!

Dear Reader,

I've been talking about it for a few weeks, teasing you with making of images, well without further ado, here is the final product. Check out our celebration of goalies!


Hope it brings a smile to you. Please share with anyone who enjoys squirrels or soccer :)

Chin chin
Ruthless Whims

Practice Time in the Almost Finished Stadium

Dear Reader,

Our stadium is getting much closer to completion and the stands are starting to fill with spectators, so my supreme helper decided that the time had come to start warming up the goalie. Check out the action:


Can't wait to share more :)

Chin chin
Ruthless Whims

New Improved Title Card

Dear Reader,

As promised, following the insightful creative input of our good friend Kylie Matulick and the hard work of the mini-construction squirrel we finally arrived at our new, improved title card!

Stickers to be made soon :)

Chin chin
Ruthless Whims

Background Elements

Dear Reader,

It was a while back that we shot this background element for a driving scene, but as I looked back on it, it occurred to me that some newer viewers might have missed it. I just love stop motion animation!


And don't forget there's a whole slew of behind the scenes videos on The Squirrel King You tube channel.

Chin chin
Ruthless Whims

PS. there are more background elements under development. Hopefully we'll have something to reveal shortly!

Cork Hands Test

Dear Reader,

The glue has dried and Alien One and I have run a test of the cork hands. Obviously we have to put everything in a set and the final take will be a little more frenetic, but I do love the hands ....


I'm now kind of tempted to make a cork body for Alien One to play the evil cork villain from Robin's dream, and then revisit our friend's zip-line ...

Chin chin
Ruthless Whims

The Evil Cork Villain!

Dear Reader,

As promised, here's the miniature we shot back last August of the Evil Cork Villain from Robin's dreams sitting atop the dam. Somehow an image never made it up onto the blog!

Once we add eyes and a mouth he'll be even more scary :)

Chin chin
Ruthless Whims

Sunflower Bike

Dear Reader,

Looking at some of the footage from the Nail Saloon shoot, I realized I never posted our version of the Ikebana bike I alluded to earlier.

So here's a frame grab :) I have to say I was pretty pleased with out effort!

Chin chin
Ruthless Whims

Countryside - Sneak Peek

Dear Reader,

Here it is ... well the test clip anyway. Check out a short piece of what will be swishing by the car windows we shot in the bluescreen shoot a couple of weeks ago:



Today I'm going to shoot the rest of the stop motion background ... I hope :)

Chin chin
Ruthless Whims