2015-11-23

New Clay Animation for Primus

In between and around Ted 2 duties and starting on a new CG project at Atomic Fiction, and back-and-forth between L.A. and Oakland, I contributed to a new clay animated music video for Primus.  The band was happy with the way the Beats Antique/Les Claypool "Beezlebub" video turned out and asked Ivan Landau about doing another.  Unfortunately I was too busy to take it all on, but my friends Edgar Humberto Alvarez and Scott Nordlund stepped in to work on it.  Below are my three main clips, then the final video.


Les Claypool music video clay animation clip 01 from Webster Colcord on Vimeo.
Lighting, sculpt, rigging and animation: Webster Colcord
Miniature Upright Bass by David Waddle


Les Claypool music video clay animation clip 02 from Webster Colcord on Vimeo.
Lighting, sculpture, compositing and animation: Webster Colcord
Assistant animation: Keshav Abrol


Les Claypool 360 spin clay animation from Webster Colcord on Vimeo.
Lighting, sculpt, and rigging: Webster Colcord
Miniature Upright Bass by David Waddle
Animation by Kim Blanchette


Les Claypool music video clay animation clip 03 from Webster Colcord on Vimeo.
Lighting, camera, sculpt, rigging and animation: Webster Colcord
Miniature Upright Bass by David Waddle



A little behind-the-scenes timelapse below...


set construction of "candy cave" from Webster Colcord on Vimeo.