Screengrab viaAnimator and filmmaker Jeff Scher has previously used a lampshade as an animation tool, painting on it and spinning it around between exposures to create a unique video. His latest animation, God Knows, utilizes a similarly everyday object to make an experimental film. Scher uses tin cans this time around, painting on and rotates them after each brush stroke. "It’s sort of like an animated zoetrope except it's constantly changing." he explains.
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The result is a constantly evolving sequence of patterns, changing and morphing, almost climbing vertically up through the animation as it builds an ever thicker coat of paint. In the GIF below, taken from a timelapse video by Scher, you can see how he painted onto the tin can and then slightly rotated it to create a revolving canvas, each layer disappearing under the last. "I wanted to make a film that’s two minutes long without using paper that consumes itself as it goes," he tells FastCoDesign.
GIF by author viaThe animation is set to Bob Dylan's song "God Knows" from The Bootleg Series Vol. 8 – Tell Tale Signs. Scher has previously illustrated the music video for Dylan's cover of the track "Little Drummer Boy" from Dylan's first and only Christmas album (Dylan's rasping voice singing "Here Comes Santa Claus" is quite something). Scher's work is also in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the Hirshhorn Museum.You can check out the animation below.
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GIF by author viaThe animation is set to Bob Dylan's song "God Knows" from The Bootleg Series Vol. 8 – Tell Tale Signs. Scher has previously illustrated the music video for Dylan's cover of the track "Little Drummer Boy" from Dylan's first and only Christmas album (Dylan's rasping voice singing "Here Comes Santa Claus" is quite something). Scher's work is also in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the Hirshhorn Museum.You can check out the animation below.
