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Tess Martin

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Behind the Scenes

Behind the Scenes of ‘Still Life with Woman, Tea and Letter’

This two minute animation uses time lapse, pixilation and photo replacement to tell the story of one woman at two different times of her life.


Mars model for installation

A little ‘making of’ a model of the surface of Mars, trying to recreate the view from the Viking 1 lander. This model is for a personal project - an installation that has to do with family history and the year 1976.


(R)OMA project time lapse

Time lapse of paint animation I created in 2020 for a documentary project led by Klaas Burger and Academie voor Beeldvorming. Stay tuned for more info on this!
Music: 21 by Lex Villena.


How to Make a Phonotrope Video with Drawn Animation

I made this tutorial about the phonotrope technique, a modern version of the Zoetrope, which I used in my last short film, ORBIT.

More information about the ORBIT project: https://www.tessmartinart.com/#/orbit/


GIFsmetHarry: Behind the Scenes

This is a compilation of all the 'pre-shots' (the test shots taken as I develop and prepare a scene) for the #GIFsmetHarry project: a series of loops based on sayings or expressions found in the Dutch translation of Harry Potter. The final loops (with sounds effects and more information about the sayings) can be seen here: https://vimeo.com/tessmartin/gifsmetharry


Charcoal animation for short story

Behind the scenes footage of charcoal animation for a wonderful project based on a short story by author Cherie Jones. The underwater recording is by akemov from freesound.org.

How to Make a Multi-Plane Animation Stand for Under $200 (or €170)

Title says it all!


The Making Of The Lost Mariner (2014)

Making Of video for the animated short The Lost Mariner (2014).

The Lost Mariner is an animated interpretation of Dr. Oliver Sacks' case study found in his book The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat. It uses photographs to visualize the rare memory condition of patient Jimmie G.

Watch the full film here: https://vimeo.com/104099393


Fiddler documentary: paint-on-glass

Animation and behind-the-scenes footage from the documentary Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles produced by Dog Green Productions. Animation created in a paint-on-glass technique in my studio in Rotterdam.