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.

Sand animation

A behind-the-scenes of the making of Hula Hoop, a short sand animation created as part of a collective film with the Seattle Experimental Animation Team. This documentation was shot on my mediocre phone in 2012.

Title says it all! Multi-plane animation stand tutorial: https://vimeo.com/275043841 The ORBIT short film premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in January 2019, and is not yet online in full. Here is the trailer: https://vimeo.com/303748922 The ORBIT interactive installation premiered at the group show 'Out of Frame, Out of Line, Out of Order, Out of Paper' at WORM in Rotterdam in April 2018. It will be presented again in Tokyo in January 2020, and is available for further exhibition opportunities. Here is the documentation video of its first presentation: https://vimeo.com/268275669 The ORBIT flexi disc is available for purchase from me directly, for €8 or $10, email tess@tessmartinart.com. More information about the ORBIT project: https://www.tessmartinart.com/#/orbit/ Credits: Music: Podington Bear Camera help: Oana Clitan

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/

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 More high res behind the scenes images can be found on Instagram: @TessMartinArt (searching #GIFsmetHarry). Music: "Open Flames" by Blue Dot Sessions (freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions)

GIFsmetHarry: Behind the Scenes

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.

Title says it all! Films for which the stand has been used so far: Ginevra (2017): https://www.tessmartinart.com/#/ginevra/ #GIFsmetHarry (2017): https://www.tessmartinart.com/#/gifsmetharry/ Fiddler documentary and Museum project: https://www.tessmartinart.com/commissions/ Credits: Music by Podington Bear Invaluable camera and audio assistance: Gideon van der Stelt

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

Title says it all!

Making Of video for the animated short The Lost Mariner. 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 Making Of video music: "Daydream Shellshock" by Wolf Asylum

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

Animation and behind-the-scenes footage from the documentary Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles produced by Dog Green Productions. Animation created by Tess Martin in a paint-on-glass technique in her studio in Rotterdam. More info: https://www.tessmartinart.com/commissions And: https://thefiddlerfilm.com/

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.