Making animation on paper.
Guides for making mixed media animation: contact sheets, hand-painted frames, scan repair, and video export.
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What can I paint or print on printed video frames, and how does it scan back?Analog animation techniques on printed contact sheets: crayon, watercolor, Posca, cutouts, tape, photocopier, risograph, cyanotype. Which paper each needs and how each one scans.7 min readTechnique
What can I make with mixed media animation?Ten mixed media animation ideas you can make from a short video and one printed sheet: music video, lyric video, title sequence, Instagram reel, logo animation, wedding film, and more.4 min readTechnique
How do I paint over video frames and turn them into a hand-painted animation?Paint over video frames by hand: print the frames, paint them, scan them, and rebuild the clip. How to translate motion into painted frames, and what hand-painted animation can do that a filter cannot.5 min readTechnique
How do I print video frames so I can paint over them?How to make a contact sheet from video that you can paint, scratch and collage on.5 min readWorkflow
How to Turn a Video into a Hand-Painted AnimationA full walkthrough of the analog animation workflow: upload a video, print a contact sheet, paint the frames by hand, scan the sheets, and export an MP4.4 min readWorkflow