004 - Zaldy Dingle - Creator of Streetball

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Join us as Zaldy talks about his passion for tinkering. He takes us through his journey from computer science major to stop motion animator— including surviving the Dot Com boom working in online advertising. He shares how he sees music and rhythm in all of his animations and their movements. We explore his fascination with dance and dramatic movements while he shows how he does rough mockup using 3d rigs in Maya to help him plan. Zaldy discusses temporarily moving to Burbank while animating at Stoopid Buddy and where not to stay, plus how he dealt with 24 Lego characters on screen at once using Dragonframe markers. We get a glimpse of how he lives vicariously through his puppets, having them do all the dance moves and perform the basketball ankle-breaking fun he can’t do himself. He displays the magnetic personalities of his puppets from Streetball, a short stop-motion animation he is currently working on. Zaldy generously shares his armature, 3D printing, and sculpting techniques, including things he learned along the way, and much more.

Timeline

0:00:00 - Intro
0:01:13 - Greeting
0:01:48 - Backstory: Accidentally Falling Into Stop Motion
0:05:02 - Animate the Yahoo! Logo
0:07:52 - What would this movement “sound” like?
0:11:38 - Hybrid Approach to Stop Motion
0:13:02 - Animating at Stoopid Buddy
0:33:43 - Streetball: Inspiration & Concept
0:44:01 - Research and Experiment
0:50:03 - Production Breakdown
1:14:39 - Garage Workshop
1:26:30 - Love for Fabrication
1:31:31 - Shout Out to Morezmore Studio
1:35:48 - Answer Question From Previous Guest, Nia
1:37:29 - Zaldy’s Question For The Next Guest
1:38:19 - Zaldy’s Preview of the Next Episode

Links

Charlie’s Dance - Breakdown Process
Merlin Jones - Wizard In Training
The Cookie Cutter
The Cookie Cutter - Bathtub Prop
The Cookie Cutter - Treadmill Prop
Yahoo! Animated Logos 2006
Yahoo! Animated Logos 2009
Yahoo! Animated Logos 2008 pt. 2

Follow Zaldy

Instagram
Portfolio
Vimeo

Shout Outs

Morezmore Studio
Stoopid Buddy Stoodios
Robot Chicken
Lego Masters