The first piece "Cardboard millipede, walking cycle" (millipede in studio), shows a behind the scenes view of the animation process. It’s a walking cycle consisting out of 6 painted millipedes on cardboard, that make the character come to life.
Each frame is painted on 3 separate cardboard pieces, and form a 6 meter long millipede. Working with replacements, and a digital photo camera, the animation has been recorded in a traditional stop-motion style.
The second piece "Cardboard millipede, motion walk" (millipede in garage), shows the character moving in motion. In a delicate process, the cardboard millipede is brought to life by photographing the replacements. Taking it to the next levels the artist spend a great amount of time on the details on the characters body, which have been hand drawn with a white paint marker. The millipede has been a returning character in his work, the beautiful motion of hundreds of legs is what inspired the artist to bring this character to life.
Biography Artist:
Sjors Vervoort is a dutch based artist, working in various creative fields. He studied multimedia before enrolling in an animation course at the st. Joost Art Academy. In 2009 he graduated with his successful animated short “Cardboard, a Cardboard animation!”. Which has been screened at many festivals and gallery’s around the world, including Time Square New York.
Sjors Vervoort is inspired by street-art, a returning theme in his work. Focussing on character design, he aims to make his characters part of that realm. Most of his work is quite hands-on, working with materials like cardboard, paint, graffiti, tape and paper he aims to spend as much time away from his computer. You can also find some of his work in the streets.
Mostly focussing on character design, his characters are translated into many platform like video-art, sculptures, designer toys and illustrations.
