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Green screen animation technique- Featured artist: Mauricio Lozano

Green screen animation technique- Featured artist: Mauricio Lozano

How to use ModiBot with green screen for visual effects animation.

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Tags: activity, animation, classroom, DIY, green screen, How-to, Rigging, stopmotion, vfx, Video
Make a DIY figure stand for animation and aerial posing

Make a DIY figure stand for animation and aerial posing

How to make your own figure stand for ultimate ModiBot posing and stopmotion animation!

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Tags: activity, Animation, Armature, classroom, DIY, How-to, Project, puppet, rig, Rigging, Stopmotion

Mo as a simple stop motion animation armature

ModiBot Mo works great as a stop motion animation armature. It’s amazing to see how much time, passion and hard work Mike put into this short. I love that you can’t even see the bots beneath and the hand-made clothing truly brings the animation to life. Great work, Mike. Really inspiring! See more of his […]

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Tags: activity, Animation, classroom, custom, customize, Fan, short, stop motion, Video
Mo V2 Figure Assembly video

Mo V2 Figure Assembly video

Quick ModiBot assembly video (Source: http://www.youtube.com/)

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Tags: 3d printing, activity, Assembly, classroom, Figure Kits, How-to, Mo, shapeways, Video

ModiBot

I’ve been doodling on a mechanical figure platform for about the last 5 years. It continues to evolve, but its founded in my love of figure systems- from Micronauts to Lego to Centurions to Xevoz (of course). I miss the days when figure lines were built around a single figure and the fun was accessorizing […]

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Tags: 3d, 3d printed, activity, ball, bricks, building, character, classroom, construction, customize, figure, kit, Lego, maker, makerbot, modelling, ModiBot, modular, parts, peg, robot, shapeways, socket, toy, Xevoz