ABSTRACT
Mixing techniques can result in some very interesting visuals that can be as fun to plan as they are to produce. There are many artists who combine approaches successfully, and it gives their work a unique art direction. This chapter illustrates an exercise where a stop-motion artist paints graphic 2D images on exterior and interior walls in sequences while shooting a frame-by-frame camera that is in constant motion. Italian graffiti artist Blu also paints three-dimensional objects as he animates them moving through his composition. This combination of the three-dimensional world and the two-dimensional graphic world is seamlessly blended in an organic and practical manner all directly in front of the camera. Two other great references for this mixing of techniques are the film "Door" by the English artist and director David Anderson and the American independent filmmaker David Russo's film "Pan with Us".
