Was Edgar Allen Poe a yellow marshmallow bunny?

No, the mighty Poe was never a yellow bunny during his lifetime. He was, however, depicted as such by yours truly in a very recent contest sponsored by the company that manufactures Peeps marshmallow bunnies. The photos above are the ones submitted to the contest. The brokenhearted bunny Poe is gazing at his lost Lenore, while the, made from marshmallow, raven nags from the couch with his "nevermore" harping. I tried to make the scene as dark and gothic victorian as I could, considering the subject was a yellow bunny. The photo below shows the real, plastic, Poe confronting the bunny interloper.


Finally, after getting the bunny to leave, Poe sadly reaches for his lost Lenore,



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Boxtrolls and its amazing miniatures

By chance, I ran across videos produced by the creators of Boxtroll, a stop motion animation movie. The enormous talent and artistry that went into creating the film's beautiful and intricate miniature characters, props, scenery, and costumes is mind boggling.











According to the producers:

One week was the average amount of time for an animator to complete 3.7 seconds of footage

Each animator had a goal of creating four scenes per week

24 kinds of weeds were created for backgrounds by the greens department

55 different sculpts of prop cheeses were made; different scale sizes were needed for wide, medium and close shots

20,000+ props were handmade for the film

55,000 facial expression pieces were 3-D printed, with the potential for approximately 1 million combinations

And

125,280 individual character poses were needed to create the 87-minute film.
































What did the costumers state was their most important inspiration? This painting:



Check out the magic for yourself:

Let's Dance

The challenge of designing tiny costumes ;
http://youtu.be/Q2dFVnp5K0o ;
http://youtu.be/o4dYsR4xNRk ;
http://youtu.be/Di_w1K5fEMg ;
http://youtu.be/j1El1xVRrkA

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To celebrate three years of blogging, I am giving away books having to do with miniatures. There are seven books and there will be seven winners. To be a part of the giveaway, please leave a comment here, or on any of my posts before March 31st, letting me know which book you want, plus two alternatives. Click here to learn more.


Wishing you only good things, Neen

Photos from http://www.animationmagazine.net/features/behind-the-scenes-with-boxtrolls/ and wired.com