Sumo Science

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Gulp

By MarBelle ⋅ August 3, 2011 ⋅ 3 comments

So how on earth do you follow earning a place in the Guinness Book of Records for the smallest stop-motion animation character in a film with Dot? You get the band back together – Aardman Animation & Sumo Science (Will Studd and Ed Patterson) – and do the exact opposite, by creating Gulp; The world’s [...]

RSSF2011: Animation

By El Vez ⋅ July 27, 2011 ⋅ 4 comments

One look at the shortlisted films in the Animation category of this year Rushes Soho Shorts Festival and I instantly knew I was probably watching too many animated shorts. I’ve done very little animation in my time and in no way would I ever describe myself as an animator, but somehow writing for DN for [...]

Dot

By MarBelle ⋅ September 20, 2010 ⋅ 4 comments

The microscopic adventures of a 9mm girl called Dot were captured by Sumo Science on the new Nokia N8 using Professor Fletcher’s CellScope – a super portable microscope attachment developed, not for stop frame animation, but disease diagnosis in remote locations in the developing world. It does however rock as a teeny-tiny animation camera. Nokia [...]

Stuff vs Stuff

By El Vez ⋅ August 28, 2010 ⋅ 3 comments

Commissioned by Aardman and Player X, Stuff vs Stuff is a series (if you can call 2 episodes a series?) of stop-frame animations showcasing what happens when household objects battle it out “Fight Club” style. Stuff vs Stuff ‘Walkman vs Hoover’ from Sumo Science on Vimeo. Stuff vs Stuff ‘Can vs Sprouts’ from Sumo Science [...]