#Martin Kratt

[h31p-im-10st]

I’d love to learn how to actually do these types of animations, but I don’t have the tools or resources to even begin learning.

Still, it was interesting to learn or at least get a basic understanding about how it works, so thank you!

As a 5th-Semester Animation Student, I am surprised at how little I actually yell about the animation of this Show.

You guys-

You guys have no idea the actual genius of 9 Story Entertainment and BrownBag Films (The Production and Animation Studio for the Wild Kratts Episodes)

First of all. This is not traditional 2D animation.

This is Cut-Out Animation, also known as 2D Rigged Animation or Puppet Animation. Other shows you might be familiar with that use this technique are Bluey, Hilda, Rick and Morty, or the Big Hero 6 TV Show. There are more but these came to my mind first.

Cut Out Animation can be very limiting, because you work with 2D sprites in a 3D environment almost. The Tech Artists, sometimes called Character Builders, are the ones that take the design of the characters and creatures and build a 2D skeleton of sorts, putting bones inside of the png drawing and allowing it to move. It might sound easy, but trust me when I say it is a tiring process and the node-view is horrifying, haha.

I don't know if people would care for an actual deep-dive into the animation of the show, because believe me, I can talk a lot about it, as someone who is familiar with the animation technique, the technical/character building aspects of it, as well as someone who has actually access to the Software the Animation Studio is using to make these episodes (I kid you not when I say that I am in possession off all the tools to make my own Wild Kratts episode, minus the backgrounds because I hate doing those)

For those that care, THIS is what the animator sees before the episode gets finished, lol

Say hi to "Chad", he was part of the Shortfilm I made with some others in my third Semester at uni.

The purple plots are controllers with which you move the character around.

The green lines and dots are deformers which make the character able to bend and stretch.

Also, the thing in the right window is the beloved node view, or at least a small aspect of it. All these small squares have meaning and I won't even try to explain

While Cut Out Animation isn't my strong suit (Traditional 2D and 3D animation is) I would still be down to talk more about it if anyone cares to listen, lol. Even beyond the software capabilities, the show is actually very interesting to look at from a production standpoint and I would love to just talk more about the animation in general because let me tell you, it is much better than people give it credit for!

[martincrushcameback]

Doodle of the fashions au when his visor is broken and his possessiveness starts to kick in. He's telling the paparazzi to fuck off.

[beanskcid]

Been thinking about the "9 months of making me suffer just to look like their DAD" meme but it's the Duplicator, Martin, and Blair

Canon

[tontos-kratt]

aaaaaaahh una cosita hecha con sueño pero quería aprovechar que tuve un momento para al fin dibujar missing Halloween au de @michito202 !

todos chikitos todos bellos los quiero mucho uwu

+ algo con los lobos porque pues por qué no akdhdkdhf

[omegamon02]

Chris and Martin: Drop through ceiling as tigers

Security: Draws guns

Chris and Martin: "Uuuugh... Isopod powers activate" Disappear via turning into isopods

Wild Kratts fan art ? Yeah.

(I pay bills…)

Anyway the idea of the bros …scaring some choice members of government into making good decisions for the Earth is something my brain needs to imagine in my head to keep me jovial these days. Also, I love isopods!! And you should too!!

[michito202]

[mercurymurk]

kartpostallar / postcards pt 1

[aventuras-con-los-kratts]

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[wildkrattslegendsofzoera]

Personally, I think Donita in that outfit would dance well with Dr Phosphorus

where have I seen this outfit before…

[lycheeleeches]

Gonna go wild wild Wild Kratts…

Chat do we still fuck with Wild Kratts

[yes-asil]

Made fake screenshots for a role-play story I read way back when.

[xdexesx]

Thinking of re-building Martin's Character Model for practice and educational purposes >.<

I am in a love-hate relationship with that "About Wild Kratts Animation" post I made that kinda blew up because now I REALLY wanna make a video essay deep dive on this but at the same time my university and part time job allow me no chill and I need to get my priorities straight Dunno if I end up making a full turnaround rig because these are WORK and I don't have Martin's Design Sheet for the builder, so I would have to make myself one which is even more WORK. (Not to mention that these are not low-detailed rigs, they will kill me just trying to figure out where to set my cutters) (The lineless part will be the easiest I swear) Listen, I am a certified Workaholic with an excessive amount of Dopamine in my brain - (Wish I could say that as a joke but my brain is actually producing too much of it, I am physically unable to be sad, HELP) (Neurodivergence goes brrr) - but even I know when I see a project that is going to end my already fragile sleep schedule. Oh, the things I do for animation

(Only two and a half more weeks, then my semester is over and I can actually plan my life again, yay)

[master-of-stupidity]

[yellowceiling]

this is my first post here so im not really sure how it works???? but like wild kratts has engulfed my mind entirely so!!!!! take these!!!!!

the first one is based off that baking challenge and me n my friends attempt at it ^_^

[starruby-123]

Dance

a small animation took only two days to make :D