How to make clay animation figures Art instructor, Ari Fish from the Kansas City Art Institute is back! She teaches us the art of making our own clay animation figures for stop animation.

In 2026, the animation world is being shaped by a blend of influential creators, evolving education methods, and emerging styles. From BAFTA-winner Rich Webber’s handcrafted clay figures to YouTube ...

It’s a summer night in 1973. Two young animators are in a basement in Northwest Portland, experimenting with stop-motion clay animation. It’s an experiment that will soon revolutionize the animation ...

LOOK out, Mr. Bill – you’ll want to cry “Oh no!” when you hear how Conan O’Brien has converted an entire edition of “Late Night” into clay animation. The all-clay “Late Night” is the result of six ...

DENVER — Randy Boyum has been playing with clay for more than 40 years. "I dabbled in clay animation as a 12-year-old in the mid-1970’s, producing a few truly horrible short films," Boyum, now 58, ...

Today's Google Doodle features the classic stop-animation clay figures Gumby, his pals Pokey, Goo and Prickle as well as those dastardly Blockheads, because today would be Gumby creator Art Clokey's ...