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We are back with more interviews after a month of break. Our 71 Spotlight comes with an interesting approach to animation. Stefano’s animations have caught our eye on Instagram and we had to have him in our Spotlight.<\/p>\n

Stefano<\/span>: I started to have an interest in art and illustration after high school. I decided to start a self-taught journey. Since 2014 I work as freelance using plasticine to create animation and characters because I was bored with the traditional digital process to create illustration and character. Moved by the attitude to make my hand dirty I decided to make practice with plasticine that also permits me to express in the best way my comedy side to communicate.<\/p>\n

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Subsign: What was your childhood like? Do you think your experiences from childhood have influenced your present creative endeavors?<\/span><\/p>\n

Stefano<\/span>: I came from the 90s and I\u2019 ve been influenced especially by the pop culture of this era. But for the rest, I was just a kid with a dream to become a football player.<\/p>\n

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Subsign: What did you want to be as a grown up?<\/span><\/p>\n

Stefano<\/span>: A football player.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Subsign: How does your workstation look like?<\/span><\/p>\n

Stefano<\/span>: As I live in London and therefore do not have a lot of space to expand my workspace, I try to keep it very simple.
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Subsign: Do you have a work style? How would you describe it?<\/span><\/p>\n

Stefano<\/span>: I think my style changed during years but I think you can recognize my works for the rounded shapes of figures and probably because you will laugh\/smile watching at it.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Subsign: Can you share with us how your creative process works?<\/span><\/p>\n

Stefano<\/span>: Sure! I usually start with a sculpting session, sometimes I do sketches sometimes not. For the characters, I use to make aluminum wire armature that permits me to move them easily. I also spend the time to chose a good selection of colors. <\/span><\/p>\n

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When I\u2019m happy with the result with plasticine sculpture I move to the shooting with the camera. I manage all the creative process that also includes the photography and light studio. Animation request a good dose of patience and study. For this reason, this maybe is the longest part of the process. Also because includes post-production where I remove imperfection frame by frame.<\/span><\/p>\n

Subsign: What is your favorite work you have done so far?<\/span><\/p>\n

Stefano<\/span>: I\u2019m happy with the video I made for Nike this Year.<\/span><\/p>\n