Animator Creates Amazing Mashup Of Cartoon Characters In The Real World

Storyboard artist Marty Cooper (aka Hombre McSteez) has released a really cool little video that showcases his unique brand of animation which melds old-school plastic cell drawings with iphone-captured photographs of the real-world. The resulting animations are super unique and interesting – and we just love them!

via engadget

When he finds an interesting location, he both draws dozens of frames to match the scene and captures it all with an equal number of photos; from there, he stitches together short videos that bring everything to life.

The stop-motion technique leads to animations that are best described as an analog take onaugmented reality, with interactions that you couldn't reproduce after the fact without digital effects. An imaginary monster will cough up a real cat, for instance, while a mailbox will eat its own letters. Cooper hasn't said how long he'll keep producing these clips, but you can always check out both his social feeds and the highlight video below to see what he has been up to so far.