An award-winning stop motion animation studio based in beautiful Chattanooga, Tennessee
The workshop was recently mentioned on the Fangoria website for the 2025 Chattanooga Film Festival. We had the video for Night Constructions (by the Bohannons) shown at this year’s festival.
Check it out!
https://www.fangoria.com/chattanooga-2025-third-wave/
#fangoria #chattanoogafilmfestival #theskeletonkeyworkshop
✨ Ever wonder what really goes into bringing tiny worlds to life, frame by frame?
The Skeleton Key Workshop is launching a Patreon page to take you behind the scenes of our stop motion animation process — from early sketches and set building, to storyboarding, to animation, to the magic (and chaos) of production days.
🎥 On Patreon, you’ll get:
If you’ve ever been curious about how stop motion is made — or just love watching creative projects come to life — here is your backstage pass!
Join us here 👉patreon.com/TheSkeletonKeyWorkshop
Let’s make teeny-tiny magic! 🪄✨
#StopMotion #BehindTheScenes #Animation #PatreonCreator #IndieAnimation #TheSkeletonKeyWorkshop #DIY
Check out the ‘opening credits’ video for the skateboarding company Chapped, for their new video release, “Bad Star”. The idea was influenced by the old horror television show “Chiller” from the 1970s.
The video below shows what I animated vs the original video.
Check it out! Here’s a link to Thrasher’s site where you can watch the whole thing:
https://www.thrashermagazine.com/articles/trash/chapped-bad-star-video
Thanks for reading!
Matt
#thrasher #thrashermagazine #chapped #ryanmaddox #theskeletonkeyworkshop
I’m thrilled to release the new music video for Sean Lucy for the song Cinnamon Toast Crunch.
It’s from the album Daddy’s Jawline.
The video was made by myself, Beth Thomas, John Cothran Sr and Keri Thomas.
No AI was used in the creation of this video.
Thank you for watching!!!
#theskeletonkeyworkshop #animation #stopmotionanimation #stopmo #puppet #stopmotionanimator #animator #musicvideo #stopmotioncommunity #seanlucy #doojielucy #chattanooga #art #chattanoogart #dragonframe #puppets #diy #shoestringcinema
The new music video for the song Cinnamon Toast Crunch by songwriter Sean Lucy arrives this Friday!
Stay tuned!
Yay! I am thrilled to announce that the video for Night Construction has been selected to be shown at the 2025 Chattanooga Film Festival.
You can grab tickets here:
Maybe we will see each other there!
Join us Saturday, May 31st from 11am to 2pm at the Chattery to learn the basics of animation and stop motion! Hope to see you there!
https://thechattery.org/classes/introduction-to-stop-motion-animation-2
I’m excited and proud to share the newest video from The Skeleton Key Workshop.
It’s called Special Needs and is a collaboration with the good people over at DIYabled. We want to help bring awareness and information about disability into the world.
The voices were done by Priya Ray and Robert Price.
The music is by Kreamy ‘Lectric Santa.
Puppets and animation were done by me.
The catalyst for this project stems from a conversation I was having with Priya where I used the term ‘special needs’. Priya gently corrected me and let me know that term isn’t really used anymore. It was a moment of growth for me. How eating your lunch isn’t a special need. We all need to eat! From there we started talking about what if we made a video explaining this very thing. It turned into what you now see. It feels good to grow.
I hope you enjoy it! We plan on making a series of videos on a wide range of subjects with some of these new characters so stay tuned! #disability #theskeletonkeyworkshop #diyabled #stopmotionanimation #puppet #diy #braille #chattanooga
Coming up soon! Saturday, January 18th.
Class is from 2:30 to 5:30pm.
If you’ve ever been curious about learning this beautiful art form, here is the chance!
In class we will focus on an introduction to the principles of animation and then build upon that! By the end of class, you’ll be able to animate a simple video of your own using your cell phone or tablet.
Come have some fun and learn something new 
https://thechattery.org/classes/introduction-to-stop-motion-animation-1
Hi everyone! I’m very excited to announce our first class to teach stop motion basics.
This hands-on class dives into the core principles of animation, making it easy and accessible for beginners. Using your cell phone or tablet, you’ll explore stop motion techniques and complete a simple, shareable animation by the end of the session. Whether you’re curious about animation or want a new way to tell stories, this workshop will give you the tools to bring your ideas to life!
Click the link for tickets:
https://thechattery.org/classes/introduction-to-stop-motion-animation