The new trailer for our upcoming music video has just been released!

The video will drop this week!

The song is Cotton Candy Randy by the band Red Pawn.

Check it out!

Then here’s the time!

We have our next animation workshop scheduled! It will be Saturday, November 15th from 12:30 to 3:30 at the Chattery.

Come learn some of the fundamental principles of animation. You will leave the workshop with your own animation that you can share online.

Check out the video below showing what you will learn how to do. It can be done with either legos or clay!

Grab your ticket here!

https://thechattery.org/classes/introduction-to-stop-motion-animation-2

How cool is this? This past weekend I was asked if I’d be interested in puppeteering a large puppet for Wayne White’s band Username Password. Naturally I said yes.

It was a total blast!

The puppet was very cleverly designed. It’s basically a long wooden pole that fit into a locking mechanism on my belt. The head can be turned via a small piece of pvc running inside the puppet alongside the wooden pole. It even had a handle.

Brilliant!

People were running up to me and taking photos! What a ball!

It was VERY hot!!!

Totally worth it!

Photos by Wayne White, Christina Sacco and Jason Reed.

You can grab Username Password’s debut album here:

#theskeletonkeyworkshop #waynewhite #puppets #usernamepassword

Here’s a video showing some of the work I’ve done with WTCI/PBS at the Ready to Learn workshops over the past year or so.

Some of the videos were used for station identification. We also exported some and sent them directly to the families themselves!

Fun!

With some of the older kids, I would let them direct and animate themselves! One kiddo would instruct the other what to do, and then capture the animation themselves!
People ALWAYS light up when they click play and see what they just created come to life. Kids and adults alike.

Please consider a donation to your local PBS station! They can use your help!

https://www.wtcitv.org/donate-now-membership

#pbs
#pbskids
#defundednotdefeated
#theskeletonkeyworkshop
#stopmotion
#animation

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:

• Exclusive sneak peeks at works-in-progress
  
• Membership shout-outs
  
• Animation tips and techniques I’ve learned over the years
  
• Early access to finished films before they’re released publicly

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:

https://www.chattfilmfest.org

Maybe we will see each other there!