{"id":454,"date":"2020-01-02T01:32:37","date_gmt":"2020-01-02T01:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/221.121.149.122\/~stopmoti\/?page_id=454"},"modified":"2020-04-03T23:15:30","modified_gmt":"2020-04-03T23:15:30","slug":"pet-groomer-by-day","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stopmotionpro.com\/?page_id=454","title":{"rendered":"Pet Groomer By Day…"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Stop motion film-maker Jacob Hajda shows us how he creates his animation worlds…<\/h5>\n

Hi Jacob – why and how did you get into animation?<\/p>\n

My name is Jacob Hajda. I’m 22 years old, and I hail from central Nebraska. I’m a professional pet groomer and a stop-motion hobbyist. I’ve been animating for a few years, starting when I was about 9 years old. My dad was a teacher, he and his students were morphing bits of clay into different shapes. He showed my sister and I how we could take still frames with our video camera. We shot Barbie dolls, playmobil figures, and a few sculpey characters. My uncle is a professional videographer, he greatly encouraged my interest in stop-motion. He sent me a copy of Aardman’s “Creating 3D animation” and a Super 8 camera. I grew up with stop-motion films like Wallace and Gromit, Frog and Toad, and the Shakespeare’s animated tales. I moved-on to other related interests when I was 12-13, but my whole life I’ve been building foam hand puppets and marionettes, making miniatures dollhouses, and writing comics, plays, and little stories. I love colored pencils, photography, sewing, and playing music. About two years ago, I started looking into animation again, as a creative outlet. I really love this art medium as it combines all of my many interests. It’s a fun community of creative-minded people.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>

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