![]() My light drawing tool ' Night-Writer' has been in a constant state of change since I first released it in 2015, this is the 13th version! You gotta evolve with technology, so every year there's a better switch, or a more powerful and rechargeable new battery, a smoother form factor, or a brighter LED to consider. How much time did it take to develop the Night-Writer tool you use for your animations? Skeleton key individual frames (Image credit: DARIUSTWIN) Capturing one of these films takes about a season to create with all the planning around the different moon phases, weather patterns, scouting locations, travel etc. With my latest film, ' Fiat Lux', I made a storyboard (below) to make sure all the scenes worked on their own, but also tied together in a larger plotline. They typically start with an idea or 'proof of concept' animation – one scene that inspires a whole story to go along with it. These animated shorts are marathons of the creative process. ![]() How long does an animation take from start to finish? My experiments worked and the results were so interesting that I created a short film called ' Light Goes On' out of my results over the course of a year. I had created flipbooks in the past and wanted to apply that same technique to my light paintings. I first began animating my light paintings in 2013. When did you first start creating your light painting animations? This image got me thinking, 'Why wasn't long exposure photography used for illustration more often'? To me, this was a novel cross-section of technology and art! I've been interested in photography since 2007 – my interest began after seeing a photograph taken in 1949 by Gjon Mili of Picasso Drawing a Centaur with light. How long have you been interested in photography?
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