Animate An Among Us Character!
Make a short stop-motion animation of an Among Us character using paper or clay, a phone camera, and simple frame-by-frame movement.
Step-by-step guide to animate an Among Us character
Creating an AMONG US Character Animation | After Effects Tutorial
Step 1
Pick whether you will make your Among Us character from paper or from colored clay.
Step 2
Gather your materials and put them on a clean flat table so everything is easy to reach.
Step 3
Make the body of your character by shaping clay into a rounded crewmate or by drawing a crewmate on paper.
Step 4
Add the visor and small details by pressing a lighter clay shape onto the body or by coloring and cutting the visor on your paper crewmate.
Step 5
Make a simple background by laying the sheet of plain paper or cardboard flat behind where your character will stand.
Step 6
Secure your character to the background or surface with a small piece of tape or a dab of poster putty so it stays upright.
Step 7
Set up your phone camera on a steady surface or stand and point it straight at your scene so the whole character is in the frame.
Step 8
Turn on your small lamp and aim steady light at the scene so there are no changing shadows.
Step 9
Take the first photo to record the starting pose of your crewmate.
Step 10
Move your character a tiny bit in the direction you want it to go.
Step 11
Take another photo of the new pose.
Step 12
Repeat moving a tiny bit and taking a photo until you have about 12 to 24 photos for a short animation.
Step 13
Review your photos and delete any that are blurry or have big jumps so the motion will be smooth.
Step 14
Import your photos into a stop-motion app or a video editor and set the frame speed to about 10 frames per second and export the animation.
Step 15
Share your finished Among Us stop-motion animation on DIY.org.
Final steps
You're almost there! Complete all the steps, bring your creation to life, post it, and conquer the challenge!
Help!?
What can I use instead of colored clay or poster putty if I can't find them?
If you don't have colored clay, shape plain white or oven-bake clay and color it with markers or paint, and if you lack poster putty use a small piece of clear tape or double-sided tape to secure the character to the background.
My animation looks jumpy or some photos are blurry—what should I fix?
Mount your phone on a steady surface or tripod, keep your lamp aimed steadily to avoid changing shadows, make smaller movements between frames as you 'move your character a tiny bit,' and delete any blurry photos before importing into the stop-motion app.
How can I adapt this activity for different ages?
For preschoolers use pre-cut paper crewmates and help them take fewer photos, for early elementary kids use colored clay and guide them to make 12 photos, and for older kids encourage 24 photos, finer visor details, and setting the app to 10 fps themselves.
How can we extend or personalize the Among Us stop-motion project?
Add painted or 3D props to your background, animate multiple crewmates by repeating the 'move a tiny bit and take a photo' steps for each figure, add sound effects or captions in the stop-motion app, then export at about 10 fps and share on DIY.org.
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Facts about stop-motion animation for kids
✂️ Papercraft can turn flat sheets into 3D characters, and builders often add wire armatures or simple joints to make puppets poseable for stop-motion.
🎮 Among Us was released in 2018 but blew up in popularity in 2020 after streamers brought it to millions of players.
🧸 Clay animation (often called claymation) uses soft, poseable figures — Aardman Animations made it famous with Wallace & Gromit.
📱 Many smartphones can shoot frame-by-frame; about 12 frames per second is a great balance for smooth stop-motion without too many photos.
🎞️ Stop-motion animation has been used since the late 1800s and works by photographing tiny, repeated changes to create motion.
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