{"id":898,"date":"2025-08-28T22:55:21","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T02:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spicycoffeearts.com\/portfolio\/?page_id=898"},"modified":"2025-09-01T19:24:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T23:24:10","slug":"lums-night-light","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.spicycoffeearts.com\/portfolio\/animation\/lums-night-light\/","title":{"rendered":"Lum&#8217;s Night Light"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer mb-0 mt-0\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-quaternary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-lato-font-family has-custom-font has-custom-lineheight wp-elements-e07218f6729f132c0e99fe5975a42a78\" style=\"font-family:Lato;line-height:1\"><em>LUM&#8217;S NIGHT LIGHT<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-montserrat-font-family has-custom-font has-custom-lineheight wp-elements-6ac34becc88695dbb67eac494e56bdce\" style=\"color:#ababff;font-family:Montserrat;line-height:1;font-size:20px\">Original Short | Stop-Motion Animator, Design, Director<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lum&#039;s Night Light\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XvND6DaSr4A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p class=\"has-quaternary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-montserrat-font-family has-custom-font has-custom-weight wp-elements-5de471284d253b83040ad23c7b673b2e\" style=\"font-family:Montserrat;font-weight:normal;font-size:18px\">The short features Lum, a ghost-like hooded creature, and his struggle of achieving a good night&#8217;s rest from the bright and buzzing star lantern attached to his head.<br><br>This short was my first experiment into stop-motion animation. I was able to create a mobile puppet that includes replaceable eyes, detachable clothing, and a bendable light-up antenna. It was fun to conceptualize, build, and animate a simple short as this with fairly inexpensive materials. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background is-style-default\" style=\"background-color:#ababff;color:#ababff\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-coblocks-gallery-masonry alignfull masonry-grid has-lightbox coblocks-animate has-small-gutter\" data-coblocks-animation=\"slideInBottom\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full masonry-brick\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"779\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spicycoffeearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/emilyBlack_lumCharacterDesign.jpg\" alt=\"Image gallery image\" class=\"wp-image-1040\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.spicycoffeearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/emilyBlack_lumCharacterDesign.jpg 1280w, 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https:\/\/www.spicycoffeearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/lum_puppetModel-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.spicycoffeearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/lum_puppetModel-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.spicycoffeearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/lum_puppetModel-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-quaternary-color\">Puppet 3\/4 view<\/mark><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full masonry-brick\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spicycoffeearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/lum_undressedPuppet.jpg\" alt=\"Image gallery image\" class=\"wp-image-1045\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.spicycoffeearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/lum_undressedPuppet.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.spicycoffeearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/lum_undressedPuppet-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.spicycoffeearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/lum_undressedPuppet-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.spicycoffeearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/lum_undressedPuppet-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.spicycoffeearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/lum_undressedPuppet-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-quaternary-color\">Puppet without clothing + star<\/mark><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full masonry-brick\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spicycoffeearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/lum_puppetModel2.jpg\" alt=\"Image gallery image\" class=\"wp-image-1042\" 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This short was my first experiment into stop-motion animation. 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