Dot

September 17, 2010 11:12 AM

The 9-mm-tall Dot fights her way through her tiny, tiny world.

Shot with a CellScope - a diagnostic-quality microscope that works with a cell phone camera. The making of Dot. The CellScope is intended as a diagnostic tool for field and home.

posted by peachfuzz (11 comments total)

I should say, this is little video is really an ad for the Nokia N8 phone the CellScope was hooked up to. I love the weave textures. And the colored pencil shaving waves. And all the other tiny, tiny things! I think it is quite wonderful.
posted by peachfuzz at 11:13 AM on September 17, 2010 [1 favorite]

Yeah, it's an ad, but it's still one awesomely kyoot animation.
posted by dabitch at 11:14 AM on September 17, 2010

TWEE!
posted by leotrotsky at 11:17 AM on September 17, 2010

Cute, but I totally thought that said "the 9-mm-tall dog," and I was expecting to see the world's most magnificent teacup chihuahua or something. Now I'm sad.
posted by phunniemee at 11:19 AM on September 17, 2010

Thanks peachfuzz, that made me smile.
posted by pixlboi at 11:19 AM on September 17, 2010

Now I understand why miniature dogs always look so quivery-nervy. It's hard being tiny.
posted by superquail at 11:22 AM on September 17, 2010 [2 favorites]

This is lovely. Like Henry Selick meets Little Big Planet meets the Museum of Jurassic Technology.
posted by eschatfische at 11:26 AM on September 17, 2010

Shot with a CellScope - a diagnostic-quality microscope that works with a cell phone camera

No no no, it's a microscope attached to a Nokia Device. At least according to the video description.
posted by delmoi at 11:26 AM on September 17, 2010

Clever, and well done. But, I gotta tell ya, that bee was dead as a door nail. Really.
posted by HuronBob at 11:48 AM on September 17, 2010 [1 favorite]

Very cute.
I wish I had the patience to create a such a fluid stop-motion movie, that's a ton of pictures to take.
posted by Memo at 1:06 PM on September 17, 2010

The painting bit at 3:10 of the making of just made me understand what people get out of making warhammer models and the like. It was foreign to me before that moment.
posted by doublehappy at 2:48 PM on September 17, 2010 [1 favorite]