Marvelous Mosell - Stopmotion

 Some years ago, I created the artwork for Danish rapper Marvelous Mosell's 7" single Stopmotion.


I really wanted to capture the essence of Mosell's universe.
His lyrics are humorous, tongue-in-cheek and fun and the subjects evolve around, among other things, 80's nostalgia.

The original video for Mosell's Stopmotion was made in.. well.. stopmotion, with action figures from alle the classic lines.
It looked very gung-ho and primitive.
It worked incredibly well on video, but as stills, it was a bit too primitive.
I mean: You have to look at that cover over and over again.
I do at least and there's nothing worse than looking at something you made and think "Darn, I could have done that so much better".

So I decided to step it up a notch and make it look a bit more professional, but still within a DIY aesthetic.
Also, I really wanted to make Mosell into an action figure we could place in this universe.
So, with a bunch of cardboard, balsa wood, Sculpey and acrylic paint, I went into action.
The backgrounds were done in a 10 hour session, with the help of my wonderful wife Stine and a litres of caffeine.

When we did the shoot, we couldn't help but play around with the set and have a bit of fun.
This is the result.













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