In Stefano Colferai’s playful stop-motion animations about everyday life

For Stefano, there is a process prior to his works that requires him to pay attention to his environment; an artist attached to his notebook, finding inspiration everywhere – “on a walk, while driving the car, in the shower or while running,” he tells us. But what’s so interesting is that the majority of his work doesn’t reflect the stage qualities of a bike ride, a race or a car, they are largely documented in the studio, surrounded by his tools. Perhaps because he wants to honor the environment where the idea is fully realized; where he spends days creating the characters and animating their expressions.

This process starts quite directly, right after he writes down the ideas. “I don’t like to let time lose my enthusiasm,” he shares, “I try to seize it and give it shape whenever I get the chance.” After sculpting the props, he begins moving them frame by frame, taking photos with his camera on a tripod and connecting them to the software allowing him to see how it moves and how the animation plays out. And although he finds the animation part of the process to be the most difficult, due to its long duration and the special attention it requires, he decides to rely on the magic of that too. “It’s magical and the most fun, because after a few images you start to bring your creations to life, you see everything you created with your hands, move,” he adds.

Overall, Stefano’s mission is to infuse lightness and joy into everyday life. Each animation is like a short story, a blatant attempt to communicate everything he sees. But above all, he just wants to make people smile. “I’m really happy with what I’ve created when people say to me: you made my day. For me, it gives meaning to everything I do.