For more elaborate animation, I would roughly map out my frames using Toon Boom Harmony, and then used a mini projector to project the image onto my sketchbook to trace. This was such a tedious process with the projector, so to save time I ended up just using an onion skin setting on DragonFrame and 'eyeballed' it and traced the onion skin on my sketchbook while looking at the screen. The kiss on the left was done using a projector, and the little egg man below was done using Dragon frame + onion skins and blood and tears and sweat.

"You feel soft" was created for Dr. Alla Gadassik's "Animate Material" workshop, in the timespan of 6 months. Using only graphite as a material for this film, I experimented with kneadable graphite, water soluble graphite, graphite powder, sticks, and regular old pencils. The inspiration for this film was born from the kinesthetic connection I had working with graphite, embracing the delicate yet versatile nature of its texture and substance, all intertwined with my personal journey in life + relationships. Frames from this film have secret messages written, or tiny people and faces that are hard to catch on first watch, which also inspired my latest film, "between you and me," which has many secrets on every frame.The beautiful music in this film was composed by my talented dad, Dave Kletke, who worked alongside me to effortlessly create a gorgeous melody that aligned with my animation and helped me shape the ending of this film.I had the privilege of premiering this film at the GIRAF 2022 festival in my hometown as part of a carefully curated program by Alla Gadassik titled "Graphite! Animated Traces." I also had the opportunity to engage in a Q&A session following the screening. This program also screened at the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery in New Plymouth (New Zealand) on December 2022.Earlier this year, I had the honour of participating in another Q&A session and screening event, hosted at VIFF's Vancity Theatre. This engaging occasion was part of XINEMA's program, "The Framing of Perception," which was another great curated show! For more on this film, check out these links:[https://gadassik.com/2023/02/28/graphite-animated-]https://viff.org/whats-on/viff23-you-feel-soft/

"Watch your step"was created in an experimental animation course, and the fun shorts below were completed throughout this class as well.

Most materials from these videos include: bark, leaves, paper, chalk, and experiment with straight-ahead animation techniques and replacement animation.