The tutorial videos are updated! It took a lot longer than I planned - changing the screenshots and adding some content. There's still a few changes I want to make but they're good enough to post. If you didn't already watch them on the main page, here they are:

 I wasn't happy with my first animation test.  The camera moved under the pressure of my finger every shot, resulting in a jittery clip.  To fix the problem, I constructed the set up pictured below: I made a new "tripod" out of wood that is connected to the "set" in one piece (so if the camera moves, the set moves with it).  I used clay to secure the camera solidly.

 While the work to remake "the two percent" is only just beginning, I've already started planning the video to introduce it.  Because the next movie will actually be a series of shorts, I thought that now would be a great time to do something I didn't have time to do in the last video: claymation.

A few claymation websites recommended "Van Aken" plastalina clay.