by Michael M. Parks on Michael Parks
View my bio on BeeToons TV: https://beetoons.tv/c/michaelparks 
I made the latest Kevin Claything Adventure, Make Waves, simply because I wanted to animate clay fish. Lots and lots of clay fish. But with limited shooting space and not a whole lot of time to make a grand epic, I needed to come up with a way to animate the fist with these limitations. This is a behind-the-scenes look at the methods I used to animate fish. Perhaps there are some ideas here you can use in your own stop motion or clay animation production.
Music from Hooksounds: "Discover" by Nicolai Heidlas
Please go to https://www.hooksounds.com/ref/mparks/ to find music for your video production.
Please see my other tutorials on camera moves, whiteboard animation, animating to music, dancing, make a puppet, cut-outs, lip sync, and other stop motion subjects: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL44F7344428AB62FC
Software: Adobe After Effects and Premiere. For stop motion, I use Dragonframe.
Camera: I'm using a DSLR. But a mobile device with a camera running a stop motion app is all you need. The principles discussed in this video will also apply to animation recorded with a mobile device.
Clay (Van Aken, Sculpy III) and armature wire: Arts/craft stores like Hobby Lobby or amazon.com.
Epoxy putty and K & S Tubing: Amazon or a hardware store, though not all hardware stores sell the tubing.