Ben Treat, otherwise known as his Instagram and TikTok name, Frantic Frames, is taking social media by storm due to his creative animations.
This cool compilation of just some of Ben's work shows the intricate behind-the-scenes process and impressive final product, including a satisfying "fruit flattening" animation and a distorted "breathing breakfast," inspired by popular sculptor and stop-motion animator Guldies.
Ben has been animating for nine years and is only 17-years-old, currently balancing his intricate clay stop-motion animations with high school.
Creating from his family home in Fort Collins, Colorado, Ben is on a budget, often finding props for his animated videos at Goodwill thrift store and the dollar store.
Ben told Newsflare: "I spend an average of 30 hours a week running my social media, coming up with animation ideas, sculpting and preparing, animation itself and then post-production.
It is very time consuming and some weeks it’s all I do." In the past six months, he’s amassed tens of thousands of followers, and growing.
Now, Ben (@franticframes) boasts over 306,000 followers on TikTok and over 58,400 followers on Instagram.
"Stop motion is created by taking individual pictures, 24 per every second of animation, and applying tiny changes to give the illusion of movement," Ben explained to Newsflare.
"I started by animating objects and food, and then slowly progressed to paper and cutouts, and now I have adopted Claymation!
It’s my favourite because it’s so versatile and allows me to do anything I have the will power to try," he continued.
"I have a super supportive family that thinks the animations are great and love that I create them.
My family is very creative and it runs in the blood to do stuff like I do.
"From here I would love to animate music videos and commercials.
I would also love to work with other professionals in my field creating things I couldn’t even dream of!"