17-year-old self-taught animator Ben Treat makes a perfectly realistic clay animation using stop motion of the internet phenomenon Baby Yoda from the TV series "The Mandalorian".<br /><br />The cool video, which received over 1.5 million likes on TikTok, the social media platform favoured by Gen Z, was filmed on Friday (December 13). <br /><br />Footage shows the intricate behind-the-scenes process and adorable final product.<br /><br />Ben, from Fort Collins in Colorado, told Newsflare: "This animation was created over a 14 hour time period, as 6 hours was spent sculpting, 6 hours was spent animating and 2 hours with post-production.<br /><br />"Stop motion is created by taking individual pictures, 24 per every second of animation, and applying tiny changes to give the illusion of movement!"<br /><br />Ben (@franticframes) boasts over 100,700 followers on TikTok and over 22,000 followers on Instagram.
