Ben Treat, otherwise known as his Instagram and TikTok name, Frantic Frames, is taking social media by storm due to his creative animations.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />Ben has been animating for nine years and is only 17-years-old, currently balancing his intricate clay stop-motion animations with high school.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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."<br /><br />In the past six months, he’s amassed tens of thousands of followers, and growing.<br /><br />Now, Ben (@franticframes) boasts over 306,000 followers on TikTok and over 58,400 followers on Instagram.<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," Ben explained to Newsflare. <br /><br />"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.<br /><br />"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.<br /><br />"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!"
