japanese coffee brand animates stop-motion story with 1000 latte artworks
all images courtesy of maxim stick / gif by designboom

 

 

 

latte artists around the world have sought after techniques and tricks to make their own illustrative mark on milk for both creative projects and coffee customers. japanese food label maxim stick have adopted the intricate, edible stencil work as the medium for a stop-motion animation, playing out the quirky days of young love for a ‘coffee couple’, who meet, fall in love and grow old together.

 

a team of artisans have worked with 1,000 individually hand-drawn illustrations from faces and furry critters to hearts and winter hats to make up the ‘latte motion project’. layered with cocoa powder and rich, foamy milk, the cups of coffee find their way around the frame, setting the story in motion though their careful placement meticulously drawn expressions. take a look at the full feature below, and a behind-the-scenes look into the making-of the stop-motion short. 

 

 


latte motion — full feature
video courtesy of maxim stick

japanese coffee brand animates stop-motion story with 1000 hand-drawn lattes
the coffee couple meet for the first time 

japanese coffee brand animates stop-motion story with 1000 hand-drawn lattes
the young pair drawn onto foamy milk begin to fall in love 

japanese coffee brand animates stop-motion story with 1000 hand-drawn lattes
the love story follows a coffee couple through life 

japanese coffee brand animates stop-motion story with 1000 hand-drawn lattes
the storyline continues with the introduction of a baby latte

japanese coffee brand animates stop-motion story with 1000 hand-drawn lattes
1,000 individually crafted latte art works have been used in the short feature 

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behind-the-scenes of the stop-motion video making

 

 


behind the scenes of the making-of ‘latte motion’ 
video courtesy of maxim stick