This cowgirl shootout stop-motion was composed of 300 light painted, long exposure shots

Light painting artist Darren Pearson is known for combining light painting and stop motion animation. In his latest video, he has again brought these two techniques together to create a tense duel between a cowgirl and a light-painted skeleton. Who will win?

The animation was made entirely from in-camera shots. 300 of them, to be precise. Each of the photos was hand drawn using light and shot using a long exposure. Then, Darren put the 300 images together in a stop motion animation showing a shootout between Astro Bandit and Shiny Bone Jones.

I won’t tell you who wins, you need to watch the video. And make sure to follow Darren’s work on his Facebook page and Instagram.

[Light Duel via Laughing Squid]