Light Painting Short Films
A collection of stop-motion short films created using light painting and long-exposure photography.
Crab Cooker
A whimsical light painting stop-motion short about a wandering wizard who cooks dinner for his witch wife, filmed beneath the starry skies of Big Sur along the rugged California coast. Created during a week-long camping trip, the film blends fantasy, landscape, and glowing hand-drawn light into a magical real-world tale.
Shredding Light
Shiny Bone Jones and friends return in this high-energy light painting stop-motion short, where rainbow-bright skeleton skateboarders pull off tre-flips, kickflips, BS 360's, lipslides and more in glowing trails of light. It’s skateboarding - literally lit.
Carpe Noctem
The second chapter in the tale of a treasure-hunting skeleton cowboy, Carpe Noctem follows a lone miner who travels through time and space in search of love. As he collects glowing gems, faces dark forces, and offers a single flower to the one he cares for, this light painting stop-motion short becomes a poetic story about adventure, courage, and the heart.
Fiat Lux
The first chapter in the story of a skeleton miner, Fiat Lux follows a lone hero as he teleports through dreamlike worlds of glowing gems, hidden passages, and star-filled skies. Along the way, he must outwit dark forces and protect what he has collected in this light painting stop-motion adventure.
She Lights The Night
She Lights the Night is a poetic light painting stop-motion short featuring Astrobandit, set to the music of Peter Cat Recording Co. In a world shaped by shadow and silence, she becomes the source of light, moving through glowing forms drawn entirely by hand. Created from more than a thousand long-exposure light painting photographs, the film blends performance, motion, and illumination into a dreamlike visual journey.
Kill The Lights
A high-energy light painting stop-motion short where skeletons dance, skate, and play music in glowing trails of light. Set to a jazz-inspired soundtrack, the film brings nighttime to life through motion, rhythm, and long-exposure photography.
Light Speed
A journey through the Photon Zoo, Lightspeed is a light painting stop-motion short made from over a thousand hand-drawn light photographs. Animal-inspired forms race and glow through the darkness, bringing motion, energy, and imagination to life in pure light.
Light Goes On
Dariustwin’s first and most viral light painting stop-motion short, Light Goes On is created from thousands of hand-drawn light photographs and follows a glowing skeleton skateboarder as he lights up the streets of Los Angeles at night. Blending motion, music, and long-exposure photography, the film introduced the world to Dariustwin’s signature style of drawing with light in real urban landscapes.
