One animator that I have become extremely interested in of late is Guilherme Marcondes. His mixed media animation is in a style that I find very aesthetically pleasing. I hope to employ similar methods in my own work.
This is a still from the animation that I previously posted - 'To This Day'. I love this cut out animation style and will try to explore it manually and with After Effects for my narrative project.
I saw a brilliant claymation recently at a horror film festival by Lee Hardcastle. His claymations are very rough looking and he stated that he has no formal training - but his work is amazingly funny and creative. This was quite a poignant piece and one of my favourites.