17-year-old self-taught animator Ben Treat makes a perfectly realistic clay animation using stop motion of the internet phenomenon Baby Yoda from the TV series "The Mandalorian".

The cool video, which received over 1.5 million likes on TikTok, the social media platform favoured by Gen Z, was filmed on Friday (December 13).

Footage shows the intricate behind-the-scenes process and adorable final product.

Ben, from Fort Collins in Colorado, told Newsflare: "This animation was created over a 14 hour time period, as 6 hours was spent sculpting, 6 hours was spent animating and 2 hours with post-production.

"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 (@franticframes) boasts over 100,700 followers on TikTok and over 22,000 followers on Instagram.

This is a Claymation animation based around the popular internet meme of Baby Yoda, that was created using Stop Motion animation of Clay (Claymation). Stop Motion is created by taking individual pictures 24 per every second of animation, and applying tiny changes to give the illusion of movement! This animation was created by a 17 year old boy, over a 14 hour time period, as 6 hours was spent sculpting, 6 hours animating and 2 hours with post production.