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Jekyll Puppet: Shoes!
Did I say in my last post that making the puppet’s clothes took a long time? Scratch that! It was nothing compared to his shoes. I like how they turned out, though. But first: a little breakdown for those interested: Since the feet of the armature are continuous with the legs, I had to handle ...
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Jekyll Puppet: Clothes
He’s got clothes now! It took a while and a lot of care, but it was fun! Here’s a short breakdown for those interested: I bought some cheap scraps of different materials from the nearest fabric chain store. For the designs, I used the puppet clothing templates graciously shared by Nick Hilligoss on his gallery. ...
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Jekyll Puppet: Foam Buildup
Here’s the WIP Jekyll puppet, with his basic shape built up using upholstery foam on top of the wire armature I made earlier. In these pictures you can also see a bit of the stage, which is basically two pieces of masonite pegboard nailed to sections of a two-by-four. The stage area is 2 feet ...
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Jekyll Wire Armature
Here are some shots of the finished armature for the Jekyll puppet, and an armature diagram I made as a template for matching the armature to the character design. I’m using a slightly simplified version of the armature process described by Kathi Zung in her neat DVD, “Foam Latex Puppet Making 101“. Comments welcome, as ...
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Blink Study #1
After reading this lucid and, er.. eye-opening (there, I said it) post on blinks over at Kevin Koch’s synchrolux.com, I decided to try animating blinks, as a study. Here’s the first one, it’s just a generic blink with one eye, but in extreme close-up. As before, comments & crits are welcome!
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Jekyll & Hyde Roughs
(Sort of) Rough character sketches for a film-noir take on Jekyll and Hyde. I plan to make stop-motion puppets of these, as a class demo, but also just for fun! Comments and critique most welcome.