Here is my first project with a 3D puppet. This is just a tester to play around with the basic balancing and movment techniques for straight ahead, 3D puppet animation. This video is a compilation of the 3 experiments I did.
I had a really difficult time with this one. The structure of my puppet was extremely basic and therefore ripped and fell apart as I moved it. Expect more material experiments to come!
The internal structure is simply pipe cleaners and stuffing.
I then covered the structure by wrapping orange tissue paper over it and topped it off with some purple felt hair and underwear!
In order to animate the scene I set him against a tilted glass set so that gravity could be on my side as I moved his body. I also used basic scotch tape to hold his feet down and upper body up in certain positions.
Here is a few pictures of the studio I used:
I think because of how fragile these basic puppets can be, I would make multiple puppets of a character rigged for specific movements in the future, rather than try to contort one puppet into tons of positions and breaking down the rig.
I found this project the most challenging so far, but also the most intriguing. Puppet animation is so impressive and inspiring and I can't wait to take my puppet animation further.
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