Had an idea yesterday for a scene teen muppet who always keeps his hands in his hoodie pocket, but when he takes them out it’s revealed he’s puppeted like the Swedish chef wherein he has human hands with the nails painted black wearing a bunch of gaudy rings… so you see my vision…
Two new characters have entered Sunshine Avenue!! Dr. Ben "Benny" Doctorly and Nurse Lola T. Nursely! Welcome to the cast!!
It took me a while to design these two!! Especially Lola, I adore her so much but I couldn't find the right colors for her until I tried this one!!
Hmm.. facts about these two...if you couldn't tell(Its alright if you possibly couldn't!!) these two are the practicing healthcare workers of Sunshine Avenue!! Dr. Doctorly owns the only clinic in Sunshine Avenue and he has help from his Nurse Lola!! Lola looks up to Ben very much!! Seeing him as a father figure as well as a mentor! Nurse Lola is also currently the shortest character in Sunshine Avenue!!
this is probably one of the funniest things i’ve ever made jsgsjskndk (my first few puppets as taylor swift albums, and i planned to make them in that order)
Janet as Taylor Swift (Debut) She was my first puppet :) 💙
Bellatrix as Fearless (The one of i’m making rn) 💛
Puppet Verison on Myself as Speak Now (I’ll make her next!) 💜
Puppet test! In 3…2…1… I love seeing how a shadow puppet will move in the light.
I’m beginning to see why I need a multi-plane stand to create some incredible little scenes with depth of mid and background. Thus, me plotting to create one. Until then my light table will be used to showcase how a shadow puppet will move and look in the light. Like this poor fool of a took! Norris’ scene from The Thing is always bonkers to watch, even now that I know how it was pulled off.
SO. Just be patient while I save up some funds and build this crazy animating station so I can bring about better videos(YA KNOW, with an actual camera and not just my phone). The perfectionist in me just wouldn’t have it any other way. ALSO. Did you know my favorite horror movie is The Thing? I can absolutely ruin the entire movie for you if we ever see it together cause I will talk your ear off about who and how the special effects were done. You’ve been warned.
"Beware the Well of Shade, for the shadows run deep through its endless walls and twisting caverns"
I've been messing around with this rig on and off for awhile, but I finally finished this little side project making a short scene in the style of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.
I've never been quite happy with how Starswirl the Bearded looked in the show when he finally appeared but, last year I happened upon a really cool fan design of Starswirl by the user Orin311 that I fell in love with. I decided to make a one view puppet rig this year directly based off their vector art as a surprise, complete with show style lip sync and a full walk cycle. One thing led to another in adding a background, a few illustrator texture brushes, multiple sound effects, re-purposing some old fire animation of mine and suddenly it became a whole completed scene. With such a cool wizard design, the choice for using Gandalf's voice to test the rig with was a no brainier. The background is based on the Well of Shade location in the Season 7 finale of MLP.
I had a lot of fun making this and it was great practice for some future personal animation projects I wanna start next year!
Credits for the character design and sound effects listed below
Starswirl fan design by Orin331
Lord of the Rings audio
fire audio
rocks and pebble audio
magic effect audio
horse walking audio