Promotional illustration for my Cartoon Boot Camp class at the Cartoon Art Museum- Intro to Stop-Motion Animation.
The class runs the week of June 11 to 15, 2012.
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Tag Archive: puppet
Jun
25
2009
Puppets are Cool
I have always liked puppets. Here are some videos I have found on-line.
Here is a cool scary puppet, Bunrakboo Puppetry Illusions by www.gore-galore.com:
Here is Big Bird from Sesame Street singing “It’s not easy being Green” at the memorial for Jim Henson. Puppeteer Carol Spinny is obviously doing a pretty good job to stay in character and convey his emotions through the puppet. Very touching.
And here the key performers sing some of Mr. Henson’s favorite songs at the memorial. It’s fun to see the puppeteers doing the voices with out the puppets. Then at the end all the puppeteer come in with furry puppets on their hands.
And how about Dumbo flying over the castle at Disneyland. Pretty cute:
and last but not least is ‘Abba The Last Video Stockholm 1974 (2004)’ This is really cool and cleaver way to make a music video with out the actual singers.
Mar
31
2008
Bjork’s Wanderlust
(via CartoonBrew) Singer Bjork has a cool new music video from a San Francisco studio that uses live action, CGI, stopmotion and some cool puppets. I love the production design. I think the look would make a good feature film. I am glad to see traditional arts such as puppets alive and well and used in such cool ways. When I first saw the stills I assumed they buffaloes were CGI. EDIT: The new your times has a video interview HERE as well.
and here is the making of…
Feb
03
2008
H.R. Pufnstuf
Here is a tribute to a 1970′s TV Sid and Marty Kroft character H.R.Pufnstuf. He’s the mayor of Living Island where everything is…well…living. The trees, rocks, books, and buildings a long with a lot of wacky puppet characters.
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Digital color over pencil – character ©2008 Sid and Marty Kroft
…H.R. Pufstuf tells the story of a boy named Jimmy who finds himself stranded on Living Island with his magic gold flute Freddy. Here, Jimmy and Freddy are taken in by a talking dragon named H.R. Pufnstuf, who is the mayor of Living Island. Pufnstuf tries to help Jimmy escape, while at the same time tries to avoid the evil (yet clutsy) Witchiepoo who wants the magic flute all to herself. Living Island is home to many fantasy creatures such as Cling and Clang (two bird bobbies), Dr. Blinkey (an owl professer), The Boyds (a bird band), Seymour Spider and Orson(Witchiepoo’s henchmen), Ludicrous Lion (a scam artist), and quite a few talking trees….
