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Hollow, Anyone There?
Animated Short for Animation WildCard Episode 24 Spooktacular
Process and up close photos of details on the set and puppets. Skeleton puppet is made of wire and felt, Red is a ball join armature with felt.
Full set-without side walls | Crochet pumpkins | Puppets and props |
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3D printed knives | Test table props | Red ball joint puppet |
Mid-process #1 | Mid-process #2 | Mid-process #3 |
Test puppets | Animation puppet test #1 | Animation puppet test #2 |
Animation puppet test #3 | Ghost Props | Final ending Shot |
Potential
Fabrication Process
Photos and videos of the process making a puppet with adjustable LED glowing eyes and three different sets for this animation.
Final BedroomThis is the bedroom compeltely set up ready for shooting | Bedroom detailUp close of bed with crocheted blanket and stuffy with details | Puppet with LED lightsThe lights were adjustable in brightness and were incased in a 3D printed head covered in felt |
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Head removedThis is the light without the head covering | Desk ChairRolling desk chair | Art SuppliesMinature sketch book and penicls |
DeskGeneral desk set up | BedCrochet minature turlte stuffy on bed | Snow GlobeThe snow globes were made with resin |
Snow Globes | Bedroom in process | Book Case |
TunnelTunnel scene shot using camera track |
Vale
Fabrication Process-July 2022
These are process photos taken during the production of Vale. Showing the process of set building and puppet designing.
Heart setRotatable heart set | Heart set (inside) | IMG_6612.HEIC |
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Heart set in progress 1 | Heart set in progress 2 | Heart set in progress 3 |
Heart set in progress 4 | Heart set in progress 5 | Heart set in progress 6 |
Heart set base | Solus puppet | Solus replaceable faces |
Solus replaceable face |
Hardowork
Fabrication Process-April 2023
This animation was made for Animation Wild Card Episode 22 Season 4
Turlte PuppetsThese puppets are crocheted around wire armatures | Turtle puppet 1crochet base | Turtle puppet 2Wire armature, crochet around armature |
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Turtle puppet 3Sewing on limb and stuffing puppet along the way | Set 1Kinetic sand was used in the animation process | Set 2turtle eggs also crocheted |
Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5water animation made using crocheted waves |
Turtle puppets |
Lucid Dreams
Fabrication Process - May 2021
Lucid Dreams was my senior thesis from Maryland Institute College of Art.
SetShot of set with lighting | Set DesignA general sketch to get idea of set color scheme and style | Base of cavernCavern set made from half cut cylinder and papermache |
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Cavern setAfter adding papermache, add variety of objects | Cavern set process | HandsMultple hands were made using different process, all had wire base |
Handone of the various hands | BedHand sewn bedding with silhouette cut bed | Stainglass window 1Silhouette cut stainglass window |
Stainglass window 2Using medium gel on clear acetate to create an old stainglass windw effect | Stone floorUsing paper mache and cardboard used to make flooring | Base set |
Bedroom behind the scenes | Close up bed | Close up bed 2 |
Oringal character designThe orginal sketch of the main character Ophelia | Wire ArmatureWire armature used for puppet, replaceable arm and legs | Character HeadSilicone head with wax thread hair |
Base SculptOrginal sculpt of character head | Head castUsing silicone to create a cast of head to create multiple heads | DressHand sewn dress |
PuppetSilicone based puppet with wax thread hair | Ophelia |
Thumbelina
Fabrication Process- April 2023
Thumbelina was made for my final project at Stop-motion 2 with Aardman Academy.
Behind the scene Thumbelina | ThumbelinaPuppet is crocheted with wire armature | Thumbelina with mouthFelt mouth |
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Thumbelina mouthSet of felt mouths used to animate lip sync | Thumbelina |
Crocheted puppets
Variety of Crocheted pupepts
ChihiroPuppet based off character from Spirited Away | Thumbelina | BunnyWinter bunny with hand sewn chair |
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Turtles | Baby turtle | Space bunny |
Unname me fabrication process
Finished puppetLife size paper puppet | Puppet build 1Board paper used to make puppet | Puppet build 2Joints made moveable by wire coils |
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Puppet build 3 | Heart puppet 1Heart made movebale with different pieces | Heart puppet 2 |
Heart puppet 3 | Puppet build 4Inside puppet padded with fabric and yarn | Puppet build 5Chest able to be opened |
Puppet build 6 | Puppet build 7Interchangeable fingers, hands and arms | Puppet build 8 |
Puppet build 9 | Puppet build 10 |
Symmetry fabrication process
PuppetSculpted from clay, wire armature, wax thread hair | Armaturewire armature, magnet feet for tie downs | Set 1 |
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Set 2Set was made to be able to rotate | Set 3 | Set 4 |