Introduction to Puppet Making for Stop Motion
Adding the Skin Fabric
A course by Adeena Grubb , Puppet Maker and Animation Director
About the video: Adding the Skin Fabric
Overview
“The next step will be to add the skin of the puppet. To do this, I'll cover all the necessary areas with the chosen fabric, in my case a stretchy jersey material. I'll start with the arms. You will also see how to bring the skin to life using red chalk.”
In this video lesson Adeena Grubb addresses the topic: Adding the Skin Fabric, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Puppet Making for Stop Motion. Discover the charming world of stop-motion puppet design and learn to build your own characters, from the initial design to the finished figurine.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson, we'll add our puppet skin using fabric. So I'm going to start by doing the hardest covering, which is the arms, because they're quite detailed and they are a little bit tricky to cover. So I'm going to be using my stretchy jersey material. This is basically t-shirt material that you can get most spaces, you can get it on Amazon. I get mine from Primark. So I'm gonna cut a little chunk. And again, because my puppet is wearing long sleeves, I'm maybe going to go up to here just to give a little bit of extra room. So, Here's a little arm that I have pre-made. So this is exactly...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Puppet Making for Stop Motion
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Art Toys, Arts & Crafts, Stop Motion
Adeena Grubb
A course by Adeena Grubb
Adeena Grubb is a puppet maker and animation director from London. She’s been passionate about all things miniature since she was a child, building accessories for her toys from materials she found in the Scottish highlands where she grew up. She later went on to study a motion graphics degree and put both her passion and studies into practice to create puppets. After watching the character she created for a Skittles advert come to life, she knew it was a specialty she wanted to pursue full-time.
Since then, Adeena has created content for Samsung, the BBC, Channel 4, Burger King, Greenpeace, Oxfam, Childline, Metcalfes Popcorn, Quickbooks, Puffin, and Mars. She also shares her creations with over 50K followers on Instagram.
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