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
“ Adding the Skin Fabric In this lesson, we'll add our puppet skin using fabric. I'll start with the hardest covering, which are the arms because they're quite detailed and are a bit tricky to cover. I'll be using my stretchy jersey material. This is t-shirt material that you can get in most places. You can get it on Amazon, I got mine from Primark. I'll cut a little chunk. Since my puppet is wearing long sleeves, I'll maybe go up here to give a bit of extra room. Here's a little arm that I have premade. This is what it will look like. This is my left hand, so I'll be making my puppet's rig...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Puppet Making for Stop Motion
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Category
3D & Animation, Craft -
Areas
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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