Introduction to Puppet Making for Stop Motion
Armature and Rigging Point 3
A course by Adeena Grubb , Puppet Maker and Animation Director
About the video: Armature and Rigging Point 3
Overview
“As I wait for the glue to dry, I will mix the milliput to create the ‘bones’ of the body. I will start with the hands, the trickiest part, and then I'll work on the legs and the feet. Leaving that to set, I will focus on the head and add ears, eyes, and nose.”
In this video lesson Adeena Grubb addresses the topic: Armature and Rigging Point 3, 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
“So now it's time to mix up our milliput. I'm going to very carefully move this guy over to the side. and make some space. And this is great. really strong and you just take equal amounts of both and you mix them together. But you mix them thoroughly because if you don't mix them enough and it doesn't set, again, you'll have to just pick it off of your puppet and start again. And after four hours of waiting to set, that's really sad. So. This is a fresh new patch. But you can get this milliput stuff in all different colors as well, because sometimes it's quite hard to mix when it's white bec...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Puppet Making for Stop Motion
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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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