Below is a selection of the puppets I made from home during the Coronavirus Lockdowns for my animated short film 'The Queen's Heart'. Please click to enlarge
LIFE-SIZE 'BABY YODA' GROGU
Inspired by the fan-favourite character from the Disney+ Star Wars series 'The Mandalorian' I sculpted and constructed a life-size model of Grogu, better known as The Child or Baby Yoda. Please click to enlarge
TRIXIE AND KATYA DRAG QUEEN FIGURINES
Due to Drag being 'larger than life', I wanted to play with semi-realistic face sculpts while playing around with caricatured proportions... Please click to enlarge...
FRANKENSTEIN PUPPET CONSTRUCTION
Working on my Graduation Film 'Undead Indeed, I foamed and sculpted the puppet for Frankenstein's Monster, as well as developing the character through various designs and mock puppets... Please click to enlarge...
This puppet was part of a collaborative project, and I was responsible for the foaming and sculpting. Below you can see my personal development to achieving this sculpt...
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monster clay studies
I wanted to challenge myself with Monster Clay so I set myself the task to do sculpt a Bo Peep’s head from Toy Story 4.
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COMMISSIONED SCULPTS
I was commissioned to create two character sculpts of the Drag Duo Novympia (Nova and Olympia) in 2019.
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Film character sculpts
To develop my skills in character sculpting I do polymer clay studies of characters from different films. I find that this both helps my understanding of sculpting the human form, but also expands my practical knowledge of armature building using aluminum wire...
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Developing my film character sculpts has been something I have worked on for years. Here is an example of developing my sculpting of one character:
Aardman mouth piece sculpting
While on my internship at Aardman Animations, I sculpted a full mouth piece set for The Farmer, and a partial set for Bitzer the dog... Please click to enlarge...
OLD LADY PUPPET CONSTRUCTION
As a part of my 2018 animated short 'Bean Prepared' (available to view on the 'Stop-Motion Animation' page or via my Vimeo) I constructed and dressed a puppet of Edna the old lady. You can see the puppet and my process below: Please click to enlarge...