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/r/puppetry

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Puppetry for Everyone - Virtual Tour

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2024/11/29
15:00 UTC

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2024/11/27
14:55 UTC

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Setting up for next sketch

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2024/11/26
03:32 UTC

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Introduction

I've been puppeteering most of my life. I recorded my first puppet show when I was nine - but it was just on audio cassette because that is all I had, ha ha. Anyway, now I'm grown up and have a puppet show on YouTube that I call The Colleen Dabean Show. Here's the channel page for anyone interested.

https://www.youtube.com/@TheColleenDabeanShow

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2024/11/25
02:31 UTC

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How do you come up with voices?

I'm trying to gain the ability to perform the puppets that I create. For some reason whenever I try to put a voice to a character, it always inevitably sounds like Crush from Finding Nemo.

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2024/11/22
23:01 UTC

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Puppeteering for Video

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2024/11/22
17:08 UTC

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What song??

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2024/11/21
16:18 UTC

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Brick Headstrong interviews Fitness Coach Joey D'Agostino - The Secret to Long-Term Health & Fitness: Trust the Process

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2024/11/21
03:17 UTC

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Anyone every try to model a blinking mechanism?

I have a 3D printer, and I'm looking into trying to build a Kroupa style blinking mechanism for my next puppet, but I was curious if anyone here has made that attempt, and had any tips, or even an STL file.

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2024/11/20
23:45 UTC

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I make puppet videos.

If you have questions about green-screens, or need tips on shooting puppets on video, I'm glad to help.

Here's some of my work....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nf5XIo5h10

https://reddit.com/link/1gvs9qf/video/z977a9lut22e1/player

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2024/11/20
15:37 UTC

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i just thought of something

for a dhmis like puppet, i though maybe if you had a shot where it shows the full body of them, how about strings or acrylic rods to control the head, jaw and all the others so the puppeteer can stand far away from the puppet

take a video of the empty set

mask out the puppeteer

if you have the puppeteer with there hand in then masking them out would get rid of the puppet

idk where to put this so maybe i should have put it r/DHMIS

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2024/11/15
15:06 UTC

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Puppet Character Design Theory?

is there anything i should watch or read when im drawing up a character design or concept for a Puppet im making so i can see if its actually feasible to make? or i can start to problem solve how to make the character design work? i normally draw alot of Anime, but i am familiar with of course any other art style, im thinking i would have to work more in like American Style Cartoons right? cuz its alot of simple shapes and forms such and the like, does anyone have any advice?

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2024/11/14
07:41 UTC

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Can someone help me figure out how to make this similar mouth mech

Puppet mech

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkjjBO0t5Cg

i saw this guy make a similar Slimer puppet, and im thinking to hide those mouth seams i was gonna give it a little bit more slack, with some of those extra wrinkles on his chin to make it look more seamless, but is it a general basic hand operated mouth plate, what do you guys think

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2024/11/14
05:13 UTC

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Never wanted to be on camera so thanks to Puppet Nerd's tutorials (shout-out) ayh re-cast me with ...me

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2024/11/13
01:02 UTC

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Coach Brick Headstrong launches new family friendly fitness game show - "Guess That Muscle!"

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2024/11/11
18:16 UTC

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Jimmy Grimes Puppetry book not turning up in the mail

I bought the book 2 months ago and it hasn’t shown up. I emailed, messaged on ig, fb, and checked his twitter (I’m not calling it X 😂)… and nothing. Then I went to comment on his most recent ig post and saw many others have been waiting on their books too! Wtf.. and just checked Reddit and nothin. So here I am.

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2024/11/11
08:56 UTC

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Puppetnerd website not working

Hi, so i wanted to make a sackpuppet for a school project. Puppetnerd has some amazing video's about creating puppets but their website isn't working. Because of this i cant get their pattern on the sackpuppet.

Is there any other way to get to it or does anyone have the pattern?

Kind regards :)

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2024/11/10
11:56 UTC

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Sub specifically about Puppet Building

Hello everyone, I created a subreddit where we can discuss puppet making specifically: r/Puppet_Fabrication

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2024/11/09
22:23 UTC

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Groucho says get out and vote! Election 2024

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2024/11/06
02:32 UTC

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3d printing head of a sac puppet

Quick question for the experts, would a 3d printed head on a sac puppet cause any issues or has it been done previously?

I'm concerned that a more solid head rather then reticulated foam would cause it to look too stiff?

Any advice I'm trying to utilise my 3d printing knowledge to make it an easier process while making a live hand puppet

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2024/11/03
05:32 UTC

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How do I get into puppetry?

Hello! I have always loved puppets and am curious on how I can get into puppetry as a hobby? I have been doing some googling and I'm not sure how to start.

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2024/11/03
03:12 UTC

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Lost puppet show please help

I’m looking for a puppet show that for sure aired in the early 2000s and all I remember from it is a blue Elmo looking character with pigtails (not fraggle rock I checked) and she had a denim dress I think? She also had a bird friend who was supposed to be a rock star or something does anyone remember this show?

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2024/10/28
16:07 UTC

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What are thoughts on “Gutboy”?

Happened across this movie. It’s amazing - lots of tongue in cheek, but the puppetry is fascinating. Particularly the songs sung by an ensemble of prostitutes. Just want to know if anyone else has seen this or other projects by these folks?

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2024/10/26
01:53 UTC

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Eric P's Halloween Story - The Magician

This is my puppet channel with Eric. I'm an aspiring screenwriter and I decided why not use my puppet and write some scripts. I cover various strange and odd topics with Eric. If you want some ideas on starting a youtube channel feel free to give my channel a visit. Any support would be greatly appreciated 😁

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2024/10/25
20:55 UTC

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It's there a the name for this kind of puppet?

So I've seen a type of rod puppet where it's arms and hands are controlled by a single user. Sometimes each limb is directly connected to the user but around about the puppets shoulders it's connected / controlled by the user.

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2024/10/23
00:58 UTC

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Puppet suit I designed of a character I saw in my dreams, his name is flan ☺️ would this be a good suit puppet? 🤔

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2024/10/22
07:12 UTC

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Tips on puppetry

I'm starting a YT channel hosted my Muppet style puppet Teddy Fuzzman (still hasn't been made yet) and I'm a complete beginner to puppetry is there any major tips you could think of performance wise ?

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2024/10/21
12:41 UTC

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Son of a Bitch (Everything’s Fine) - Ronnie Gross Jr

Hey everyone! My name is Ronnie Gross Jr, and I am a musician down here in Orlando, Florida!

I just released a music video for my song, Son of a Bitch (Everything’s Fine), with the help of some fantastic puppeteers, Elmwood Productions, from Bristol, Connecticut! We would love if you would watch and let us know what you think!

Thanks!

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2024/10/18
19:39 UTC

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