Motion Folk

Sometimes I make puppets. Sometimes I make videos with puppets in them.

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Here’s the story behind that amazing Google doodle from Thursday

If you think Walt Disney was the first person to create a feature length animated film you’re wrong. The first person to do it was a woman – Lotte Reiniger. See more about how her silhouette stop motion worked.

Gifs: Nat and Lo

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Someday she'll look less like an alien.

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I've trimmed the nose down since this photo was taken.

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the witch’s son

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Thanks to Evange sews for the tutorial on box pleated skirts and the pattern I adapted for the blouse.

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Welcome to Coney Island Kevin!

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Finished the puppet head! Click the photo to see a video of him being painted.

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Nostrum, Keeper of Forgotten Things.

Lives on Claw Mountain, Thra, near to Bah-Lem Valley where the Skeksis live. 

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An elderly woman has received a puppet that she controls so as to feed squirrels at their own level. She frequents Washington Square Park in New York City. There’s a man who makes the marionettes and puts on shows. He made this woman in marionette form.