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The most complicated version required a team of three operators working collaboratively to puppeteer (see next slide). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62363175f792b91c0be48264/509bef71-9d64-4796-bd83-5295eeffc9e7/Screen+Shot+2023-02-07+at+4.56.50+PM.png Work - RC, Creatures, and Puppets A sample background and light rigged up for rehearsal purposes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62363175f792b91c0be48264/34b01586-c38e-48ca-a729-fc39bd097981/full+bod.png Work - RC, Creatures, and Puppets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62363175f792b91c0be48264/c832cdca-4472-4d8b-ba11-415e155a0d5a/serpent+in+progress.png Work - RC, Creatures, and Puppets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62363175f792b91c0be48264/441ed3d3-38e1-4655-8894-533338641e37/3.png Work - RC, Creatures, and Puppets Preliminary animatronics design ideas I drew up for another character, Woolworth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62363175f792b91c0be48264/50fdc943-50ed-4002-9362-2661585aae68/3.JPEG Work - RC, Creatures, and Puppets Myself, Jonny Weaver, and Jack Yaman puppeteer the plant directed by Lucas Saunders. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62363175f792b91c0be48264/49a29aa7-a79b-4935-affa-1a85a50e8d2b/fluffmech_design.png Work - RC, Creatures, and Puppets The first draft of mechanical designs for the primary creature I worked on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62363175f792b91c0be48264/1675807536172-CGZD4VWIAZHFC8ODDM05/IMG_1596.jpg Work - RC, Creatures, and Puppets Shadow puppets organized by shot at staging https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62363175f792b91c0be48264/84af03ad-8ea6-457a-ada8-5d9710101927/inside+head.png Work - RC, Creatures, and Puppets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62363175f792b91c0be48264/e960436c-b8a4-4077-82d9-93738f56b00d/2waytentacle.png Work - RC, Creatures, and Puppets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62363175f792b91c0be48264/baa18bda-2b88-4d4e-a792-3b6961eb0fa0/4.png Work - RC, Creatures, and Puppets Working in with such a small space required a lot of unique problem solving, such as removing the eye mechanisms of a minion toy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62363175f792b91c0be48264/e9be7ca0-c073-478b-978e-ffeda8f7b194/4.png Work - RC, Creatures, and Puppets The inner workings of one version of the plant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62363175f792b91c0be48264/db3ff01e-5d0b-4ce1-a120-bbbe3e681f09/fluffmech.png Work - RC, Creatures, and Puppets The wing mech mid-build. The creature's skeleton was a combination of wood, foam, and brass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62363175f792b91c0be48264/1675807499281-WDBV3D9CUI08RVQLABMP/IMG_1600.jpg Work - RC, Creatures, and Puppets Puppeteers Lucas Saunders, Dani Mann, and Jonny Weaver working on a shot https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62363175f792b91c0be48264/5d4b659b-7476-47bb-8a20-099194c6b031/lil+guy.png Work - RC, Creatures, and Puppets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62363175f792b91c0be48264/e8fee1a1-773e-40f8-9ad1-f0a3341b4d66/4waytentacle.png Work - RC, Creatures, and Puppets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62363175f792b91c0be48264/b56e10e1-0059-48cd-8792-1d8eb4ca1240/2.JPG Work - RC, Creatures, and Puppets After making the robotic skeleton, we passed the flowers to the art department to be covered in latex and airbrushed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62363175f792b91c0be48264/81ad7b84-0717-4184-a057-e5be2a30a07e/fluffsculpt.png Work - RC, Creatures, and Puppets The more organic shapes of the creature were sculpted in clay and painted with latex to give a skin-like texture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62363175f792b91c0be48264/2fbd33f4-ed35-4a4f-b19e-ea7013c51fad/servobracketstl.png Work - RC, Creatures, and Puppets Custom servo bracket modeled in Fusion 360 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62363175f792b91c0be48264/4418b4c8-392c-430d-9f55-4c7ff00afe05/serpentcontrols.png Work - RC, Creatures, and Puppets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62363175f792b91c0be48264/48df72cf-2c77-49f9-b290-18e1f880c9ad/tgats+monster+concepts.png Work - RC, Creatures, and Puppets concept sketches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62363175f792b91c0be48264/acbf7905-fec3-4f7b-959b-bc7aa8db07f5/peeps+at+monitor.jpg Work - RC, Creatures, and Puppets Puppeteers Jonny Weaver, Bri Lanzen, and Lucas Saunders at monitor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62363175f792b91c0be48264/926c4fa0-3253-4d49-8dda-41bff741fd41/DSC05911.jpg Work - RC, Creatures, and Puppets Shots of me on set puppeteering a hand puppet creature. 1/2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62363175f792b91c0be48264/1675807219923-JDTBX70BX4VJ0H6F0XG3/IMG_1604.jpg Work - RC, Creatures, and Puppets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62363175f792b91c0be48264/53ed159a-5468-40e4-b22e-f10bf20837ee/handstl.png Work - RC, Creatures, and Puppets Magnetic hand attachments modeled in Fusion 360 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62363175f792b91c0be48264/8fa1f3c7-d3ba-4d9f-83ae-56c260a7494d/VERDE-02864.jpg Work - RC, Creatures, and Puppets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62363175f792b91c0be48264/685dbb7e-efb6-4074-8998-3a5d807afa90/DSC05904.jpg Work - RC, Creatures, and Puppets 2/2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62363175f792b91c0be48264/9105e71d-6050-46ea-93f7-0cbc9a9d69e1/Costume.jpg Work - RC, Creatures, and Puppets A movement test from the early stages of costume construction. 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