Failed Experiment #2

After a talk with Martin, I thought I had finally figured out what to do. I ran to Michael’s, bought some jewelry (jewelling?) wire, some hockey tape from the Canadian Tire, and made a very simple puppet. This is my first build-up puppet ever, and the process was very frustrating. I vaguely referenced THIS tutorial, because I wasn’t even entirely sure of what I was doing anyway. 

I decided I wanted to do some acting with my puppet first, as opposed to just straight up animating to my storyboard. Just a little test drive. I came up with this:

And well, it doesn’t look as bad as I thought it would. Build up puppets and stop motion aren’t my cup of tea YET, but I am certainly not scared to try either anymore. This was a good first experience, and it helped me realize what the next step in my project was