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I'm sure this isn't how he really works, but it would probably achieve the same effect if you got a rigid v-shaped piece and put half of it outside Beaker's head (for the mouth) and half of it inside the head. Then, all you would have to do is push on it with your palm, and his mouth would...

Hey, Mooniteman. My first puppet, too was a dinosaur (they don't have any annoying fur). Here are some picture of him: http://animuppetry.blogspot.com/2008/12/meet-schubert.html I am one of those bad puppet makers that makes patterns on the fly and then doesn't save them (which I know will...

Hi, guys--I'm in the city, on the South Side. I'd love to meet up, too, so let me know if you're planning something!

Onath, I really like your puppets. I think that your original video is well shot, but it seems to play on the college stereotype that doesn't really exist. I just graduated from college (though mine was defined by nerdiness, not the typical college scene), and I think that your dorm idea...

I really like the gorilla, too. You did a great job. Iceland--wow. Cool country, I hear (pun definitely intended).

Holy schmoly--he does! Good catch. Nice puppet...I like the mustache.

Pumpkin seeds are one of those foods that, when put in front of me, I eat compulsively. For some reason, even if I'm full, I'll keep eating them. Sunflower seeds are a bit too much work when they have the shell still on them. They used to rip up my mouth when I'd chew them in Little League...

I'm glad to see another Dickens fan on the thread! Great Expectations is one of my favorite books of all time. Currently, I'm working on War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy), which I've been trying to finish for about a year now, and The Guns of August (Barbara Tuchman).

The Adventures of Milo & Otis, because I haven't seen that movie since I was about 10 years old.

Great work--I really like the eyes and the donut shapes that you use to emphasize them. I'm very impressed at how similar your final products are to your original drawings. I feel like my stuff is pretty ad hoc, and the final product is often drastically different than the starting plan...

Pixar's Cars

In viewing a lot of the production photos that puppet makers have put up on the internet, I've seen a lot of carved foam with no fabric (a la Gonzo's face :concern:), and I was wondering what the best way is to accomplish that. When I use scissors, no matter how careful I am, it is always a bit...

It's funny you say that. When I decided to make him, I started looking for reference pictures for a T-Rex, and the one that I found that I liked the best was a picture of the "Meet the Robinsons" T-Rex. ;)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was awesome. We used to fight over who could be Leonardo. Pac-Man, of course, is the classic that never ceases to entertain.

Hi, everyone--Merry Christmas! I'm new to puppetry, and for the last few weeks I've been working on my first puppets ever. I'm making two dinosaurs, and I just finished the first. He's a T-Rex, and my brother has been calling him "Schubert", so I guess that'll be his name. He was made with...

Here's the link to the actual website. I hadn't heard about it until I looked at your blog, Buck, but it sounds pretty funny. It looks like the puppet was knit. Is that true?

Hey--I just was figuring out the same thing about a week ago. I put up a blog post doing all the math. If you have a compass and a straightedge, it's not really hard at all to come up with a sphere pattern. Click here for the post

I was on my high school swim team, and there was a really big guy on it who told me that for some reason, while swimming builds muscle, it doesn't burn much fat. I took him at his word. Of course...whales probably have different reasons than people. ;) I feel like this one answers itself...

They used to have all those giant blow-up things that you could pick up for extra money. I remember one episode in particular where a woman at the end just filled the whole cart with hams. Good times...

What does a dyslexic, insomniac agnostic do? Stays up all night wondering if there's a dog.