KanYe West and the Creature Shop

[SJohnson]

Anyone seen this: http://www.kanyeuniversecity.com/blog/?em3106=193134_-1__0_~0_-1_4_2008_0_0&em3161=&em3281=

 

[Ilikemuppets]

Ooh! Makes me almost want to go see his show to see the creatures!

 

[SJohnson]

Video of Creature Shop puppet for Kanye West

I managed to dig up some amateur video of the monster puppet Jim Henson's Creature Shop made for Kanye
West's Glow in the Dark Tour. Patrick and I were part of the small team that built this huge puppet. It was made out of foam and fiberglass, and built on a carbon fiber spine. The entire monster is covered in fabric, and has hand stitched wrinkles and veins running up and down it's body. It was built over a couple weeks at the Creature Shop in Burbank CA. You can't tell from the video, but it also has a long tail. The videos were shot on cell phones by concert goers, so bear with the low quality of the image - they look a bit better if you watch them in high quality. Enjoy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDs4jvxEz14

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iD2FP1TxARI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7Hkk-Qlcq8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7S4_OZkq5o

 

[The Shoe Fairy]

Some of the videos from that show are extraordinary. I would totally go to that concert, seems like the whole "Experience".

 

[Kiki]

Wowzer! That's... amazing!
The effects... the WHOLE friggin' thing!
Lol, I'd prolly go to the conert just fer the experience too(..although, I don't really like Kayne West's music ), that is so cool that you helped build the big puppet!

 

[cabbageheat]

The creature was great.

However, I couldn't help but laugh at the whole thing. . .why was Kenya West being eaten by a monster? I guess being out of the music scene for 20 years has had its affect. . .but it seemed rather silly and frankly stupid. Don't get me wrong, I'm not knocking the puppet, just the context.