Pupil Material

[D'Snowth]

Out of curiosity, what material is usually used for eye pupils? It looks a bit too smooth to be felt or fleece.

 

[ploobis]

Out of curiosity, what material is usually used for eye pupils? It looks a bit too smooth to be felt or fleece.

I use to hand paint the pupils on my puppets eyes but now a days I use black felt with sticky paper on the other side to peal off and stick on the eye ball. You can also use felt tabs.

I hope this helps.

 

[D'Snowth]

I usually hand-design the pupils myself (usually with different colored Sharpie markers), but I couldn't help but wonder what this material is that is used as pupils on Muppets and such.

I actually assumed it had some kind of adhesive on the back to make them removable and such.

 

[practicecactus]

Just about everyone here uses those little adhesive felt dots to put under stuff so it's doesn't scratch shinny surfaces.
I've just cut circles out of black electrical tape. Puts a little shine on the pupil, which I dig.

 

[Jinx]

I often use self-adhesive vinyl. I used to work in a sign shop and I plotted several hundred of them in a few sizes. I like them because they're perfectly round, incredibly thin (2 mil) and nice and shiny. Similar to the afore-mentioned electrician's tape, but much more accurate and easier to apply.

 

[SesameKermie]

I use the foam 'dots' that scrapbooker's use to raise items up off a page. They're pre-cut, and (at least the ones I found) come in black and are self-adhesive.

 

[Buck-Beaver]

Another fun material to use is adhesive felt (that may not be it's proper name). They sell it through Astronomy supply stores and you can usually source it online.