I used to love the Simpsons. I am not sure whether I will go see their movie in a theater, but I definitely love the avatar-creation feature on their website.

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IMG_3385.JPG, originally uploaded by ogaudemar.

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IMG_3383.JPG, originally uploaded by ogaudemar.

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IMG_3224.JPG, originally uploaded by ogaudemar.

]]> http://stretchorama.com/2007/05/14/safety-first/feed/ http://stretchorama.com/2007/04/29/editing-music-videos/ http://stretchorama.com/2007/04/29/editing-music-videos/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2007 01:13:14 +0000 Sarah http://stretchorama.com/2007/04/29/editing-music-videos/ I edited some YouTube music videos for Io Perry:

a little lamb puppet, originally uploaded by swedotorp.

I put this puppet together out of an old puppet and some other pieces I had from an old animated show I worked on. I don’t know yet how I am going to use him, but he’s too cute not to use.

phase 2, originally uploaded by swedotorp.

The progression of the character. But still far from done…

work in progress, originally uploaded by swedotorp.

I want to lighten up the color and make it less orange and add a face and some strands of hair. But the body is almost finished. I made the arms and legs by twisting armature wire, wrapping them in wire mesh and then heat shrinking black tubing over that. Then I J-B Kwiked (can I use that as a verb?) them to the body. Tiedowns are attached to the legs with latex and the hands are latex as well.

I borrowed heavily from the Aardman design for their sheep legs.

A few screws here and there, et voila: