All the features and behind a stop motion puppet and how we made it. Hollow head, moving eyes, hair, eyebrows, eyelids, replacement mouths, etc. Puppets must perform a wide range of movements and emotions, so at the end it is a piece of technology, craft and art to enable animators make them alive.
You could imagine I don't make to much wire armatures as I always show my ball and socket making... but, trust me, most of our stop motion shorts and commercials use to have simple armatures as they are quick to make and work perfect. Yes they are something you must know how to make if you want to make a stop motion movie so I want to share with you the way I make them.
Making moulds for a stop motion puppets hands and boots. Time consuming and lovely process at same time.
Isle of Dogs key animator reveals some of most used tricks to move accurately a stop motion puppet in a set using a Dob Stick or spike.