Roxie the video vixen.

Roxie the video vixen.

What an incredible opportunity I had to work on a fun little woman named Roxie.  The client wanted her to scream sex appeal (as much as a puppet can), and I think I pulled it off.  This build, like many as of late, was FULL of challenges and skills I had never used before.  So many fun details made this project a blast.

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The first big new thing about this project was the use of a closed cell foam to add extra support to the top of the head, for her heavy hair, and on the body to support her bust.  Speaking of which, I chose to use a solid plastic under structure for her breasts instead of foam so that would look like a fake boob job.  Applying the fleece skin layer to them was NOT an easy task.  It took some very careful patterning and gluing to make them perfectly smooth all over.

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I had a decent budget for this project, so I didn’t spare on cute accessories.  Especially these cool fake nails.

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I added the fleece covering to the entire puppet and start pinning on and experimenting with features.

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Finally, its time to add clothing and all of those fun accessories.  I bought her clothes and modified them myself to make them form fitting and fun looking, her top and her black skirt sandwich her exposed stomach with a cute belly button ring!

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Here we have the completed puppet!  I love her hair.  Everything about this project turned out well.  I had the pupils custom designed and printed.  I put a lot of time into those flirty eyes. including four renditions of them before settling on the final look.  Seen in the last picture.

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Just remember, if you need custom building work done, email me [email protected]

 

My trip to Sesame Workshop!

My trip to Sesame Workshop!

I was invited to attend the 2014 Sesame Street puppeteer workshop, and boy did I have the time of my life.  The trip to New York City was hectic and filled with delays and cancelled flights, but I made it

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Meeting the talented puppeteers behind some of my favorite characters was definitely a highlight.  As was seeing how the workshop offices were decorated!  So much memorabilia and toys lined the walls and shelves, and the otherwise plain, black walls of the hallways were decorated with elaborate chalk drawings of the characters! 1511720_10200573167730200_334009803_n1654254_10200573167610197_1384363777_n1794634_10200573172490319_1139801700_n1780793_10200579598490965_336034641_n1798809_10200573169290239_905659170_n

Matt Vogel, Marty Robinson and Peter Linz were the workshop instructors and drilled us each day with puppetry techniques as well as character development and acting exercises!  What a fantastic group of down to earth people.  And so funny!

Of course, my favorite part was getting to meet two of my very favorite Sesame Street residences… Telly Monster and Count Von Count!

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Everyone there was so talented.  I felt so honored to be part of the closely knit group.  I met some really amazing people from all over the country and definitely hope to bump into many of them again!   As a small side note, I have some AWESOME pictures from my trip, but due to the expressed request of Sesame Workshop, I am unable to post them.

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