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Style Updates 11 - Finishing Touches

As I’m currently writing this blog, the ‘master puppet’ or “KSP” (Kyle Samuels Puppet) has been completed.

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Style Updates 9 - Stronger, Better, Faster

The major goal of this change was to knock out as many issues, and implement some future proofing to the puppet where possible.

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Funnily enough, the style sheet revision was a late addition

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Today’s blog is a teaser for the next short film in production. Currently it’s titled “Mr. Facebook”

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Last year, I started working on longer form content (still hate to call it that)

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When I started looking through my sketchbook for the last sketch dump, I was kind of shocked at just how much doodling and concept work I did

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Today’s blog is about a big change I’m making to my puppets. The hands are an important part of a character’s design…

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The process of making Toonboom puppets is never a smooth or seamless process.

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I’ve been working on longer shorts for a few months now, and a few weeks ago I finally finished the first one.

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The pre-production process is probably one of the most important parts of the overall short film process