Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 07:09:58 -0500
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Eye mechs: easier than we think


The eyes are cool, but I am very impressed with the inflatable body of
the ostrich.  How small a box does he fit into and how much does it
weigh?

On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 10:34 PM, Steve Axtell <steve-AT-axtell.com> wrote:
> Here are some blinkers, surprise, and a winker on
> our ostrich.  http://www.axtell.com/ostrich.html
>
> Ax
>
>
> HAt 07:04 PM 1/7/2009, Mathieu René wrote:
>>Hobey wrote:
>> >That warrants a look into how vent figures achieve that, for eye
>>controls are among the hardest to make, personally.   Marionette eyes
>>are intriguing as well.   Bil Baird's eye controls blew my mind, the
>>legs and knee joints as well but they aren't nearly as baffling as
>>eyes.  There are at least four unfinished eye mechanisms sitting next
>>to my work bench.
>>------------------------
>>
>>I needed much better insight about eye mechanisms last summer, for a short
>>film puppet.
>>So I got Mike Brose's book "Figure Making Can be Fun?!?".
>>
>>For the short film, we ended up using a much more simplified system than
>>first planned, but we definitely got inspired by Mike's book. The
>>instructions in it are very clear. I'm glad to have that book in my library,
>>I know I can count on it for the next time I get a mechanical movement in a
>>puppet head.
>>
>>Inner head mechanics are more complex than simple elbows or knees, but given
>>proper time, patience and precision, they are not as complicated as they
>>seem at first.
>>
>>For me, the hardest aspects so far have been to insert such mechanics inside
>>very small heads, and to fit the moving eyes seamlessly with the eyelids,
>>especially articulated eyelids ("blinkers", in the vent lingo).
>>
>>
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