PuppetVision Archives: Monday Morning Inspiration

23 Jan 2012 Monday Morning Inspiration: Underwater Dragon Dance

Today is the first day of the Chinese New Year and the beginning of the Chinese Spring Festival. Lion and Dragon dances featuring giant puppets are a staple of the festivities in Chinese communities around the world, but to celebrate the Year of the Water Dragon children in Bangkok were recently treated to a special,...

19 Dec 2011 Christmas Inspiration: A Krampus Parade

Christmas parades in Alpine Regions like Austria and Bavaria are a little different from what most of us are used to in the rest of the world. There every December rowdy young men dress up like the Krampus and roam the streets with rusty chains and bells, scaring the bejeezes out of little kids....

05 Dec 2011 Monday Afternoon Inspiration: Amazing mechanical arms

When I was working in Taiwan recently I saw traditional Taiwanese glove and rod puppets that did amazing things like fight with swords, twirl staffs and even pluck arrows from quivers to shoot at targets (I hope to have some video of that up here very soon). These “trick puppets” are ingeniously designed to be...

28 Nov 2011 Monday Morning Inspiration: Zack Ryder

At first glance, it might seem a bit odd to put a professional wrestler here for inspiration, but I think there’s a lot you can learn from Matthew Cardona, who performs for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) under the name Zack Ryder. Although his WWE tenure started out strong – in his rookie year he was...

03 Oct 2011 Monday Morning Inspiration: John K’s Simpsons Couch Gag

Animation legend John Kricfalusi animated the opening “couch gag” on The Simpsons last night. It’s was a special surprise and done in John K’s signature style and full of lots of delicious, over-the-top animation. You can see some of the sketches and concept art for the sequence on John’s blog....

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