Animation and Video Life

While generative AI has increasingly made inroads into the visual entertainment industry, puppetry, and puppet making has one thing that keeps it relevant, the human component, both in the creative choices of design, and how each puppet is brought to life, according to Daniel Byrne, Creative Director of  Puppets Magic Studio, who I had the opportunity to interview recently....

Original Go!Animate Bat Storm scene (left).iClone AI reimagined Bat Storm scene.As mentioned in my introductory post to Building My Two Cartoon Web Series, Resident Dragon and Bat Storm, I'm also going to document the behind the scenes process for Bat Storm - starting with this post. Click the Resident Dragon link for the first behind the scenes post in that series.My Bat Storm ...

This will be the definitive version of my TET Avatar character rig.Following on from my introductory post to Building My Two Cartoon Web Series in this post I will be showing you the behind the scenes on the steps I'm following to draw and rig the first Resident Dragon character, TET, who is an avatar of myself.Typically you wouldn't start a web series by rigging characters but ...