[Tested] Adam Savage Meets Barnaby Dixon's Puppets!
Adam Savage welcomes puppeteer and animator Barnaby Dixon to the cave! We're big fans of Barnaby's inventive puppet design and puppeteering style, and he shares a few of his creations and shows how he brings them to life!
Now that's innovation!
What a cool development in puppeteering.
Thanks for sharing
I agree. I mean, puppeteering has been done forever and this guy kind of give personal twists that make it feel almost new again. I highly suggest also checking out his YouTube channel, such cool stuff going on
Something with the video I caught as well, I am not a huge Aliens buff so don't know the intricacies of the movies, but it was neat to find out that David Lynch had used puppets in Alien 3. Ended up finding this video
It's interesting that I'm realizing I have a bias towards puppetry in terms of thinking of it as low-tech. But in fact, the shadow puppets of old, and even the traditional marionettes were high tech for their times. At least, I now imagine them as such. I say this because I didn't think of the Alien's work as puppetry - but indeed it is! Nice association, @cryplectibles ! Man, Kermit has nothing on the Chestbuster Alien - wah!
Speaking of Marionette, I'll bet that Barnaby Dixon could do a great Bug from the Micronauts! The character he's showcasing here is already 80% there.
Cheeers!