You're his new best friend! And he'll love you with all 9 of his lives!
Now available in my eBay store!
Now available in my eBay store!
Wednesday, August 30, 2017
Tuesday, August 29, 2017
VIDEO: Kiss the Girl
It's finally done!
This video turned out to be a HUGE undertaking and a has been work in progress for much longer than I usually like, so I'm thrilled that it's finally been set loose into the world!
Since our "Date Night" Beauty and the Beast video in April, I've wanted to do more Disney-Inspired sketches with puppets taking the place of the animated characters. I made TONS of plans, drawings, and designs, but, inevitably, my favorite Mermaid won out and I've been piecing this BEAST together for a few months now.
For the curious few who have asked, I'm going to share a few details about the making of our little video here.
Plus, if I don't write it down now I will probably forget all of this myself...
For the curious few who have asked, I'm going to share a few details about the making of our little video here.
Plus, if I don't write it down now I will probably forget all of this myself...
One of my original concepts involved Ariel getting her legs from Ursula the Sea Witch, but not lungs so she'd be constantly dunking her head in water to breathe (buckets in the stable, pots on the dining room table, etc.) but that sounded time consuming and much more expensive than our non-existent budget allowed..
Once we figured out a do-able and solid concept for what this video was going to be about, the puppets were the very first thing I put together for this video. I assembled these guys a few months ago from some left over materials in the course of a slow week of client orders. They've been sitting on a rack waiting for a chance to make a SPLASH (Ha...pun) since!
The puppets are some of my favorites that I've built this year... and I've built a LOT of puppets in the last 8 months... I've been doing a (terrible, I know) Sebastian impression for years and have toyed with the idea of making a puppet version of him for a long time, so I jumped on the opportunity as soon as I knew I wanted him in the video. I had quite a collection of different reference photos for these three puppets, most of the pictures being the Audio-Animatronic versions of the characters from the "Journey of The Little Mermaid" ride in the Disney Parks. It's much easier to transfer something from 2-D to 3-D if someone already done the problem solving for you!
Once we figured out a do-able and solid concept for what this video was going to be about, the puppets were the very first thing I put together for this video. I assembled these guys a few months ago from some left over materials in the course of a slow week of client orders. They've been sitting on a rack waiting for a chance to make a SPLASH (Ha...pun) since!
The puppets are some of my favorites that I've built this year... and I've built a LOT of puppets in the last 8 months... I've been doing a (terrible, I know) Sebastian impression for years and have toyed with the idea of making a puppet version of him for a long time, so I jumped on the opportunity as soon as I knew I wanted him in the video. I had quite a collection of different reference photos for these three puppets, most of the pictures being the Audio-Animatronic versions of the characters from the "Journey of The Little Mermaid" ride in the Disney Parks. It's much easier to transfer something from 2-D to 3-D if someone already done the problem solving for you!
Audrey, who I think IS secretly a Disney Princess, pulled together all of our costumes from local Goodwills, with the exception of Ariel's wig and corset which, by sheer luck, happened to be on sale through Amazon Prime.
We filmed everything in just a few hours one evening on Blue Screen and I put a ridiculous 30+ hours into editing... that's crazy, even for me!
Also, Bloopers:
That's all the "Fun Facts" things I can think of, but I still can't see straight from all the editing...
If you liked the video be sure to share it around!
More coming soon,
Avery Jones
Friday, August 25, 2017
Wednesday, August 23, 2017
Monday, August 21, 2017
Last Week's Builds!
Last week was a busy week, then again, I say that every week...
I am in the middle of writing a massive script (more on that later) that required a lot of attention and sucked up a lot of my building time, but I was able to be SLIGHTLY productive in the last 7 days...
I am in the middle of writing a massive script (more on that later) that required a lot of attention and sucked up a lot of my building time, but I was able to be SLIGHTLY productive in the last 7 days...
These guys and more are available in my eBay store HERE, with more characters being added every week!
And these two little cuties!
"Winston" and "Marisol", built for Callaloo, an educational children's school and internet program.
I built another character for these guys a few months back and love working off of their cartoon designs!
I built another character for these guys a few months back and love working off of their cartoon designs!
The costumes were custom-made and tailored by Audrey Rushan, who is working some kind of sewing magic next to me as I type.
More writing, building, and general craziness on the way!
Avery
VIDEO: Make 'Em Laugh!
This song has been stuck in my head since February, maybe it'll be stuck in yours, too!
I should be forced to hand over my Theatre-Kid card for this one... I had no idea this song was from "Singin' in the Rain" until I saw a community theatre put on a production early this year...
The musical track and all the virtual "sets" have been ready to go on this video for months now, but I never made the time to film the guys' part of the song...
The original plan was to build an all-new character to sing this with Frankie, Hermie hadn't even crossed my mind, but sometimes laziness works in my favor...
One frustratingly slow week, I was determined to MAKE something and my filming procrastination disappeared for a few glorious hours and here we are!
Two more music videos are in the works, hopefully those won't take quite so long to hit the internet.
The musical track and all the virtual "sets" have been ready to go on this video for months now, but I never made the time to film the guys' part of the song...
The original plan was to build an all-new character to sing this with Frankie, Hermie hadn't even crossed my mind, but sometimes laziness works in my favor...
One frustratingly slow week, I was determined to MAKE something and my filming procrastination disappeared for a few glorious hours and here we are!
Two more music videos are in the works, hopefully those won't take quite so long to hit the internet.
Sunday, August 20, 2017
Tuesday, August 15, 2017
HUGE Funko Sale!
HUGE variety of items, with the possibility of Exclusive, Pre-Release, and Chase figures! Star Wars, Marvel, DC, Harry Potter, Doctor Who, and lots more!
If you're a collector, or know someone who is, check out this deal in my eBay store!
Monday, August 14, 2017
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