Learn what it takes to make dynamic-looking characters in your puppet designs. Let the puppet pros show you how different shapes & colors affect your character's mood & up your design game.
Do you want to create production-quality videos and live streams for your puppet characters? We're here to help!
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Have you ever wanted to stream puppetry content live, or build yourself a humble (or not-so-humble) home studio setup? The folks from the Gen Con Puppetry Program are here to help you figure out cameras, lighting, monitors, workflows, streaming software, you name it for your puppet productions! Bring questions, we've got answers!
Pro puppet builders will discuss the various types of arm-rod construction with methods and benefits of each. (That's the stick that the puppeteer holds to control the hands) Ask questions!
Puppet building pros with seriously great credits will talk about various puppet building techniques, such as the wedge method, flat patterning, sculpting, and more!
Pro puppet builders will discuss the various types of mouth-plate construction with methods and benefits of each. (That's the bit that the puppeteer holds onto inside a puppet.) Ask questions!
Join a delightful conversation with Victor Yerrid about his adventures in film and television. From The Jim Henson Company to Adult Swim and all of the silly in between, there's load of fun to be had!
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Stacey Gordon will be interviewing Victor Yerrid about all of the amazing things he's done and where he'd like to go next! From an internship to Sesame Street to working on shows like Bear in the Big Blue House, Crank Yankers, Sid the Science Kid, Robot Chicken, and Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance and working in films like Team America World Police and Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Victor Yerrid's career has brought him to oh so many wonderful places! Come find out why he's one of the nicest puppeteers in all of puppetland!