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Re: What's Your Favorite Stan Winston School Course?

The most influential course for me has been Shannon Shea's "Business of Making Monsters" series. I've already preached it a lot but even though I ended up in quite a different industry, it really taught me a lot about presenting my artsy work in a professional manner - and I thought before I was doin' alright!

In terms of getting hands on with things, there's no way my Halo 3 Engineer puppet would've turned out as well as it did without BJ Guyer's assorted puppet courses. From there I learnt a variety of ways to texture, carve, seal, paint and add decor to upholstery foam puppets.

Thanks Shea and Guyer, as well as all the other tutors at Stan Winston!

Alexander H

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Muffin Puppet Short Film Test

Hello all!

Last year my wife and I purchased @Bj Guyer 's foam puppet DVD's. I build and muffin and Jane built a cupcake. I soon got the idea to do a "Honeymooners" type short to test out our new video camera. After building the set, I shot a rough test to work out Performance, lighting, angles & set.I was going to wait and post the finished product but I have hit my busy season and the final shoot will have to wait until fall. Here are some stills of the set and puppets. I need to upload the rough cut to YouTube later today and get up here.

David DeMattia

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Re: Muffin Puppet Short Film Test

Thank you @Matt Winston . I got worried for a minute about copyright infringement. When things slow down, we will start shooting. We loved BJ's class!

David DeMattia

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Re: Illustration for H. P. Lovecraft's novel "At the Mountains of Madness"

Wow, love it!

/Chris

Chris Ellerby

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Illustration for H. P. Lovecraft's novel "At the Mountains of Madness"

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Valery Petelin

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Re: Muffin Puppet Short Film Test

We dusted off the puppets this week and looking for a place to shoot. Hopefully we'll have a finished video by summer!

David DeMattia

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Re: Muffin Puppet Short Film Test

Ya know the down fall of being creative is seeing these creations in many more dimensions than what the norm may see or hear. This one made me smile more ways than one.

Kahula

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Re: Prosthetic on a tattooed skin

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Thank you so much! Yes!! Pretty much all over the prosthetic, it was like this before coloring it

Bathoryfx

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Re: What's Your Favorite Stan Winston School Course?

Can't decide between Richard Landon's "Animatronics Design Basics" and "How to make Animatronic Characters" by Rick Lazzarini.

Richard Landon's course was my introduction into the amazing world of character fx and will always be precious to me, I enjoyed every second of it!

Praise Kelechi

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What's Your Favorite Stan Winston School Course?

With so many great courses here at the Stan Winston School of Character Arts, we've all had that one course that really clicked, the one that inspired you, leveled up your skills, or sent you straight into the shop to start building.

We'd love to hear about your favorite course!

Tell us:

Which specific course is your favorite
What you enjoyed most about it (the techniques, the instructor, the project, the "aha!" moment)
How it influenced your work or creative process

And if you have photos of something you made that was inspired by that course, please share them! Seeing how people apply what they've learned is one of the best parts of this community.

Whether you're a longtime member or just getting started, jump in and let us know which course left the biggest impression on you.

Looking forward to seeing what everyone shares!

/Chris

Chris Ellerby

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