After a bit of a hiatus while we worked on The River, an animation to the song River of Snot by The Arrogant Worms (released here on April 29th), we’re back in earnest, moving forward with our next film, Mary and The Looking Glass. Working on other projects and without the time and resources (aka…
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The Twisted Tales for Demented Children World
After raging fires consume much of the city, residents seek shelter wherever they can find it – many fleeing to underground sanctuary. The world is introduced to a new weapon of terror and destruction so horrific it cracks open a rift between what is real and what is imagined. Children are separated from their parents,…
Mary has her debut at Comic Expo
We’re busy getting ready for this year’s Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo which starts in less than 2 weeks. Comic Expo has exploded into one of the go-to events of the year in Calgary. Now the 6th largest in North America, it attracted 60,000 visitors in 2013, a huge increase from its start 9 years…
Behind the scenes making puppet clothes with costumer Kim Crossley
Cutter/costumer Kim Crossley built the dress for Mary, the main character in our next film Through the Looking Glass. Here she answers a few questions about her background and creating clothes for puppets. How did you get started making clothing for puppets? My puppet costuming began in 1987 in Calgary when I met and began to…
Muybridge motion studies used as reference for puppet shoes
Alyssa has been making shoes for the new puppet in Through the Looking Glass using Eadweard Muybridge’s motion studies as reference; since they are solid shoes they are made to force the puppet’s foot into a stepping shape instead of having the foot dictate how the shoe bends. They are made this way because they…