News Flash!!

Dateline Deerfield Township, Ohio USA........I just wanted to tell everyone, They posted an article I submitted about the latest news at the ToonAsylum studios on our local Cincinnati.com community website. Check it out here.

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Now back to our regularly scheduled blog.....

Puppet build step 2.0

Okay, had some time today to work on the foam head shape. I'm trying out the ProjectPuppet Rotondo pattern for the first time. It seems to be a good shape so far.

The photo above shows the head with a few "ears" that I pinned on just to see if I was going in the right direction.

I then carved out a rough shape for his big nose out of 3" thick block foam I had and pinned that in place. Starting to look like a human now huh?

Next I dropped in a couple of ping pong eyeballs. And now he looks kinda like the Jeep from Popeye the sailor cartoons...I'm hoping this will change once I get the flesh colored fleece over the foam.

Puppet build step 1.0

OK, time for a new puppet build. This is going to be a series of blogs walking you through the steps that I take when I build a new character.

Step 1.

I always start with a drawing or sketch on paper of what the character I want is going to look like. This way I always have a reference to guild me during the build and make sure I stay on track. The character I've decided on is Viktor. He is a shortorder cook from the former Czechloslovakia. He speaks with broken english with a strong Czech accent. Oh and he's also an HUGE fan of David Hasselhoff....LOL

I like to flesh out my characters background too, his personality , his likes and dislikes...I know it's strange but it's what I do. So, here is my initial drawing of Viktor.

CafePress custom merchandise

Here are a few Toon Asylum cast member pictures I created for my CafePress account. It's a website that you can design custom printed items t-shirts, mugs, clocks, cards, etc. I'll be posting a link as soon as I get my shop up and running.

www.thetoonasylum.com

Coming soon the ALL NEW ToonAsylum website...

http://TheToonAsylum.com

ToonAsylum becomes a blogger

Hey everyone, this is Ran from the ToonAsylum studios. I've finally jumped onboard the blogger express with my very first entry. I really never thought I was much of a blog person(I guess we'll find out soon enough). Since I'm kinda new to this ....what exactly is a "blog" anywhy???



Well Wikipedia states " A blog (a contraction of the term "Web log") is a web site, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or videos. " Ok, so here's to hoping I can make this an exciting place to tell everyone the latest news and to keep up on what my fellow bloggers are up to.