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Tag: The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance

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‘All this is not to do with animatronics. It’s to do with characters’

Posted onNovember 9, 2022

How one animatronics designer and puppeteer has made his way into the world of Star Wars, Dark Crystal and more.

Dark Crystal
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DNEG and the ‘Dark Crystal’

Posted onApril 10, 2020May 16, 2020

A puppetry, VFX and CG breakdown.

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
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Giant pill bugs as wheels, multiple puppeteers in greenscreen, and a fast moving carriage…no worries

Posted onOctober 1, 2019May 23, 2020

How that insane carriage rescue in ‘The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance’ was pulled off with VFX by DNEG.

Replicating the puppeteering process
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Replicating the puppeteering process, in CG

Posted onSeptember 28, 2019May 23, 2020

How DNEG tapped into practical puppetry in delivering digital characters for ‘The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance’.

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
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‘My right hand is in the head, my left hand operates the left arm, and my assistant puppeteer is tucked under my right armpit’

Posted onAugust 28, 2019May 23, 2020

Puppeteering the puppets of ‘The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance’.

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