See previous post about the Challenge.

Where I left you last was having just completed two shadow puppet prototypes and a test video. Since then, I’ve basically done all craft-wise. I had hoped to begin work on one of my other prototype products, but got into a bit of crafting block; sometimes, your hands just don’t want to do what you need them to do.

Because of that, I’ve needed to take a break from making stuff. I’d like to say I’ve made progress on the SOP web design too, but alas, I’ve hit a wall.

It’s safe to say that I haven’t done much of anything for several days; although really, it’s just me having a ‘weekend’, since I usually do some form of work over the weekends. (Eh, that’s my excuse anyway )

Actually, what I have been doing is a lot of reading, mainly on topics that will result in a few ideas for character designs. I have already narrowed down the themes, so this reading is just about me finding something inspirational enough that fits into those categories. I have split the number of designs in half (22 characters overall, 11 to start with), so that at least I can make a start on developing patterns. I have about half of that already worked out, I just have to find a few more things and I can begin tying up the few last problems before completely building new puppets. (Technically speaking, researching for new character designs counts as my craft-making, but I got severely side-tracked with reading a particularly fascinating - and very long - forum on an unrelated subject… so I didn’t get all that much done)

In other news, my seahorse shadow puppet has been featured in an Etsy Treasury. Check it out, along with some other seahorse related cool stuff: http://www.etsy.com/treasury/ODQ4MjMxMHwzMTg4NDQ2OTg/seahorses-at-play.