How to make puppet eyes blink: Part Two

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Well, I was all set to do an updated version of my blinking eyes tutorial, but realised I didn’t know how best to improve on my building technique - and it did need improvement! And then Tom from Puppeteers Unite did a video tutorial on it: and that solved my problem. So instead of reinventing the wheel, I’m posting his video. However, there were some clear problems with both the tutorial and my application of the instructions.

Read Part Three here. Please read both this post and Part Three, as in the comments of the other post, Tom goes into explaining the reasons why my version came out wrong, and what elements were not mentioned in the original video. You may also want to read about placement of eyes on a puppet, or making puppet noses.

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