Need a puppet. Suggestions on where to start pay or make my own.

[DrRobFur]

So I am a novice at animation and am learning as I go here. I am in a band tyhat wants to start doing some music videos ands/or podcasts or posters etc. I want to get the band "puppets". There are five of us. I am sure there are inexpensive or even free apps/web sites where I can upload an image and have it caertoonized ( if that is a word haha). So my questions are:

1.What does a puppet file have to be? Can be literaly anything that comes out of photoshop? So I get someone to draw a cartoon of each of us and then strick it in phjtoshop etc.

2. Are there sites out there that will take a photo and turn it into a cartoon that you would suggest?

3. I am sure there are peopel to pay out there but we do not have a lot of money which is why I am learning these programs.

Any sugestions would be great help.

Rob

[ElectroPuppet]

Hi Rob,

You can't just use any image from Photoshop (or Illustrator). You need to create elements in clearly labeled layers and folders. I suggest you watch some of the fantastic youtube tutorials Okay Samurai has created. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCksFMvX6ym2dM5GkUkTT93g

You can commission a puppet (or purchase a premade puppet) on various sites (including ours). Checkout the 3rd party link on the Adobe site;

https://character.adobelanding.com/thirdparty/

Hope that helps and good luck!

[Katias]

Hi, Rob!

There is a feature in Adobe Character Animator that is called Characterizer. Using Characterizer you can turn yourself into an animated puppet in no time. You can read more about the Characterizer here: https://helpx.adobe.com/adobe-character-animator/using/characterizer.html. 

Another way to get a puppet is to find free puppets on the other websites (like our Nelson puppet) or purchase a premium puppet (like Albert and Roger puppets). Of course, it will not be the puppets representing yourself but some other characters.

Otherwise, you can always use a service and ask for a custom puppet.

Hope it helps.

AnimationGuides.com Team