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Base & walls : Wood [60 x 60 x 60 cm]

Interior and Exterior Props : Wood

Smaller Props : might 3D print / cheaper option [E.g Bottles, Cups]

Posters/Prints : Paper

Lighting : Staging lights, fairy lights

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Raw Audio

might add some background bar sfx

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Puppet designing & exploring colour options

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Puppet designing & exploring colour options

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For the puppet armatures I will most likely be using balsa wood and soft wire, along with a polyurethane-based glue so that the metal adheres to the porous wood surface without any risk of coming loose or popping out.

With the characters being hard-shelled crustaceans it doesn't make much sense for them to appear to have a 'soft' surface such as needlefelt - instead, I'll probably go for a hard painted surface allowing for more intricate detail and a more realistic "shelly" look.

PROS & CONS OF PAINT OPTIONS

ACRYLIC:

+Shiny look

+Ease of application

+Fairly quick to mix new colours

+Precise Detail

+Ease of access

-Prone to scuff/dent

-Brush marks

-Gloopy

-Might need multiple coats - unless thin-coat with wood grain looks good? Depends?

SPRAY/AIRBRUSH:

+Airbrushed, smooth finish

+Used in industry

+Soft edges - can easily "shade"

-Expensive finicky setup

(not sure if the uni has resources for this so I'll have to check)

-Toxic fumes - will need PPE/respirator

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Face plates will look great but may be choppy unless I manually carve out some "inbetweens" to put in. It may also need more digital touch-up to remove the seam lines - however, crabs have a sort of face plate in the area where the seams would appear, so it might actually look fine without any retouching.

Paper is the easiest and fastest option as if you need a new mouth-shape you can literally just draw it and cut it out in a matter of minutes. However, it doesn't work with all animation styles and can be seen as a bit of a cop-out.

Plasticine is malleable and easily moulded into new face shapes - but may not stick to the wooden puppet surface properly. It also might just look a bit weird with crabs being largely exoskeletal and plasticine being a matte, soft, blobby surface.

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tin switched course over to concept art but he still contributed some artwork to the project so we'll put it here

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Crustacean moodboard - colour inspiration

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Crustacean moodboard - colour inspiration