this stop-motion animation is taking on a life of it's own.. i should have seen this coming.

the idea began with only two characters and a simple scene. now i'm up to 4 characters and several scenes, but at least there is a fluid beginning, middle and end. i have most of the scenes visualized but am still struggling with how to recreate the ideas in my head to something tangible.

the yellow head is one character. i threw out several sketches before deciding on this head type.

the gray head is another main character. i have designed the heads so that their eyeballs can "redirect" within the sockets - if i want him to look to the left, it is easily done.

their mouths pose a challenge, but i'll probably just do a removable bottom lip either molded into the head or of a different color, pressed into place.

because i have not created this type of thing before, i strayed from "normal" designs of the frame.

i wanted the head, feet and hands to be removable in the event something goes wrong or breaks. the wire is superglued into the wooden block and there will be a long coat that the characters wear (that will need to be sewn).

oh, does anybody know how to sew? ;)