Elphaba Thropp aka The Wicked Witch of the West

I just finished reading the book "Wicked - the life and times of the Wicked Witch of the West". Great book and naturally I got inspired to draw the witch. Here's my version of this troubled young woman.

Church girls

The latest...

Church kids in color!

I guess I lost a bit of steam for the rest of the puppet drawings. I still have four more to go and it started to feel like a job. Not good. But I will follow through eventually! Right now I think it's better to follow inspiration so.....here's the color version of the Church Kids!

The Clown Puppet

The Clown puppet, next to the Dragon puppet, was my favorite. He had legs!

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Clown sketches

Clowns on parade!

Woop! Woop! That's the sound of Da Police!

Finally got back to the puppet drawings. Here are the Policemen. I couldn't do just one. There's just so many ways to interpret this kind of character!

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Black Bear

I had to take a break from the puppet sketches. This was one of those quick and dirty painting sketches. I had a burst of inspiration and got to work. It was a lot of fun!

Policeman Puppet

The Policeman puppet. My Oma got a lot of use out of the green fabric. My Mother says it was an old wool suit of hers. He may have had a wooden baton at one point but over time it must have gone missing.

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Der Polizei sketches

When designing secondary characters I tend simplify the eyes. A character that has relatively realistic eyes (eyeball, iris, pupil) gives them a soul. You connect with them on an emotional level. With the policeman I want to keep him sort of mechanical as if he has only one function...to catch criminals. Seek and destroy!

The Devil Puppet

Here's the puppet my grandmother created. Complete with pitch fork!

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Devil sketches

Here's a couple ideas for the Devil. I didn't want him to be too scary. More maniacal than anything.

The Devil

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The Hunter puppet

This puppet used to have a wooden rifle. Having a prop made it a lot of fun to really act out the character with more realism. Sadly the rifle has disappeared over the years but I'll make a new one...eventually.

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