Character Design

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Character Design

• Grade 5

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Do you recognize these characters?
Where did they come from?
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An idea!

• Every work of art starts as someones idea
• The Muppets were Jim Hensons idea

Pepe the prawn
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Jim Henson

• His grandma taught him how to sew
• He taught himself how to make puppets using books
  from the library
• Jim got his first job as a puppeteer on a TV show
  when he was only 18
• He got ideas from other TV shows, Disney movies,
  and commercials
• He used his puppet-making skills for adult TV
  shows and commercials before working on Sesame
  Street and other kids shows

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Muppet Ideas

• Jim Henson used different ideas to make each
  muppet character individual
• Some characters are based on animals, monsters,
  made-up creatures, and even humans!

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Who did these sketches become?
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Muppets based on ANIMALS
Barkley
Sprocket
Rowlf
Captain Vegetable
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Muppets based on MONSTERS
Cookie Monster, Grover, Maurice, Telly, and Harry
Monster
Elmo
Sweetums
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MADE-UP Creature Muppets
Animal
Gonzo
Snuffy
Martians
Mahna Mahna Snowths
Fraggles
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Muppets based on HUMANS
Statler Waldorf
Dr. Bunsen Honeydew Beaker
Jim Henson!
Bert Ernie
Guy Smiley
Scooter
Salvador Dada
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What will your character look like?
Idea worksheet!