AKA: Ain't nobody got time for Simon Tam. |
I originally designed the finger puppets to be part of a page in a Firefly busy book (that I'm still working on designing). However, a Firefly-fan-friend needed a Christmas present, so I made them and gave them to him. There will be more finger puppets to come (Star Trek TOS characters and some Star Trek TNG supplemental characters--the TNG busy book I originally made from someone else's pattern had no female characters at all. So.).
Now I have to make a second set for my busy book, so I'm looking at improvements.
Mal, Wash, and Kaylee are all really good.
Shepherd Book, Zoe and Jayne are recognizable but on a level just below Mal, Wash, and Kaylee.
Inara and River? Pretty generic. There's a reason I didn't do Simon Tam--he's totally generic. I'm not sure what to do with Inara and River, frankly. Inara might benefit from a less cartoonish lip. River might need hair that doesn't look sort of like dreads. I could make an alternate party-Kaylee and an alternate freed-hair Shepherd Book, too.
Oh, and Saffron, I feel, could be included. Cleavage stitching might need to be employed.
Other finger puppet sets I'm considering making:
- PBS Pack (Mr. Rogers, Bob Ross, Julia Child)
- Star Trek captain series (Kirk, Picard, Sisko, Janeway, Archer)
- ABBA (Because, well, why not.)
- Golden Girls (let's be honest...I should probably do a whole busy book page design for that)
- All 12 Doctor Who Doctors (and some supporting characters--though, frankly, this is a market that has some play in this space already. Whovians are crafty.)
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