I have another tutorial on lip sync using clay, and while the results can be impressive, it is admittedly time-consuming. Replacement mouths using stickers is a time- and budget-friendly alternative. This tutorial explores the process of creating a puppet head, a set of mouths, an exposure sheet, and the animation itself. I don’t cover too many of the principles of lip sync, as that was covered more in the clay animation tutorial. That one as well as “Facial Animation” would be good companions to this tutorial.

Please see my other tutorials on how to make a puppet, as well as other stop motion subjects.

Software: iStopmotion (Mac only) is a good frame-capturing app for the price. Studios tend to use Dragonframe, which runs on both Windows and Mac. But the techniques and principles discussed in this tutorial will work with a phone running an app like Stop Motion Studio. If you have a favorite stop motion app, please tell us about it in the comments.

BTW: Studios like Stoopid Buddy may appear to be using sticker mouths, but most of the time (including some of the examples in this video) they are done digitally using After Effects.

Shopping for Puppet-Making:
Clay (Van Aken, Sculpy III), armature wire, cotton batting to build up puppet: Arts/craft store or amazon.com.
Armature kit: stopmotionstore.com
Puppet clothes (Barbie/Ken clothes: Toy store, ebay, amazon.com
16-gauge aluminum armature wire (from an art store or Amazon, not the hardware store)
Epoxy putty (Hardware store)
Pre-wrap (Sporting good or drug store)
Cotton batting or foam (quilting supplies from craft or sewing store)
For the head, aluminum foil or wood ball (craft store)

Just about everything here can be found on Amazon if you don't have all these kinds of stores in your area. You can also get animation supplies from stopmotionstore.com.

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