final puppet a day

welp. there you have it. we made it, dr wade.
this last one is a subtle salute to one of the formal changes that this sockpuppetaday saw - the surprising appearance of the use of googly eyes. you know, i used to shun the googly eyes. but now they are simply another possibility. i thought about taking my superyogafriend marisa's suggestion and making an anatomically correct female for the final one, but this guy just emerged.

this has been the funnest. thanks so much to andy wade for doing it with me. and thanks to anyone who has followed along. though we certainly saw some garish and crazy ones, i seem to be leaning towards simplicity with this lot.

i hope we do it agin.

keep up with stuff that i do at
martystuff.com
especially the rock music of
uncle monsterface

yay 4-eva.
lovemarty

redbear

this is redbear.
what is funny, at least for me, is as i get really close to the end, it starts to feel easy. like this crazy zen process. it sounds like cheese, but it's like the puppets already know who they are, and they just tell me where to put things. but this is far far into the process. which sort of makes me wonder what would happen if i/we pushed it beyond 30. i mean, i'm not gonna. not this time, anyways. but i wonder how dr wade feels? because i remember this feeling from songaday. the question is, does it come about just because the end is in sight? or do you hit a natural rhythm? in all likelihood, it is some combination thereof. it reminds me of the end of a run (that's right - i run! shut up about it!). where i push way harder than ever and it seems easy only in the end...at the least, i got to see the redsox kick ass tonight. in real life at the game! wicked awesome. amazing seats. yeeeoooo...

one more to go.

this has been great.

big big big love,
lovemarty

madame fromplington

was made while i am very very tired.
she reminds me of my wonderful relative of days gone by, aunty honey.

lovemarty

horrrrrn

he started as a unicorn, and then turned into a green-eyed fellow with a horn.

magic!
lovemarty

oh good lord.

welp, there sure as heck must be no god in order for this abomination to exist.

told ya so!
lovemarty

vampires are awesome

i made today's vampire in honor of my newfound love of the television show known as 'buffy the vampire slayer.'

lovemarty
(unleash the robo-vampires lord gilliganfoot!)

mister brown

today, we had an amazing rock show with our awesome rock friends harry and the potters.

later, i came home and made mister brown. this time, i am sure that he is elegant in his simplicity.

lovemarty

swirly eye chaos guy

what a freakin day.

rock show tomorrow.
please come.
lovemarty

( see also: uncle monsterface )

puppy power!

this is brisket #2. he has been made in honor of my fabulous nintendog, brisket (#1). nintendogs is the funnest game ever made. it is for my nintendo ds, which i love a lot.

yay.
lovemarty

it's a girl

she likes to pick blueberries.
i'd make her a mix tape.

most common thread amongst these sock puppets: they are startled.

her name is penolope anne.

lovemarty

shifty

laziness or elegant simplicity?
you be the judge.
in my own defense, i built a whole elephant nose for this guy. it just didn't work. it's all in the eyes.

lovemarty
(dedicated to my friend lucas kitty)

blue yew

i had a really hard time capturing this guy's likeness, and don't think i quite got it. with the camera, that is. i actually think he's neat, but his eyes are so broadly set it was very difficult to pose him with one hand and get an adequate picture.

fa la la.
lovemarty

doo woppa dooty woppa

this hep kat has a serious case of hepness. and kattity.

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earclops

he has ears and one eye.

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pinktooth go

go
pinktooth
go
into the night and beyond

i like him. i think he is an honest puppet. dirty and honest.

go!
lovemarty

he once got busy in a burger king bathroom

the humpty puppet.
is, i believe, a strange relative of the original uncle monsterface puppet.

half way through, baby! wooooo haaaaa.
lovemarty

somma luncha!

somma breakfast chickens!

this is dougy the werewolf sock puppet (be sure to click through three days worth of stories here)
click there to see his birthing, or else scroll down on this page to see his further adventures with pirates. both of which were channeled through dr andy wade. i only hope i did him any kind of justice. i am completely open to criticism, dr wade. i will change him for you. i was really back and forth about the nose. it makes him cuter, but also more wolfish. at then end of the day, we all have our own dougy the werewolf sock puppets inside us.

not pictured:
bean bag feet
red bicycle

yay.
lovemarty

cartoon eye hed

sometimes sock puppets get made late after karaoke.
sometimes they sing 'livin on a prayer'.

lovemarty

zillapuppet 50000 series

so...
we're going to go ahead and refer to this little guy as a "departure" of sorts.

the important thing is that i think i'm funny...

lovemarty

poopet

here is another puppet i made!
he has blue fangs.
i made great burgers!

yay.
lovemarty

wand dang doodle face

yay for weekends.

today is the burger off 1500004356t8.
wish me luck on my burgers!

i posted new photos of #1 and #2, too. because i was all dissatusfied with those photos now that i've gotten so very fussy about the photos.

yay.
lovemarty

fangus roxus

i am lovin this here summer.

fangus is always asleep.
he has a fang.
yeah.

i think i may be almost as intrigued by photographing the puppets as i am by making them. this is an interesting byproduct that i definitely did not anticipate.

how awesome dr wade's stories? so awesome!

ummmm...anonymous people can leave comments now. so fire away, anonymous people! thanks for the tip-off, amy mae.

this is fun. we're not even 10 through, and it already feels danged interesting.

yay.
lovemarty

it is prospector zeke!

he spent forty years in the mines, and now he ain't right.

meanwhile, tonite's sockpuppet frenzy featured guest sockpuppet maker specialfriend dominique. she is visiting, and she is great, and she made an awesome rhino sockpuppet monster with green gums.

meanwhile meanwhile gabriel started lactating and zeke took that as an opportunity to soothe his achin gums.


ha cha cha!
lovemarty

sevennnnn.
heyyyy! you can't make another nutty bunny already! but i did! CUZ WE ARE ALL NUTTY BUNNIES! this is a very interesting one. i am not at home. as such, i don't have many things at my disposal. but necessity breeds invention. and so, i find out is indeed quite difficult to glue washers to socks. not to mention marginally ironic. since i am at work, this is the first one i got to scan (don't ask why a working artist doesn't have a scanner at home. short answer: booze.). and if you ever met sockpuppetaday volume 1 in their happy little frames, they were all originally scanned. for this one so far i've been mostly taking pictures. i like both ways, but it is nice to revisit this.


lastly, please note his bushy tail. because i made it just for you. you nutty bunny!
lovemarty

this is number six.
professor doverbean.
he is the math teacher.
and the track coach.

there's something about making sock puppets that are balding that truly captivates me.
pizza ghost ghost pizza go!
lovemarty

N U M B E R five
"what're youuuu lookin attttt?"

and suddenly terrycloth pink was born! and he was born sleeepy.
i sort of feel a twinge of guilt. because i am definitely on this "less is more" puppet bender. it isn't that i feel lazy. they just feel more beautiful when they are more simple right now. i'd imagine this will swing back in the other direction. whereas dr wade is crafting immense mountains of beautiful fiction. i keep wanting to try and actually create dougy. but i am daunted.

okay, i'm gonna go running and then sleep like a baby.

lovemarty

this crazy kat is from the super hip future world of the FUTURE.
in this futureworld, we are proud to have not only future cars, but additionally:
future trees, future crates, and future wives.

TO THE FUTURE!
(summaluncha)
lovemarty

here is #3.
he is a military man.

i like andy wade's stories. they are good.
i like my sock puppets, too!
this time,early. 3am.

today was the jp scavenger hunt. and my team won! we were team awesomeface indian lightning bolt! and we won! we were the best team ever. this puppet goes out to my awesome team. yay!

creative solidarity!
lovemarty

two is a nutty bunny!

i am a nutty bunny!
i am sock puppet #2!
at 4am!
wahooo!

tonight, i saw ben folds and rufus wainwright rock the eff out.
it was awesome.
then, i hung out with a bunch of new nice friends.
then, i hung out with a bunch of great old friends.
then, i hung out more while i made the nutty bunny.

and life
is grande
lovemarty



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