Some of you may not be familiar with the puppetry phenomenon taking the internet by storm. If not, check out these two videos. Warning, they are CREEPY and a bit gory. Probably not safe for work, depending on if your boss is around or not.
Go ahead, watch 'em. I'll wait, and they're less than 8 minutes put together.
The two videos are very interesting, and personal favorites of mine. Childlike whimsy mixed with puppets and creepiness: sign me up!
Of course, with popularity, comes fandom. And with fandom, comes people who will recreate your characters in their own image. Just have a look at some of the art the two DHMIS's has inspired.
(From this artist)
Yep, that's the notepad and the clock. One artist on Tumblr drew humanized versions of the characters, and now the fandom has exploded with art.
And cue the ridiculous hate storm.
On Tumblr (the source of most of the art) people are complaining about the drawings. 'Why is it a herto couple?' 'Why do they 'look white'?' 'Why is their only one set design?'
These are drawings created by a fan that other people recreated of INHUMAN (but not inanimate) objects. And other fans are offended by this. Instead of creating their own designs, they're just bitching and complaining. Kind of a microcosm of actual societal problems.
By the way, the puppets are voiced by a woman and man, respectively, which is why they are drawn that way.
For my part, I'm just boggled by the depth and creativity of some of these things. And for the record, there needs to be more art of the Red Guy (nicknamed Harry by the fans for obvious reasons). He's become an unofficial mascot of being done with weird stuff.
(the artist)
(this artist)
(original post)
So, you can understand why I might identify with Red.
Go ahead, watch 'em. I'll wait, and they're less than 8 minutes put together.
Of course, with popularity, comes fandom. And with fandom, comes people who will recreate your characters in their own image. Just have a look at some of the art the two DHMIS's has inspired.
(From this artist)
Yep, that's the notepad and the clock. One artist on Tumblr drew humanized versions of the characters, and now the fandom has exploded with art.
And cue the ridiculous hate storm.
On Tumblr (the source of most of the art) people are complaining about the drawings. 'Why is it a herto couple?' 'Why do they 'look white'?' 'Why is their only one set design?'
These are drawings created by a fan that other people recreated of INHUMAN (but not inanimate) objects. And other fans are offended by this. Instead of creating their own designs, they're just bitching and complaining. Kind of a microcosm of actual societal problems.
By the way, the puppets are voiced by a woman and man, respectively, which is why they are drawn that way.
For my part, I'm just boggled by the depth and creativity of some of these things. And for the record, there needs to be more art of the Red Guy (nicknamed Harry by the fans for obvious reasons). He's become an unofficial mascot of being done with weird stuff.
(the artist)
(this artist)
(original post)
So, you can understand why I might identify with Red.
