10th Jun 2018
"School Gorilla" Breaks 3,000,000 views for Disney XDBrutus surprises a new teacher at school in a hilarious prank for a show by Trevor Moore and Adam Small. The stars of this show, Cody Veith,…
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5th Feb 2018
10,000 Visitors Rate the Bellagio's Year of the Dog Display on TripAdvisor Way back in 2003, Animal Makers created it's first animal zodiak display for the Bellagio Las Vegas. It was the…
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5th Sep 2017
When creating live-action animal characters for theater, film, TV, or Internet Content; the most important part is the face! Once the face design is laid out, one must consider internal structure and…
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3rd May 2017
In order from smaller to larger:(3) 35' Animatronic WhaleRehearsals with a full scale, animated whale in video above. Jack creates the whale body in hard foam first.The tail was sculpted in clay…
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2nd May 2017
MAKING MONKEYS & APES!Monkeys and apes are two of our favorite creatures to create. They are so expressive and interesting. In the past 35 years, we've made just about every monkey the…
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24th Apr 2017
One of the most interesting sections of the Animal Makers store is the Do It Yourself section (DIY)! Choose from all sorts of exclusive items related to the building and performing of animal pup…
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24th Apr 2017
"Show me the Tuna" - Salem Saberhagen, "Sabrina the Teenage Witch"As long as there have been groups of people, there have been stories told. Those stories have been told and…
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27th Mar 2017
Check out what Jimmy Lion is using one of Animal Maker's custom masks.Lion…
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27th Mar 2017
Remember when ads were funny? Animal Makers built the dog prop, there was a live (trained) dog on set, and another FX builder made the chair. Any of my friends remember who built this remo…
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27th Mar 2017
Brutus and Grüd "Walk the Prank" for DisneyThis kind of prank is very believeable, when you are the "mark". It's all about the set up! The interesting twist in this show, is the use of TWO…
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27th Mar 2017
Scary Movie 2 Cat Props and PuppetsDid you see this movie? Have a film you are working on that features cat "jokes"? Check out these rigs that were originally built for director, Keenan Iv…
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14th Mar 2017
Grüd Promotes "King Kong"Great to see Tom Hiddleston wearing our Grüd gorilla Costume! Tom actually fit the costume very well. We enjoyed working with Jimmy Kimmel's wardrobe department to…
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