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operationpuppet

@operationpuppet@mastodon.content.town

He/him. Professional Puppet Builder, Amateur Performer and Maker of Fun Media Stuff

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operationpuppet, to mastodon
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Although #mastodon is the elephant in the room (see what I did there), the #fediverse is way more than just that. I want to look at other ways to engage with the wider Fediverse, just for fun and my own education. I have a #pixelfed account that I never use but maybe I'll move all my image posting to it and just repost it here, etc. Still mulling.

---> Mulling Emoji 🤔

operationpuppet,
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@nosaj Oh absolutely, but everyone who follows my Mastodon may not also follow my Pixelfed since they’re different servers etc. The Achilles Heel of the Fediverse has always been no single portable identity. Glad to see folks smarter than me now talking about that 😂

operationpuppet, to random
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Finally getting to building for the shop again! These two charmers will be up for sale soon! #puppets #puppetbuilding

operationpuppet, to random
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! Not 100% sure on this but this may have been my first rod arm plus eyebrow mech furry monster from 2021.

Head and neck of a lavender coloured furry monster hand puppet under construction
Full body shot of a lavender coloured furry monster hand puppet with black bushy eyebrows

operationpuppet, to fediverse
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I will likely do another -exclusive Frankie Play live stream this weekend so be sure to follow either at https://operationpuppet.live or at https://puppet.zone. Or both if you’re extra cool.

operationpuppet, to random
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The secret project revealed! I was contacted by the wonderful folks at SciShow Kids to make new versions of Bill, Webb and Juniper! Look for them on their YouTube channel soon! #puppets #puppetbuilding

A mallard live hands professional hand puppet
A duck live hands professional hand puppet
An earthworm rod puppet with a blue hat

operationpuppet, to fediverse
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peeps! Did my first test of live streaming to my server today. All went well but the VoD was split into several uneven videos instead of published as a single video. Any clue where I'd start looking to determine why?

Cheers!

operationpuppet, to fediverse
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As some of you may have (prematurely) seen, I'm looking at live streaming to soon. Likely some Frankie Play this afternoon, both on https://puppet.zone and our server at https://www.operationpuppet.live.

exclusives!

operationpuppet, to random
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Echoing a sentiment I’ve seen elsewhere, please bear in mind that this time of year is particularly tough for the self employed, gig workers and who are all reeling from paying taxes.

Every artist has some form of Patreon/Ko-Fi/tip jar. If you’re ever inclined, this is the time.

gabek, to random

I noticed the company who wanted to add their service directly into Owncast, and I said no, started releasing their own version of Owncast with their own changes in it to support this use case.

I'm not sure how to feel about this. It's kind of a fork, but it's really just another release of Owncast by somebody else. They're releasing something called Owncast with functionality and decisions that have nothing to do with the real Owncast. It specifically says stuff like "Owncast does X", and Owncast does not do X, and will never do X. Only their changes do X.

I fear this may confuse people. If something goes wrong with their version of the software, people are going to ask me for support, and might make the real Owncast look bad. But I don't know if this is wrong, or if this is completely acceptable. It's open source, and the name "Owncast" isn't owned by anybody, as Owncast is an open source project, not a company. So I guess they have the right to do whatever they want and call it Owncast.

But it feels wrong, and it seems like really bad things could come of this.

operationpuppet,
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@gabek Huh. As it’s open source they absolutely can fork it and do whatever they feel but specifically calling it Owncast or calling out what they feel is Owncast’s shortcomings is shitty behaviour, even if not “legally” wrong. That in itself is enough reason to avoid them. Feels like bad faith.

operationpuppet,
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@gabek Yeah that’s even shittier. You’re right to feel cheated. It’s a scumbag thing for them to do.

operationpuppet, to random
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! Dis is ogar. Him from twunny an’ twunny an’ two. Him friendly ogar. Ogar lub youse.

Raw foam skull of an ogre puppet under construction
Completed head of a yellow and orange ogre live hands puppet
Full body photo of a yellow and orange ogre live hands puppet

operationpuppet, to fediverse
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Realized the logo on the server being the same as the O:P logo everywhere else probably wasn't helpful cuz at a glance folks assume it's all coming form this account. So I gave the https://www.operationpuppet.live logo a bit of a tweak.

Probably going to do a special video just about the Owncast server soon. Really want to build on it, I like it a lot.

operationpuppet, to fediverse
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#throwbackthursday again! In 2021 I did a series of live streams demonstrating that a quality pro #puppet can be made with accessible materials like simple polar fleece. The result! The VoD is up on our #peertube, link in bio #puppets #puppetbuilding

Closeup of a purple Fraggle-like professional puppet made from polar fleece
Full body shot from the left of a purple Fraggle-like professional puppet made from polar fleece
Three quarter shot of a purple Fraggle-like professional puppet made from polar fleece

operationpuppet, to ai
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Lord. I know garbage has poisoned the web but I hadnt fully appreciated the scale until I, a newbie, tried to find a simple beginner tutorial for writing a chat bot for some things I’d like to do with the server.

Nothing but ChatGPT gibberish. Eventually gave up.

operationpuppet, to random
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Lawl, the Sad Boys are apparently review bombing cuz it’s got Woke in it or something.

Anyway, my character and main pawn. Dear every other game dev: THIS is how you do people of colour in your character creator.

A Black female Dragons Dogma character with tied up dreadlocks

operationpuppet, to fediverse
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Still mulling over my approach to live video here on the while the build streams are on hold for a few weeks.

Put the server on pause for a bit to give them time to get a couple more milestones under their belt, and haven’t yet activated live streaming on our .

I want to get the Frankie Play stuff going again but not sure there’s any audience for it here. Here’s a recent Twitch VoD.

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2092922789

operationpuppet, to random
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Beeg bloo go on adventure in majik box wot is bigger on der inside. #puppets #puppetbuilding

operationpuppet, to random
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New monstor just dropped! This is my second sack , done for an O:P community member. Turns out I quite enjoy making sack !

Front full view of blue furry monster sack puppet
Left full view of blue furry monster sack puppet
Right full view of blue furry monster sack puppet

operationpuppet, to bluesky
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95% of my time on is muting either super horny art (no shade, just not my thing) or minor celebrities/wannabes who are utterly convinced everyone will love their edgelordy Hot Take.

I know it’s working for some people but I’m just not a target for either thing they’re trafficking.

operationpuppet,
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Related: one of the more strangely difficult things I’ve had to do as a small business owner is recognize when a social media platform was doing me more mental/emotional harm than it was benefitting the business and drop it.

, for example.

operationpuppet,
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and the are the polar opposite. They do absolutely nothing for my business but I enjoy being on them and believe in what they stand for. They’re not perfect, but nothing ever is.

operationpuppet, to TikTok
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Sullivan 2.0 is off to his forever home! This is a sack puppet version of our old friend Sullivan the Monster on .

Left closeup of a red furry live hands monster sack puppet
Right angle of a red furry live hands monster sack puppet
A red furry live hands monster sack puppet being boxed for shipping

operationpuppet, to random
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sigh It’s always on the days I have time to game that I don’t feel like gaming. Some psychology there I’d wager.

operationpuppet, to random
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Another ! The first type of puppet I sold was my tribute to Fraggles, which I call Greeblees. In 2020 I did a new “deluxe” version of them, and this was the first. Today’s Greeblees are still based on this first build!

The head and blank eye spheres of a pink puppet
The head, blank eyes and fur body of a pink puppet
A finished pink Fraggle-like puppet

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