Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Kanye West as a Puppet

Kanye West Puppet
Ever wondered what Kanye West would like as a puppet? Now you know.

The new Kanye West video Champion features a puppet version of everybody's favourite egotastic Hip Hop artist. I don't know who worked on this, but the puppetry is well done and even captures some of Kanye's moves nicely. The puppet's very much in the style of Crank Yankers, but then again The Creature Shop worked on the recent Kanye West tour. Anybody out there have the inside scoop?

14/08/08 Update: The video was shot in L.A. with puppeteers Rob Saunders, Eli Presser and Toben Seymour, who also built the Kanye puppet. Thanks to B.J. and James for the info!