Once I had completed the design stage of my textured paper cutout puppet I then began to prepare it for animation within the 2D digital medium through the use of Adobe After Effects.
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4. Next it was a case of 'parenting' each section of the puppet to the next. This was done in order to make sure each part of the characters body remained attached. For example if I was to lift the arm, the wrist and hand would follow the same motion and remain attached at the points I had originally set them.