The below illustrations and sketches are merely personal pieces displaying my ability to work with and ideate accurate situations for established characters, worlds, and styles. The poses, stylizations, and compositions are mine, but the characters are not. Any represented characters, movies, shows, or other content are the copyright property of their respective owners, and their presence here is not official nor meant to be marketed or profited off of.

Mondayonettes

A collection of 40 hand-drawn illustrations I made in 2025 inspired by puppet characters and creators I admire or find interesting. Scroll through to see them all!

  • Adam Elliot

    Australian puppet builder & stop-motion animator behind the films Mary & Max, Memoir of a Snail, & Harvie Krumpet.

  • Bear

    Designed & built c. 1997 for Bear in the Big Blue House by Paul Andrejco & Kip Rathke. Played by Noel MacNeal.

  • Bert & Ernie

    Created for Sesame Street in 1969. Conceived & played by Frank Oz & Jim Henson. Designed by Jim Henson & built by Don Sahlin.

  • Big Bird

    Created for Sesame Street in 1969. Performed by Caroll Spinney. Designed by Jim Henson, built by Kermit Love.

  • Boober Fraggle

    Created for Fraggle Rock c. 1982. Designed by Michael K. Frith, built by Leslee Asch, and performed by Dave Goelz.

  • Cecil the Seasick Sea Serpent [and Stan Freberg]

    Created by Stan Freberg & Bob Clampett, c. 1949. Builder unknown.

  • Charlie McCarthy & Mortimer Snerd

    Created in 1923 & 1937, respectively. Played, conceived & developed by Edgar Bergen. Exact builders & designers unknown.

  • Cleo the Clown, Jumbo Jr., Bertha & Maggie

    Created c. 1993 by Dave Chapman Puppets for Beat City Kids. Exact designers & builders unknown.

  • The Dancing Pig

    Created by “Mr. Odeo” for Le Cochon Danseur, c. 1906.

  • Edna Rural

    Created c. 1999 by Ronnie Burkett.

  • Fantastic Mr. Fox

    Conceived by Roald Dahl, c. 1969. Film version developed by Wes Anderson and played by George Clooney, c. 2009. Puppet fabricated by MacKinnon & Saunders, and designed by Félicie Haymoz & Huy Vu.

  • Foodini the Great

    Created by Hope & Maury Bunin in 1948.

  • Freddy Freaker

    Created for the Freak Phone Hotline in 1987. Built by Patrick Simmons. Exact performer unknown.

  • FrogFan76

    Created c. 2005 for YouTube user @frogfan76. Exact performer & builder unknown.

  • Harlequinn & The Hand

    Created for The Hand by Jiří Trnka, c. 1965.

  • Hector

    Created by Georges Croses for Hector’s House (a.k.a. La Maison de Toutou) c. 1966. Voiced by Paul Bacon.

  • Junior Gorg

    Created for Fraggle Rock, c. 1982. Designed by Michael K. Frith and built by Faz Fazakas, Tim Miller, Connie Peterson, Polly Smith & Mary Strieff. Performed by Richard Hunt & Rob Mills.

  • Kento

    Created c. 1959 for Ōkiku naru Ko (“Children Growing Up”). Performed by Kazuko Sugiyama. Exact creators unknown.

  • Kermit the Frog

    Created by Jim Henson in 1955.

  • Lamb Chop

    Created c. 1956. Conceived & played by Shari Lewis. Exact builder unknown.

  • Little Amal

    Created for Handsprings Puppet Company c. 2021. Designed by Adrain Kohler with a team of approximately 14 puppet builders and costumers.

  • Madame

    Created in the late 1960’s by Wayland Flowers. Original puppet builder unknown.

  • Mario

    Created c. 2010 by Vincent Bova & Damien Eckhardt-Jacobi. Performed by Jacobi.

  • The McDonaldland Gang

    Created c. 1970 for McDonald’s. Ronald McDonald originally conceived and performed by Willard Scott. McDonaldland characters and world conceived by Needham, Harper & Steers. Exact builders, designers & puppeteers unknown.

  • Miss Piggy

    Created for The Muppet Show c. 1976. Played & conceived by Frank Oz. Designed & built by Bonnie Erickson.

  • Noreen Isabel Young, CM (1939 - 2025)

    Canadian Puppet designer, builder & performer for Hi Diddle Day, Today’s Special, and Under the Umbrella Tree.

  • Parker Dinkleman

    Created for Mr. Meaty by Jamie Shannon & Jason Hopley, c. 2004.

  • Pingu

    Created by Otmar Gutmann & Erika Brueggemann in 1985. Voiced by Carlo Bonomi.

  • Potty the Parrot

    Created in 2000 for SpongeBob SquarePants. Performed by Jonathan Sillsby & Stephen Hillenberg. Designer & builder unknown.

  • Randy Feltface

    Created c. 2005. Played & developed by Heath McIvor. Built by Philip Millar.

  • Red

    Created for Fraggle Rock c. 1982. Designed by Michael K. Frith and built by Rollie Krewson. Played by Karen Prell.

  • Rowlf the Dog

    Designed & performed by Jim Henson, built by Don Sahlin c. 1962.

  • Sammy Salamander

    Puppet designed & built by Kristi Ann Holt, c. 2019. Character developed & performed by Andy Hayward.

  • Schultz & Dooley

    Created c. 1959 for Utica Club Beer. Designed & built by Bil Baird, and voiced by Jonathan Winters. Exact manipulators unknown.

  • Sunday School Lady

    Created for JellyTelly and Buck Denver Asks…What’s in the Bible? in 2008. Conceptualized & played by Phil Vischer. Built by Barry Gordemer.

  • Topo Gigio

    Created in 1958 by Maria Perego, Federico Caldura & Guido Stagnora. Voiced by Giuseppi “Peppino” Mazzulo.

  • Trekkie Monster

    Designed, built & played by Rick Lyon for Avenue Q, c. 2003.

  • Wallace & Gromit

    Created c. 1989 by Nick Park. Wallace played by Peter Sallis.

  • Wilkins & Wontkins

    Created for Wilkins Coffee in 1957. Designed, built & played by Jim Henson.

  • Yoda

    Conceptualized for The Empire Strikes Back by George Lucas, c. 1980. Designed & built by Stuart Freeborn. Performed by Frank Oz.