Hibernation Sandy
Hibernation Sandy is the main antagonist from my LEGO stop-motion/claymation short ‘Lego Spongebob: Survival of the Idiots’. Sandy Cheeks is typically a friendly neighbor to Spongebob Squarepants; however, during hibernation, Sandy Cheeks grows into a gigantic beast, who becomes a raging terror when her rest is disturbed.
Being a LEGO stop-motion film, incorporating detailed puppets is a huge challenge. LEGO figures are typically around 1 inch tall, so it took a careful combination of different-sized puppets and visual trickery to successfully blend the claymation puppets with the LEGO figurines/environments.
A total of four clay puppets were made for Hibernation Sandy. Two puppets were miniature-sized for the shots where Sandy’s full body is on screen with the LEGO figurines. The other two puppets were regular-sized, more detailed, and were used for the torso-up shots featuring detailed mouth animation.
Designing the Puppets
A total of twelve mouth animations were sculpted for Hibernation Sandy’s dialogue sequences.
