Happy holidays to all - enjoy this recording of the "Celebrating the Puppetry Arts" from SDCC. @melissatruth.bsky.social hosts @fonhdavis.bsky.social, Kirk Thatcher, and Cheralyn Lambeth, who share insights about working on Star Wars, Star Trek, and Muppets galore. YouTube version includes photos!

𝘼𝙧𝙜𝙞𝙚 𝘽𝙚𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙣, a wonderful short directed by @fonhdavis.bsky.social and written by Suzy Stein & Fernando Perez will be on YouTube, 1/1/2026 at 5PM PST, 8PM EST. I had the honor of writing the score. youtu.be/PsjgbrTXvPQ?... #lgbt #lgbtqia #lgbtqpride #bmi #comingout #comingoutstory #premiere

Catch me at the Not So Virtual Cantina Special Edition Signing! Thursday, April 17, 6:00 pm- 10:00 pm HUB Kaihimmakuhari, 261-0021 Chiba, Mihama Ward, Hibino, Japan

Disney’s James and the Giant Peach was release on this day in 1996. We made 68 peach sections for the 24 #stopmotion #animation stages at Skellington Productions in San Francisco. On a good week, we’d get about 1 minute of final footage.

For the #DrewBarrymore movie, The Big Miracle, #KernerStudios made a 1/12 #miniature Russian Ice Breaker that the #SPFX team, led by Geoff Heron, crashed into an ice ridge made of wax and foam, shot at high speed to create the #VFX. I was the MiniFX Sup. Follow and share for more #setlife, #BTS

The new Stanley commercial is out, featuring miniatures and sets from @foncostudios !! From: @wpagency Stanley - Dir. Clay Weiner DP: Eric Schmidt (@ericschmidtdp) 4 @stanley @biscuitfilmworks #stanley #epic #inventive #pov #storytelling #Wasserman #fonco #vfx #play #monster

Is anyone I know here good at, specifically, caulking baseboards?

NEW COURSE! Modern Miniature Effects Part 3: Ship Assembly, Paint & Weathering Explore the art, technology, and practical know-how behind modern miniature effects. In Part 3 you’ll learn professional, efficient, and assembling, painting, and weathering miniature models.

We made 68 #miniature giant peach sections for Disney’s #stopmoion movie, James and the Giant Peach, cast from hydrocal, skinned with felt and painted. Left to right: Todd Lookinland, Ben Nichols, Velia Contramas, Fon Davis, Bo Henry, Steve Gawley, and Phil Brotherton

Modern #Miniature Effects Part 1: Project Planning & Acquiring: you’ll learn expert strategies for client collaboration, project planning, budgeting, and sourcing high-quality 3D models crucial for creating convincing miniature FX. www.stanwinstonschool.com

Building a 1/24th scale #miniature #SpaceStation for the movie Deep Impact in the #ILM model shop. It’s mostly Plastruct tubes and laser cut acrylic. #FunFact: The gold foil is made from Rolo wrappers. Follow for more #VFX #BTS.

On James and the Giant Peach I carved styrofoam with a snap knife, epoxy coated them, and then vacuum formed over the foam with PETG plastic to create the #miniature icebergs. Follow for more #BTS #funfacts!

With 24 shooting stages at Skellington Productions, we were lucky to get 1 minute of final #stopmotion #animation per week on #NightmareBeforeChristmas.

This is one of my favorite photos. It’s me doing a quick repair on a “half-puppet scale” miniature Jack’s Sleigh on #Disney’s #NighmareBeforeChristmas. Follow for more!

This was a fun #miniature of a #London Street for a Peter Pan movie shooting at #ILM. I am seen here adjusting windows scenes, trying not to get burned by the many hot bulbs in these buildings. Follow for more cool #BTS

#Miniature Supervisor, Brian Gernand, and I discussing the 8’ USS Protector model while studying the mock-up, in the #ILM model shop, while on #GalaxyQuest.

Here’s a good #BTS picture working at the #ILM model shop on a #miniature #battleship on Michael Bay’s #PearlHarbor movie. It was built to play as multiple ships on #BattleshipRow with interchangeable deck detail.

Adding last minute detail to the particle accelerator #miniature for #terminator 3.

Working on the lunar ring interior tunnel #miniature for #StarshipTroopers at #ILM. This was the scene where Carman Ibanez (Denise Richards) did a lunar ring fly through to scare her classmates.

I am 19 or 20 here, making one of the Jack’s house #miniatures for the #NightBeforeChristmas, out of balsa wood, styrene, styrofoam, and plywood. Then it was painted black w/a little dry-brush of grey.

As my first BlueSky post I am sharing my favorite #BTS photo. Here I am working in the #miniature Federation Battleship Hangar while shooting #StarWars #ThePhantomMenace. If you like it, follow for more.