Pro mode example puppets

Use any of our example puppets in your own creations, or take them apart to learn new techniques. All are free to use however you want — no credit needed! Puppet files combine original artwork (Photoshop & Illustrator) + animation rigging (Character Animator) into one file.

Want even more puppets? Check out our pages for Body tracking, Auto-swap, Motion library, or additional puppets from Okay Samurai.

Blank

Simple human character with Photoshop and Illustrator versions. Swap any [Replace] layer with your own artwork to customize.

Movie Puppets

Retro animated versions of Sodapop, Popcorn, Ticket, and Candy. Created by Renegade Animation.

Meeb

Whimsical real life physical puppet turned into a 2D animated puppet. Created by Keith Lovik.

Jet

Goth themed character with walking that can be changed into a girl or boy via triggers. Created by Emily Watts.

Bridezilla

Bridal themed creature with a diverse set of expressive triggers. Created by Digital Puppets.

Ricky

Sports fan with megaphone, tee shirt cannon, and signs. Created by Renegade Animation.

Steve

Physical puppet alien with head turns, a unique layer picker mouth, and flashing button triggers. Created by Dovid Taub.

Vambies

The Vambies are an avatar collection developed by Vambie Inc. and Taiyaki Studios. Try one or all five of this quirky cast of vampire/zombie hybrids. Created by Taiyaki Studios.

Aerial Al

Drone flying character sitting on a park bench. Created by Konee Rok.

Platter Pirate

Floating DJ character with audio triggers. Created by Konee Rok.

Seasonal Backgrounds

Spring, summer, autumn & winter backgrounds with several animated and triggerable elements. Created by Dovid Taub.

Alex

Game playing character with expressive moves and triggers. Created by Renegade Animation.

Sam

Superhero girl with dangling cape and walk behavior (try the A + D keys). Created by Keith Negley.

Bluster

Vector snowman with head parallax, dangling scarf, and snowy background. Featured in Creating an Animated Livestream.

Brooklyn Buddies

Low-poly fox, bunny, and pug characters with cycle-based head turns, walking, and background. Featured in New Puppets January 2019. Created by Emily Watts.

Barbarasaurus

Clay sculpted dinosaur newscaster with triggered graphics and news crawls. Featured in Make a Clay Puppet. Created by Dovid Taub.

Proteus

Customizable character with tons of different options. Featured in New Puppets November 2018. Created by Kevin McMahon.

Goldilocks

Girl with physics hair system. Created by Kevin McMahon.

Sticky

Deceptively simple stick figure character with tons of sliders for customization and great face parallax. Created by Dovid Taub.

Krognar

Vector viking with breathe, rotation dial arms, and cycle layers axe spins. Featured on Adobe Live. Created by Zookeeper.

Dojo Joe

Dojo instructor with draggable hands, and cycle layers fire. Created by Kevin McMahon.

Electro Gene

Guy with multiple draggable handles, dangle hoodie strings, key triggers & cycle layers electricity.

Maddie

Stop motion style character with 3-view walk and dangle. Created by Athena Studios.

Al the Alien

Expressive alien with complex key triggers. Created by Look Creative Studios.

Mark

Key trigger enabled character.

Wonder Boy

Lineart character with cycle layers poses & front facing walk cycle. Created by Kevin McMahon.

Hummingbird

Responsive bird with motion trigger, head turns, and cycle layers wing flaps.

Bunnydude

Weird guy with dangling bunny ears. Download at your own risk.

Physics Playground

Scene with multiple interactive physics elements. Featured in New Features Fall 2017.

Clay Lips

Photographed clay lips to demonstrate lip sync.

Wag the Kat

Cute cat with cycle layers tail and nutcracker jaw. Created by Kevin McMahon.

Pinky Bear

Simple bear with nutcracker jaw and draggable hands. Created by Kevin McMahon.

Interrogation

Monochromatic scene with automatic blinks.

Digital Puppets Animal Pack

A huge pack of animal puppets with a ton of emotions and triggers. Created by Digital Puppets.

Eyes Example

Example project with 4 different eye rigging treatments: basic, off center, big pupils, and eyelids. Featured in Basic Eye Rigging.

Drumbot

Drumming robot that plays sound effects when he hits parts of the drumset. Featured in the Triggerable Audio tutorial.

Wolfgang, Robot & Headless Horseman

A suite of characters with interesting triggers and mannerisms. Created by Ryan Boyle.

Neon Nikki

Neon sign with flashing lights and glass shattering animations. Created by Konee Rok.

B-Girl Beatrix

Breakdancing puppet and background with several clever dance triggers and a hand walk cycle. Created by Konee Rok.

Recess Rita

A young girl character able to move back and forth on the playground monkey bars using a walk behavior hack. Created by Konee Rok.

Wendigo

Snowy creature with head turns and breathing.

Medusa

Mythical character with animated snake hair. Created by Aaron Seve.

Bandit

Bouncy rubber band character made in Illustrator. Created by Kevin McMahon.

Samurai Steve

Vector samurai with subtle head turns and expressive mouth/chin movement. Created by Kevin McMahon.

Schizzler

Floating purple alien with keyframe-created triggers to fly and bounce around the scene. Featured in the Keyframes tutorial.

Linden & Robot

Signing duo that also serves as an example of Scene Cameras. Featured in the Cameras tutorial.

Laxmi

3D character with 4 draggable arms and multiple emotion triggers. Created by DesiPopWorld.

Sports Team

Four sports mascot characters with head parallax and unique triggers. Created by Kevin McMahon.

Red Monster 3D

Updated 3D version of the Character Animator mascot, as seen in the The Story Behind Red Monster. Created by David Arbor.

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