The geekiest, and therefore coolest animation test done at Puppeteer Lounge! Here is an elaborated breakdown of how it’s all done!! For professional rigging training, feel free to check out Puppeteer Lounge Training Workshop programs.

Back in 2016, at Puppeteer Lounge, inspired by the movie 300 we came up with an idea of recreating the epic 300 fight scene using our in-house character/creature which featured in Puppeteer Lounge training workshop courses. This is just a fan art created for recreational and training purpose!

This animated short video was made in 2015 by Puppeteer Lounge as a tribute to Sushmita Maskey, the first Nepali woman to climb seven summits! Susmita Maskey, is the first Nepali woman to climb seven summits, the highest mountains on each continent, Tourism Honorary Goodwill Ambassador of Nepal and Honorary Public Relation Representative of the Nepal Tourism Board. She’s an inspirational speaker, a social activist and accomplished climber. This animated short film is dedicated to Susmita Maskey.

In 2014, Puppeteer Lounge produced this animated short film as a homage to Binod Shahi also known as “Sir of the Himalayas”. Every year during the summer months, Binod Shahi begins his difficult journey up towards the rural Dolpa region of Nepal. He lives there for six months, culminating the children with the values of education. The other half of the year, Shahi involves himself in fund-raising for the following year. Binod’s mission is to establish a solely Nepali-funded school, providing education free of cost to the children of Dolpo. © Animation by Puppeteer Lounge. Music by Vincent Jacq.

Student 3D cartoon character rigging show-reel by Hen Avisror from Israel. Hen did a splendid job rigging this cartoon Ape character from Puppeteer Lounge Rigging Workshop 2 training workshop program. The course is available for learning in both Maya and Blender. For professional rigging training, feel free to check out Puppeteer Lounge Training Workshop programs here!

On the screen left, the co-founder of Puppeteer Lounge, Suchan Raj Bajracharya and creator of “Gauley” indie game, Ashim Shakya on the screen right.

Meeting Nepal’s most popular Indie game developer, Mr. Ashim Shakya. His latest game “Gauley” is a masterpiece proudly “Made in Nepal” and a milestone for Nepali gaming industry. The solo artist/game developer Ashim has been diligently working on this video game title for past few years and the game has been well received for it’s GTA theme set in Nepal as well as neo-artistic look with traditional/cultural vibe. It was a pleasure meeting up with him. We wish him the greatest success!

Watch his latest update on Gauley here below!

Also, we got an early access to Ashim’s video game. Below is the the game play and first impression video!

We (Suchan & Sachina) are thrilled to participate and share our animation journey as the founders of Puppeteer Lounge with over 18 years of experience in the animation industry! Teaching the art and science of character animation for more than 14 years to artists around the globe. We are also the creative minds behind the beloved Nepali children animated cartoon show, Nani & Babu and it is our greatest pleasure to share the ins-out of the animation process, making of Nani & Babu. Special thanks for Zoubein Rana for organizing this digital artists networking event called The Grid!

Event: The Grid (5-April-2025)
Venue: Alliance Francaise, Lalitpur

We have a new video tutorial going over creating a bipedal musculoskeletal rig using Maya muscle system! The video is available for Puppeteer Lounge exclusive YouTube channel members only so if you haven’t yet subscribed to Puppeteer Lounge membership program you should now! Happy rigging!!

At Puppeteer Lounge, you can now sign up for 3D rigging courses using Blender! Yes, learn to rig and animate in Blender with online training workshop programs geared towards beginners and professionals!! For professional rigging training, feel free to check out Puppeteer Lounge Training Workshop programs!

Today we had a meetup with Mr. Dinesh DC chairperson (president) of Film Development Board, Nepal. He is so happy and shared insights, willingness to support Nani and Babu for promoting Nepali language, culture to not just Nepalese audience but globally as being truly Made in Nepal cartoon animation! It is our greatest honor to meet him and be recognized for our work! He also mentioned how his grand daughter is a big fan of Nani & Babu and learnt to sing Nepali song with “Lali Hamri Gai” being her first and most favorite song. Much love!!!