Fon H Davis

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!

YouTube video by Fonco Studios Argie Berman

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.
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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)

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@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.

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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.