Midnight Ambulance's EP 'Smoke and Sweets' was released in 2022 and I had the joy to make 2 music videos for the visual album - the first track, 'Smoke and Sweets' and the bonus track 'Summer Snow,' both in the same papery style.
The puppets are in response to the artist Ritchie Collins, who has an established relationship with the band, having painted portraits of Amelia and Fraser and creating the album artwork. With this as a stylistic starting point I then formed the puppets around the concept of 'Smoke and Sweets.' The song is about falling apart in isolation, which led me to the torn paper aesthetic of the two videos.
Ritchie Collin's portraits of Amelia and Fraser, and my own concept art
Click to enlarge stills
Digital mock-up of colours
Process shots of the two puppets