When I think about shadow puppets my brain always dusts off this golden oldie:
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Simple yet elegant
Edward something-hands?
More of a nut box than a nutsack though.
Oh hell yeah! Hold on a moment while I convince my wife to help me take a picture of a shadow donkey!
Friend said it looks more like a scooby than a donkey
I can see that. But if you could see me make the mouth move, the buck teeth really set it apart from a dog. 😉
more like the dog in scoubidou, impressive either way
Nice ass.
Impressive
Now let's see Paul Allen's hand shadow
This one is fantastic!
I see a dog with really long ears.
Is this a Neopet?
Yes
I don't have one, but if I did it would be this
You don't have hands or you don't have a shadow?
Got both but not a third hand to take the photo.
for those who don't want to visit reddit, archive.org, or imgur (and for posterity sake)
spoiler
Single hand submissions are welcome, like mine.
maybe they don't have a best. All their hand shadows are equal. Living under egalitarihand manarchist utopia
I can make a bird! I can also make it move with wings flapping and cleaning its tail but lemmy won't allow me to upload the video!
You can convert to gif and embed like a regular image, at least in the clients I have used (Boost on Android and .world on Firefox)
I like the moss effect on the tree ;)
i have seen people use peertube to upload videos and put a link in the commets
an unlisted youtube video could be another option
Cute!
Not my best work, but…
Now I'm curious about your best work
Found it
Well played. 😂
Is it only in Italy that they are called Chinese Shadows?
I have never heard them called that. Ireland.
They're called that in French too
There is no Dana...only Zuul!
I dont get it
OP’s hand shadow kinda looks like the little doggy demon guys from Ghostbusters.
Ah, a Terror Dog.
That's because I'm old and I'm guessing you're not :D But gigastasio has the answer.
I just didn't get if there was a connection other than this was a black dog
If you add a second hand (or get really flexible) you can give it eyes that move. It's 8am for me so no sharing, but my kids like that one. It's super creepy projected into the ceiling, too.