Jonathan Paine
Jonathan Paine is a freelance designer and sculptor who did work for Pixar and the now defunct Blue Sky Studios, as well as other companies. He was also an additional puppeteer for the Muppet special The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years, which was probably his only puppeteer project. Jonathan not only does characters for film, but he also makes toys and figurines. Paine made toys for Disney, Warner Bros, Thinkway Toys, Marvel Comics, and more, though some were figurines and soap bottles. As for his film work, he has mainly done Pixar and Blue Sky Studios films such as The Incredibles, Up, Ice Age, Sausage Party, and more. Even though he only did that one Muppet special, he still got to work with numerous Muppet performers for that special such as Jane Henson, Michael Earl, Debra Spinney, and Tim Gosley. In addition to sculpting, Jonathan Paine works in many diverse fields of entertainment such as puppetry and education, with animation already mentioned above. For educational purposes