Art Toy Creation
Presentation
A course by Luaiso Lopez , Graphic Designer
About the video: Presentation
Overview
“Hi, I'm Luaiso López. I am a graphic designer and illustrator, and for some time I also do Art Toys. In this lesson you will know me a little and I will tell you about what art toys are for me. In my case I would say that it is almost the meeting point between my Peter Pan syndrome and maturity. Since I read [i] Momo [/ i] when I was little, I was always clear that I would by no means allow myself to become one of those gray men who eat watches; I think art toys are that resistance to forgetting to enjoy spending time on things that make me happy. The growth of art toys as an artistic medium seems fantastic and necessary because it is directly linked to the relationship we establish with toys in our childhood, that stage of our life in which creativity plays a fundamental role for our development as people.”
In this video lesson Luaiso Lopez addresses the topic: Presentation, which is part of the Domestika online course: Art Toy Creation. Learn how to design, build and model a unique and collectible 3D character.
Partial transcription of the video
“Introduction Hi, I'm Luaiso López. I'm a graphic designer, illustrator, and more recently, I've been designing toys. I decided to study Graphic Design because of emerging technologies. When I finished my degree, I started working at a press and learned many printing techniques. But I realized graphic design wasn't for me. It's very technical and it didn't ultimately foster all the creativity I had inside me. So, using what I'd learned as a graphic designer, I moved into the illustration sphere. Even though I did an exhibit, I never really managed to take off as an artist, or as an artist in...”
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Course summary for: Art Toy Creation
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Category
Craft -
Areas
Art Toys, Character Design, Sculpture, Toy Design

Luaiso Lopez
A course by Luaiso Lopez
Born in Alicante, Spain, Luaiso López is a graduate in graphic design at Espai Grafic and in desktop publishing at EASDA. He then started illustrating professionally and created his first collection of sculptures in 2014.
His first limited edition Zombie Mario sold out a few weeks after it was released in Singapore with Pobber Toys. He has participated in various exhibitions and has created Art Toy work for Museo TOPIC in Guipúzcoa, in collaboration with Kram. He designed a Zombie Popeye for Medialink for the character’s 90th anniversary. He was awarded the Contemporary Art Prize “Propuestas” in 2011 for his work as a photographer and illustrator.
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