Art Toy Creation

Overview

“Now that you have the finished skeleton use the aluminum foil to fill the interior parts and cover limbs using the painter's tape. With this you will save a lot in polymer clay, in addition to reducing the weight of the piece. When you're done, start covering the entire structure with lots of clay, making sure to mold it well with your fingers to minimize possible cracking when baking. Smooth the entire surface, giving general features the shape that your art toy will take and on which you will then model the details. The more you work this step, the less sanding time you will have to use later. ”

In this video lesson Luaiso Lopez addresses the topic: Turn up the volume, 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

“Turn up the Volume With the structure now prepared, we'll use aluminum foil and painter's tape to fill in the structure and create volume. Use the wire outline as a guide so all the aluminum foil stays inside the structure. Now, with the painter's tape, we'll stick the aluminum foil to the wire structure. In the leg parts, we'll cover the wire so that later, when we add the clay, it'll be much easier to stick it on and it won't keep slipping. Now that we have the whole structure filled with aluminum foil, it's time to move on to the polymer clay to cover the entire structure. The clay I use...”

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Course summary for: Art Toy Creation

• Level: Beginner
• 99% positive reviews (531)
• 18989 students
• 4 units
• 20 lessons (3h 23m)
• 4 downloads

• Category

  Craft

• Areas

  Art Toys, Character Design, Sculpture, Toy Design