Design and Creation of an Art Toy: From Person to Character
Choice of models
A course by Luaiso Lopez , Graphic Designer
About the video: Choice of models
Overview
“In this lesson I am going to talk to you about what are the characteristics that are convenient for us when choosing a character. We will take into account characteristics such as facial features, body shape, hair, clothing and makeup.”
In this video lesson Luaiso Lopez addresses the topic: Choice of models, which is part of the Domestika online course: Design and Creation of an Art Toy: From Person to Character. Learn how to capture the characteristics of a person and bring them to life in a 3D character.
Partial transcription of the video
“Choice of models In this lesson I will show you some examples to see which models suit us best by making an art toy inspired by a person. Let's see. To tell you about the features that will come in handy for you and those that not so much when choosing a model, I'll take Google references. I'll just search for "people". In English I will have more results. I will tell you which features would suit us, which ones would not. For example, in these images that we see here, What stands out the most is that obviously famous people like Greta or Donald Trump They are easily recognizable characters...”
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Course summary for: Design and Creation of an Art Toy: From Person to Character
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Category
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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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