Design and Creation of an Art Toy: From Person to Character
Volume and body
A course by Luaiso Lopez , Graphic Designer
About the video: Volume and body
Overview
“In this lesson we will see how to put aluminum foil over the skeleton with the help of painter's tape. Thus, we will begin to create volume, save material and take weight off the final piece. Then we will cover everything with polymer clay to create the base body of the character and it will be time to bake. ”
In this video lesson Luaiso Lopez addresses the topic: Volume and body, 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
“Volume and body Now I'm going to teach you through Albal paper to begin to give volume to the figure to save on weight and save on material. It is important to fix the Albal paper well with the tape to the wire and that it does not move when you touch it, because if not, when you put the clay on top and you want to model, it will move you and it is impossible to work. It is very important that everything is well fixed to the wire, in this case I needed the hammer to tighten the aluminum foil much more in this part. We already have the first volume layer made with aluminum foil and tape. The...”
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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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