Design and Creation of an Art Toy: From Person to Character
Defined shapes and sanding
A course by Luaiso Lopez , Graphic Designer
About the video: Defined shapes and sanding
Overview
“In this lesson I am going to teach you how to add volume and create the shapes that will define the body. ”
In this video lesson Luaiso Lopez addresses the topic: Defined shapes and sanding, 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
“Defined shapes and sanding Now that we have the figure baked for the first time, let's start adding layers of clay to define the edges, give more volume and above all give the figure style. I'm going to do the forearms first. Since they are parts that must be symmetrical, I take a portion, I lengthen it to cut it with the tool and I separate them into two practically equal parts. This way I make sure that a very large arm and a very small one do not remain. First the portion is rounded because it is an area that will be curved, it is supported and lightly pressed without breaking the figure...”
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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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