Textile Toys: Design and Creation of Fabric Characters
Choice of characters
A course by Piti Piti , Textile Sculptor
About the video: Choice of characters
Overview
“In this lesson I tell you a little about my sketching process; from the first ideas to the choice of a character.”
In this video lesson Piti Piti addresses the topic: Choice of characters, which is part of the Domestika online course: Textile Toys: Design and Creation of Fabric Characters. Learn to create three-dimensional patterns and apply volumetric solutions to your character designs.
Partial transcription of the video
“CHOICE OF CHARACTERS In this lesson, we are going to choose our first character. This has to be a simple character. I really like rabbits, so I've been sketching some. My process is to start freely without worrying too much about the volume it will have or you will not have a piece, so i started to draw some bunnies, some flatter, some with a little more volume. In the process, I was discarding some ideas. I really like skulls too, but they didn't go very well with rabbits, so I kept thinking about the bunnies. I stayed with the eyes. Here's a test that's a bit flatter And in the end I deci...”
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Course summary for: Textile Toys: Design and Creation of Fabric Characters
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Category
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Areas
Character Design, Sewing, Textile Design, Toy Design
Piti Piti
A course by Piti Piti
Omar Gad, also known as Piti Piti, is a self-taught textile sculptor specializing in three-dimensional pattern design and textile solutions. He is passionate about geometry, terror, mystery, and toys and is in constant search of the unusual.
Since opening the Piti Piti Plush Art studio, he has developed several lines of his own products, participated in individual and group exhibitions in Mexico and abroad, as well as collaborated with renowned artists and designers such as El Grand Chamaco, Bue the Warrior, Quique Ollervides, Pogo, Tixinda, Chika Galaxia, and more.
He has also worked commercially with clients including the Galería Mexicana del Diseño, Vértigo Galería, Hula Hula, MUAC, Passion & Design, Rojo Bermelo, Pepsi, Red Bull México, Habas World Wide, Kastner & Partners, and Digital Invaders.
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