Design and Intervention of Art Toys

Exercises to manipulate materials

A course by Mitote Rodela , Illustrator, Graphic Designer, Modeler, and Sculptor

99% positive reviews (114)

2,551 students

Audio: Spanish

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About the video: Exercises to manipulate materials

Overview

“In this lesson, we will do a couple of exercises to begin to familiarize ourselves with the tools and materials.”

In this video lesson Mitote Rodela addresses the topic: Exercises to manipulate materials, which is part of the Domestika online course: Design and Intervention of Art Toys. Learn techniques for the design, modeling, and painting of limited-edition customized pieces.

Partial transcription of the video

“[Music] Well, now to get acquainted With all the materials we will do a series of exercises. Here it is important to touch two themes. The use of Sculpey modeling clay and the use of this epoxy plasticine We had talked. We will use the epoxy plasticine first. It is a plasticine which is handled with percentages, Then we need to have 50% and 50% of both pastes. Here we already have an example of that percentage. More or less calculate it and what we are going to do is mix it. And although it seems that it has the same color, the plasticine, It starts to make a grayish color. Generally as I h...”

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Course summary for: Design and Intervention of Art Toys

Level: Beginner
99% positive reviews (114)
2551 students
4 units
16 lessons (2h 14m)
5 downloads

Category
Craft, Design
Areas
Art Toys, Character Design, Design, Sculpture, Toy Design

Mitote Rodela

A course by Mitote Rodela

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Illustrator, Graphic Designer, Modeler, and Sculptor

Mr. Mitote is a graphic designer by profession and a sculptor, artist, and illustrator by vocation. With self-taught training in character modeling, he has become one of the most internationally acclaimed toy artists.

His work has led him to represent Mexico, his native country, in different individual and collective exhibitions worldwide, and his interest in and concern for the arts has allowed him to experiment with different materials and techniques, develop different designer toys, and participate in collaborations with brands like Swatch and Kid Robot.