Designing and Making Your Own Soft Toy
Sketching the Design
A course by EFI Little things , Toy Maker
Joined July 2021
About the video: Sketching the Design
Overview
“This is probably the most important lesson of the course! You will sketch out your animal character by rearranging basic geometric shapes into an anthropomorphic animal, according to the size of your desirable toy. I will give you an example of how to sketch a head, body, legs, and hands using pre-cut basic shapes and adding curved lines. Then, we will add the main features of our animal, like some ears or a tail. ”
In this video lesson EFI Little things addresses the topic: Sketching the Design, which is part of the Domestika online course: Designing and Making Your Own Soft Toy. Learn how to design and make your own soft toy from scratch by creating a pattern, cutting then stitching it, and adding the final touches.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson we are going to sketch our toys. By using basic shapes and curved lines, I'm going to show you how to do this. Even if you never sketched or drawn anything before, By using this method, my special method, by using basic shapes and curve lines, you will be able to sketch, to draw basically any animal you want to make. So if we go back to our reference board, I'm planning to make a mouse. And we see the shape of animals. you will see that each hat. Will be represented. in round, in a circle shape, and some sort of triangle for the nose. round shapes for the years. So looking at...”
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Course summary for: Designing and Making Your Own Soft Toy
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Arts & Crafts, Character Design, Patternmaking & Dressmaking, Sewing, Toy Design
EFI Little things
A course by EFI Little things
Elena Ilyasova is a toy maker and pattern designer based in Oxford, England. Raised in a family of creatives, she learned to sew, knit, and crochet from a young age, making her first soft toy when she was just seven, and hasn’t stopped since. Her career took off when she started sharing the stuffed toys she had made for her own children on social media, which quickly led to a stream of orders and the creation of her brand Efi Little Things.
Through her brand, she makes soft toy patterns for companies and individuals. Her designs are inspired by the woodland creatures that populated traditional tales. The aim of her work is to support both small businesses and craft lovers in keeping this tradition alive while promoting sustainable, handmade items over mass-produced toys. When she’s not creating her own designs, she shares her knowledge with others through online classes and tutorials.
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